We simulated a lab-scale cold-flow spouted bed through computational fluid dynamics (CFD), coupled with the discrete element method (DEM) for the solid phase, using a commercial CFD program, ANSYS FLUENT 18.0. To limit the computational expense, we tested both a simplified pseudo-2D geometry and a complete 3D geometry. We found that the Haider and Levenspiel drag model is suitable for the pseudo-2D geometry; however, this model does not correctly predict fluidisation in the 3D geometry. Conversely, the Gidaspow drag model behaves accurately in the 3D geometry but overestimates the motion of particles in the pseudo-2D geometry. We studied several single-solid and binary mixtures to assess the reproducibility of segregation phenomena. The pseudo-2D model was able to predict the onset and minimum spouting flow rates of all mixtures with good accuracy. An analysis of the volume fraction contours of the binary mixtures permitted us to confirm that segregation phenomena were correctly predicted at low gas velocities. We showed that segregation decreased as the inlet gas flow rate was increased. Calculations performed in the complete 3D geometry were preliminarily assessed as more reliable but required almost four times as much computational time as those for the pseudo 2D geometry.

A CFD–DEM Study of the Behaviour of Single-solid and Binary Mixtures in a Pyramidal Spouted Bed / Marchelli, Filippo; Moliner, Cristina; Bosio, Barbara; Arato, Elisabetta. - In: PARTICUOLOGY. - ISSN 1674-2001. - STAMPA. - 2019:42(2019), pp. 79-91. [10.1016/j.partic.2018.03.017]

A CFD–DEM Study of the Behaviour of Single-solid and Binary Mixtures in a Pyramidal Spouted Bed

Marchelli, Filippo;Bosio, Barbara;
2019-01-01

Abstract

We simulated a lab-scale cold-flow spouted bed through computational fluid dynamics (CFD), coupled with the discrete element method (DEM) for the solid phase, using a commercial CFD program, ANSYS FLUENT 18.0. To limit the computational expense, we tested both a simplified pseudo-2D geometry and a complete 3D geometry. We found that the Haider and Levenspiel drag model is suitable for the pseudo-2D geometry; however, this model does not correctly predict fluidisation in the 3D geometry. Conversely, the Gidaspow drag model behaves accurately in the 3D geometry but overestimates the motion of particles in the pseudo-2D geometry. We studied several single-solid and binary mixtures to assess the reproducibility of segregation phenomena. The pseudo-2D model was able to predict the onset and minimum spouting flow rates of all mixtures with good accuracy. An analysis of the volume fraction contours of the binary mixtures permitted us to confirm that segregation phenomena were correctly predicted at low gas velocities. We showed that segregation decreased as the inlet gas flow rate was increased. Calculations performed in the complete 3D geometry were preliminarily assessed as more reliable but required almost four times as much computational time as those for the pseudo 2D geometry.
2019
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Marchelli, Filippo; Moliner, Cristina; Bosio, Barbara; Arato, Elisabetta
A CFD–DEM Study of the Behaviour of Single-solid and Binary Mixtures in a Pyramidal Spouted Bed / Marchelli, Filippo; Moliner, Cristina; Bosio, Barbara; Arato, Elisabetta. - In: PARTICUOLOGY. - ISSN 1674-2001. - STAMPA. - 2019:42(2019), pp. 79-91. [10.1016/j.partic.2018.03.017]
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