User talk:Hughesy127

Hey, thanks for contributing Fluidized bed reactor!

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--Majorly _{(o rly?)} 14:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fluid beds

There's an article called Fluidization which is more general. I think an article such as yours is warranted in addition. I have the same comment though, as I said in Fluidization: I'm fairly certain that the first commercialized fluid bed process/reactor was the Winkler coal gasifier in Germany in the 1920s. I know Lurgi did metallurgical work in the 1930s. Then came Esso Research in the 40s with FCC. BSMet94 20:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure of any good references for the early history of fluid bed applications... give Zenz & Othmer "Fluidization and Fluid Particle Systems" a try, also maybe the Kunii and Levenspeil book might mention a few historical things. I have these at work, and I'll try to remember to check out what they have. BSMet94 04:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]