Talk:Fluidization

Application comments

I believe that the first commercial gas-solid fluid bed application was coal gasification (Winkler) in the 1920s, not FCC. FCC was in the 40s. You also forgot fluid bed roasting, calcining, drying, incineration, CFB boilers, and a myriad of other commercialized applications. That CO2 stuff is so far off from being commercial, that it doesn't merit inclusion in an applications section. BSMet94 20:03, 22 February 2007 (UTC) You are right about chemical looping and I amended the text to indicate that it is not yet commercialized. However, I know that several major companies are seriously considering it. The Winkler process was indeed a fluidized bed process but it was not a commercial success.--Cbriens (talk) 06:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Success or not, it was the first commericalized application of fluid bed technology.BSMet94 (talk) 21:46, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I added a reference to this process--Cbriens (talk) 05:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Resource Links

The UBC Fluidization Research Centre link is a restricted access website. Any other sources for the information you got there would be much appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Solego (talk • contribs) 04:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Article overlaps

Editors need to be aware that there are multiple overlapping articles dealing with fluidization. While some repetition of material is necessary, it is a shame that editors may be wasting effort expanding into details that are already covered and are the chief focus of other articles. The list of all related articles and my understanding of the focus of each is as follows:

• focus of this article: The physics phenomena
• focus of Fluidized bed: Overview of all applications of fluidization, including high velocity forms which technically have no beds
• focus of Fluidized bed combustion: combustion applications
• focus of Fluidized bed reactor: applications in chemical engineering processes

J JMesserly (talk) 18:28, 4 June 2012 (UTC)