CHEMICAL REACTORS.

Abstract

Since the early stages of their introduction in industrial practice, fluid beds have been used as chemical reactors. The old applications in the Winkler coal gasifiers and coal combustion are being revived, and fluid bed reactors can be found nowadays in the chemical, petroleum, environmental, metallurgical, and energy industries. Fluid bed reactors played a key role in the widespread acceptance of catalytic cracking units in oil refineries, and the success of this operation paved the way for many other reactor applications in catalytic processes in the petrochemical and chemical industries. Refs.