An overview of Eulerian CFD modeling and simulation of non-spherical biomass particles

A Ullah, K Hong, Y Gao, A Gungor, M Zaman - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, biomass has gained attention as a renewable energy resource due to low
emissions and ample availability. Thermochemical conversion technologies to handle …

Sand-assisted fluidization of large cylindrical and spherical biomass particles: Experiments and simulation

F Fotovat, R Ansart, M Hemati, O Simonin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, bubbling fluidization of a sand fluidized bed with different biomass loadings are
investigated by means of the experiments and numerical simulation. The radioactive particle …

CFD-DEM investigation of the fluidization of binary mixtures containing rod-like particles and spherical particles in a fluidized bed

H Ma, Y Zhao - Powder Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In the energy conversion process, the inert bed material such as sand with spherical shape
is usually added to the fluidized bed for the proper fluidization of the non-spherical biomass …

Three dimensional full-loop CFD simulation of hydrodynamics in a pilot-scale dual fluidized bed system for biomass gasification

H Luo, W Lin, W Song, S Li, K Dam-Johansen… - Fuel Processing …, 2019 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional CFD model was developed to simulate the hydrodynamics in a pilot-
scale dual fluidized bed system for biomass gasification. The system includes a fast fluidized …

MP-PIC simulation of the gas-solid full-loop flow characteristics in a dual fluidized bed and validation with experimental data

Q Tu, Z Luo, H Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
It is necessary to investigate and understand the gas-solid flow characteristics for the design
and optimized operation for chemical looping combustion reactors and other chemical …

Investigating the flow of rod-like particles in a horizontal rotating drum using DEM simulation

H Ma, Y Zhao - Granular Matter, 2018 - Springer
Understanding the flow and mixing of rod-like particles is fundamental because of the
widespread use of rods in the process industry. In this paper, discrete element method is …

Distribution of large biomass particles in a sand‐biomass fluidized bed: Experiments and modeling

F Fotovat, J Chaouki, J Bergthorson - AIChE Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The axial distribution of large biomass particles in bubbling fluidized beds comprised of
sand and biomass is investigated in this study. The global and local pressure drop profiles …

Comprehensive experimental investigation on biomass‐glass beads binary fluidization: A data set for CFD model validation

X Gao, J Yu, C Li, R Panday, Y Xu, T Li… - AIChE …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fluidization behavior of biomass and glass beads binary mixtures in a bubbling fluidized
bed was experimentally investigated. Mixtures containing different mass fraction of Loblolly …

A CPFD model for a bubbly biomass–sand fluidized bed

F Fotovat, A Abbasi, RJ Spiteri, H de Lasa, J Chaouki - Powder Technology, 2015 - Elsevier
This study reports a computational particle fluid dynamics model for the numerical simulation
of a sand fluidized bed with 8 wt.% and 16 wt.% biomass loadings. The proposed CPFD …

Segregation of wood particles in a bubbling fluidized bed

B Cluet, G Mauviel, Y Rogaume, O Authier… - Fuel processing …, 2015 - Elsevier
Understanding wood segregation in bubbling fluidized beds is of importance for the global
analysis, comprehensive modeling, and scale-up of bubbling fluidized bed biomass …