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Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers

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On December 16, 1921 in Germany, Fritz Winkler introduced gaseous products of combustion into the bottom of a crucible containing coke particles; the event marked the beginning of a very important chapter of modern technology.

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    Geldart’s particle groups are explained in Appendix I.

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Basu, P. (2015). Introduction. In: Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06173-3_1

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