XDEM multi-physics and multi-scale simulation technology: Review of DEM–CFD coupling, methodology and engineering applications

B Peters, M Baniasadi, M Baniasadi, X Besseron… - Particuology, 2019 - Elsevier
The extended discrete element method (XDEM) multi-physics and multi-scale simulation
platform is being developed at the Institute of Computational Engineering, the University of …

Modelling of multiphase flow in a blast furnace: Recent developments and future work

X Dong, A Yu, J Yagi, P Zulli - ISIJ international, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
An ironmaking blast furnace is a complex multiphase flow reactor involving gas, powder,
liquid and solid phases. Understanding the flow behaviour of these phases is of paramount …

Ironmaking

Y Yang, L Holappa, H Saxen, J van der Stel - Treatise on process …, 2024 - Elsevier
This chapter describes the ironmaking technology and outlines the process essentials. The
focus was put on the blast furnace process which is currently the dominating technology for …

Three-dimensional multiphase mathematical modeling of the blast furnace based on the multifluid model

JA De Castro, H Nogami, J Yagi - ISIJ international, 2002 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The blast furnace process is a multi-phase chemical reactor whose main purpose is to
reduce iron oxides producing hot metal. In the actual blast furnace operation several phases …

Three-dimensional modeling of an ironmaking blast furnace with a layered cohesive zone

L Jiao, S Kuang, A Yu, Y Li, X Mao, H Xu - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract A three-dimensional (3D) parallel process model simulating ironmaking blast
furnaces (BFs) has been developed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). It explicitly …

Three-dimensional modeling of flow and thermochemical behavior in a blast furnace

Y Shen, B Guo, S Chew, P Austin, A Yu - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2015 - Springer
An ironmaking blast furnace (BF) is a complex high-temperature moving bed reactor
involving counter-, co-and cross-current flows of gas, liquid and solid, coupled with heat and …

Numerical modelling of blast furnace–Evolution and recent trends

PB Abhale, NN Viswanathan… - Mineral Processing and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In a journey of centuries, the ironmaking blast furnace has gone through many technological
changes, which made it a fit-for-purpose till today. However, for the first time in history, its …

Transient state modeling of industry-scale ironmaking blast furnaces

X Yu, Y Shen - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamic multiphase flow in ironmaking blast furnaces (BFs) operation is a transient-
state process, but it was widely modeled as steady-state in the past. It is necessary to …

Composite pellets–a potential raw material for iron‐making

HM Ahmed, N Viswanathan… - steel research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Coke constitutes the major portion of iron‐making cost and its production causes severe
environmental concerns. In addition, lower energy consumption, lower CO2 emission and …

CFD modeling of multiphase reacting flow in blast furnace shaft with layered burden

D Fu, Y Chen, Y Zhao, J D'Alessio, KJ Ferron… - Applied thermal …, 2014 - Elsevier
The ironmaking blast furnace is a counter-current chemical reactor which includes the
ascending gas flow and the counter-current descending porous bed (burden). A …