Subrata Kumar Majumder

Mechanical and Solid-Fluid Operations

Flow Past Immersed Body and Motion of Particles

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The text thoroughly discusses the fundamentals of flow resistance over a solid body, the frictional resistance of flow through a granular bed, and the flow phenomena of particles, which are essential requirements for solid-fluid operations in various process units, especially in mineral and chemical industries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781032946634
• ISBN-10: 1032946636
• Artikelnr.: 71912500

Autorenporträt

Subrata Kumar Majumder is a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His research interests include applied multiphase flow and reactor development, mineral processing, extraction, micronano bubble science and technology, and its applications in wastewater treatment and enhanced oil recovery. He is a Fellow of the Council of Engineering and Technology (India), a Fellow of the International Society for Research and Development, London, a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, and a Fellow of the Association of Researchers & Academicians (India). He is a member of the Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers, a life member of the Institute of Engineers (India), a member of the Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (PCBEE), and a member of the International Association of Engineers (IAE), Japan. He was the Editor of the Journal of Chemical Engineering Research Studies, Guest editor of the American Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Scientific & Academic Publishing Co., USA, Editorial board member of the Scientific Journal of Materials Science, an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Science and Technology, Scientific and Academic Publishing, USA, Advisory board member of Excelling Tech Publishers (ETP), London. He is a recipient of Dr. A.V. Rama Rao best research award in 2022 by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and the IIME Award on mineral beneficiation in 2008 from the Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME). He authored five other books and has over 120 publications in several reputed international journals. He has completed several sponsored and consultancy projects. He collaborates with Aalborg University, Denmark; University of Los Andes, Colombia; Curtin University, Australia; and Edith Cowan University, Australia. He has developed six massive open online courses (including the subject of this book) sponsored by Govt. of India. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching, research and development. For more details: https://www.iitg.ac.in/chemeng/faculty_profile.php?name=skm

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1. FLOW PAST CYLINDRICAL AND SPHERICAL PARTICLES. 1. The Drag Force
on a Particle. 2. Terminal Velocity. 3. Sedimentation (Hindered Settling).
Section 2. FLOW OF FLUID THROUGH A GRANULAR BED. 4. Basic Law and
Terminology of Flow of Fluid through a Granular Bed. 5. General Expressions
for Flow of Fluid through Packed Beds. 6. Two-phase Flow in Packed Bed. 7.
Mixing of Fluids with Solids. Section 3. FLUIDIZATION OF PARTICLES. 8.
Basic Understandings and Applications of Fluidization. 9. Minimum
Fluidization Velocity. 10. Minimum Fluidization Velocity with Mixture of
Particles. Section 4. FROTH FLOTATION. 11. Basics of Froth Flotation. 12.
Flotation Kinetics.