(302a) Daizo Kunii, Kunii-Levenspiel and the Historical Meaning of His Work
AIChE Annual Meeting
2020
2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting
Particle Technology Forum
Fluidization: In Honor of Kunii and Levenspiel II (Invited Talks)
Monday, November 16, 2020 - 2:30pm to 2:45pm
For decades âFluidization Engineeringâ (1st ed.: 1969; 2nd ed.: 1991) has been the leading monograph/textbook worldwide for students, researchers and engineers. Its first edition was based on Daizo Kunii (1923-2019)âs book âFluidization Methodsâ published in 1962 in Japanese, which was later found by his lifelong friend Octave Levenspiel (1926-2017) and they worked together to write their comprehensive book.
Daizo was a person of strong mission shouldering the responsibility of constructing the edifice of modern chemical engineering in the post war Japan.
In this presentation I am revisiting the background of their mission, the value of their work in the history of fluidization science and engineering and the lessons we should absorb from them.