Incipient Fluidization and Particulate Systems--Hydrodynamic Stability of Fluid-Particle Systems--Continuous Bubbling and Slugging--Gas Jets in Fluidized Beds--Distributor Characteristics and Bed Properties--Spouted Beds--High-Velocity Fluidization--Downflow of Solids through Pipes and Valves--Mixing--Fluidization of Diddimilar Materials--Elutriation--Coarse Particle Systems--Heat Transfer in Fluidized Beds: Convective Heat Transfer in Fluidized Beds--Heat Transfer in Fluidized Beds: Radiative Heat Transfer in Fluidized Beds--Immersed Tubes and Other Internals--The Physical Behaviour of Three-Phase Fluidized Beds--Drying--Particle Growth and Coating in Gas-Fluidized Beds--Chemical Reactors--Fundamentals of Coal Combustion--Multiple-Sprouted Gas-Fluidized Beds and Cyclic Fluidization: Operation and Stability