This volume, Fluidization, Solids Handling, and Processing, is the first of a series of volumes on Particle Technology . Particles are important products of chemical process industries spanning the basic and specialty chemicals, agricultural products, pharmaceuticals, paints, dyestuffs and pigments, cement, ceramics, and electronic materials. Solids handling and processing technologies are thus essential to the operation and competitiveness of these industries. Fluidization technology is employed not only in chemical production, it also is applied in coal gasification and combustion for power generation, mineral processing, food processing, soil washing and other related waste treatment, environmental remediation, and resource recovery processes. The FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) technology commonly employed in the modern petroleum refineries is also based on fluidization principles.Fluidized Bed Scale-up Pressure and Temperature Effects in Fluid-Particle Systems Heat Transfer in Fluidized Beds Gas Distributor and Plenum Design in Fluidized Beds Engineering and Applications of Recirculating and Jetting Fluidized Beds Fluidized Bed Coating and Granulation Attrition in Fluidized Beds and Pneumatic Conveying Lines Bubbleless Fluidization Industrial Applications of Three-Phase Fluidization Systems Dense Phase Conveying Design Considerations of Long-Distance Pneumatic Transport and Pipe Branching Cyclone Design Electrostatics and Dust Explosions in Powder Handling Acknowledgment References IndexThis volume, Fluidization, Solids Handling, and Processing, is the first of a series of volumes on Particle Technology.