fluidized bed

noun

An industrial unit process in which a quantity of a solid particulate substance is caused to float in a stream of a fluid (usually air or other gas) in order to create conditions in which many chemical, combustion and drying reactions take place efficiently.

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Meanings

nounfluidized bed (plural fluidized beds)

plural fluidized beds

  1. An industrial unit process in which a quantity of a solid particulate substance is caused to float in a stream of a fluid (usually air or other gas) in order to create conditions in which many chemical, combustion and drying reactions take place efficiently.
  2. A reactor vessel or other piece of equipment in which a substance is maintained in the fluidized state. In this context, often used attributively.

Translations

Finnish leijupeti, leijupeti
  • leijupetiunit process
  • leijupetiequipment
  • leijukerros-equipment
German Wirbelschicht
  • Wirbelschichtunit process
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APA

fluidized bed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluidized%20bed

MLA

“fluidized bed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluidized%20bed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluidized bed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluidized%20bed.

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