Fluid Dynamics and Scale-Up in Process Engineering (Theory and Logic in Practice) 2015

Frederick A. Zenz

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FLUID DYNAMICS BOOK REVIEWED BY TMTS’ MCGOWAN

By Chemical Engineering | November 1, 2013

FLUID DYNAMICS AND SCALE-UP IN PROCESS ENGINEERING: 
THEORY AND LOGIC IN PRACTICE.

By Frederick A. Zenz. Analogies in Matters of Science (AIMS), P.O. Box 49, Cold Spring, NY 10516. Web: pemmcorp.com. 2014. 560 pages. $199.99.

Reviewed by Thomas McGowan, TMTS Associates Inc., Atlanta, Ga.

Frederick Zenz, Professor Emeritus of Manhattan College (Riverdale, N.Y.;www.manhattan.com), as well as a consulting engineer, and over many years by turn, my professor, boss, mentor and associate, has authored a third book. It is the definitive work based on a lifetime of research and engineering in two-phase flow and the science of particulate solids. The target audience for this book is design engineers, teachers and researchers involved in fluidized beds, pneumatic transport, two-phase liquid flow and fluid dynamics.

This book covers a significant number of items overlooked in the typical engineering course, such as proper manifold design for proportional flow. It provides both the theory of each of its subjects, as well as the charts, graphs and equations needed to turn the knowledge into practical designs. A sampling of these topics includes stream trajectories, grid pressure drop, troubleshooting cyclone fouling, comparison of theoretical data to actual results (useful to the reader in choosing which of the published calculation methods on which to rely). Other examples of topics covered in the book are the following: maximum particle size versus opening size for solids flow from bins; solid-particle segregation in piles and bins and how to combat it; the effect of moisture on agglomeration; mixing in beds; attrition; scaleup of bubbling beds, injectors, standpipes and risers; and the mathematics of the parabolic curve found in natural systems. The book includes 25 worked-out examples on such items as cyclone pressure drop, entrainment, saltation, riser choking, prilling towers, predicting reaction conversion, viscosity and surface tension of powders, and so on. Also included are heat transfer, gaseous diffusion, and many unpublished correlations that are all based on cited industrial experiences gained over the years from 1942 to the present.

In summary, for those in the field of two-phase flow, this book is a treasure-trove of information, a real page-turner, and a fine resource to add to one’s library shelf of important books.

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