[HTML][HTML] Progress in CFD simulations of fluidized beds for chemical and energy process engineering

F Alobaid, N Almohammed, MM Farid, J May… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gas-solid fluidized beds have drawn the attention of engineers and researchers as an
effective technology for a large variety of applications, and numerical simulations can play …

Continuum theory for dense gas-solid flow: A state-of-the-art review

J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Gas-solid fluidization technology has been commercialized in many industrial applications
since its implementation in the fluid catalytic cracking process in the early 1940s, however …

Machine learning to assist filtered two‐fluid model development for dense gas–particle flows

LT Zhu, JX Tang, ZH Luo - AIChE Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Machine learning (ML) is experiencing an immensely fascinating resurgence in a
wide variety of fields. However, applying such powerful ML to construct subgrid interphase …

Development and validation of an enhanced filtered drag model for simulating gas-solid fluidization of Geldart A particles in all flow regimes

X Gao, T Li, A Sarkar, L Lu, WA Rogers - Chemical Engineering Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Coarse-grid two-fluid simulation of gas-solid fluidized bed reactors based on the kinetic
theory of granular flow exhibits a significant dependence on drag models, especially for …

Numerical study of biomass gasification in a 0.3 MWth full-loop circulating fluidized bed gasifier

S Yang, S Wang, H Wang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass gasification process in a three-dimensional pilot-scale circulating fluidized bed
(CFB) gasifier is numerically simulated via the multiphase particle-in-cell approach. The …

A grid-independent EMMS/bubbling drag model for bubbling and turbulent fluidization

H Luo, B Lu, J Zhang, H Wu, W Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
The EMMS/bubbling drag model takes the effects of meso-scale structures (ie bubbles) into
modeling of drag coefficient and thus improves coarse-grid simulation of bubbling and …

Particle-scale evaluation of the pyrolysis process of biomass material in a reactive gas-solid spouted reactor

S Yang, S Wang, H Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass pyrolysis is numerically studied in a spouted bed reactor. Thermophysical
processes with complex reactions are considered for gas and solid phases under Eulerian …

Eulerian-Lagrangian simulation study of the gas-solid reacting flow in a bubbling fluidized coal gasifier

S Yang, X Liu, S Wang, K Zhang, H Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
A reactive multiphase particle-in-cell approach is developed to explore the air-blown coal
gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. The model is validated by comparing the …

A critical comparison of two-fluid model, discrete particle method and direct numerical simulation for modeling dense gas-solid flow of rough spheres

W Bian, X Chen, J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Interphase drag coefficient is a critical input in two-fluid model (TFM) and discrete particle
method (DPM). In this study, extensive TFM and DPM simulations were carried out to study …

Numerical analysis of hydrodynamics and thermochemical property of biomass gasification in a pilot-scale circulating fluidized bed

Z Wan, J Hu, X Qi - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents a three-dimensional reactive multiphase particle-in-cell (MP-PIC) model
to simulate the hydrodynamics and thermochemical property of the biomass gasification …