fluidized bed

Noun

 * 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
 * German: Wirbelschicht


 * Finnish: leijupeti, leijukerros