fluidized bed

British

noun

chemical engineering a bed of fluidized solids used as a heat exchanger or mass transfer medium

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In the 2005 to 2007 biennium, the Indiana State General Assembly granted the university nearly $45 million for a circulating fluidized bed boiler to co-fire 30 percent biomass with 70 percent coal.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2012

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