Particle science and technology is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary research area with
its core being the understanding of the relationships between micro-and macroscopic …

Understanding and modelling the dynamic behaviour of particulate systems has been a
major research focus worldwide for many years. Discrete particle simulation plays an …

Biomass is a renewable and potentially carbon-neutral energy source and can be a
promising alternative to fossil fuels in the ironmaking industry. Pulverised biomass injection …

The design and control of blast furnace (BF) ironmaking must be optimized in order to be
competitive and sustainable, particularly under the more and more demanding and tough …

In this study, a CFD-DEM reacting model featuring thermochemical sub-models is
developed for describing gas–solid reacting flow related to raceway dynamics and coke …

The raceway dynamics and combustion by lateral injection of high-temperature gas into a
packed bed of solid fuel are widely practised in various industries such as ironmaking blast …

The blast furnace is a highly efficient but energy-intensive chemical reactor for iron
production. Two types of solid fuels, viz. coarse coke particles and fine pulverized coal …

Hydrogen can be injected into blast furnaces (BFs) via tuyeres and fully replace pulverised
coal injection (PCI) for lowering carbon emission, but hydrogen combustion in the raceway …

Discrete particle simulation has been recognized as a useful numerical technique for
elucidating the fundamentals of granular matter. For gas− solid two-phase flow in …

A three-dimensional mathematical model of the combustion of pulverized coal and coke is
developed. The model is applied to the region of lance-blowpipe-tuyere-raceway-coke bed …