CFD simulation of dense particulate reaction system: Approaches, recent advances and applications

W Zhong, A Yu, G Zhou, J Xie, H Zhang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Dense particulate reaction system (DPRS) is quite common in many engineering fields such
as energy conversion, petro-chemical processing, mineral processing, chemical …

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 …

Effects of shape and size on microplastic atmospheric settling velocity

CA Preston, CL McKenna Neuman… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microplastics (MPs) have been found in all terrestrial, marine, and riparian environments,
including remote regions. This implies that atmospheric transport is an important pathway …

Direct numerical simulation of low-Reynolds-number flow past arrays of rotating spheres

Q Zhou, LS Fan - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
Immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann simulations are used to examine the effects of particle
rotation, at low particle Reynolds numbers, on flows in ordered and random arrays of mono …

High-fidelity simulation of the 3-D full-loop gas–solid flow characteristics in the circulating fluidized bed

K Luo, F Wu, S Yang, M Fang, J Fan - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The full-loop gas–solid motions in a three-dimensional circulating fluidized bed are
numerically modeled using the computational fluid dynamics combined with the discrete …

Effect of particle self-rotation on separation efficiency in mini-hydrocyclones

M Hao, Y Zhang, Y Huang, H Wang, H Li, J Du, W Lv… - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
High-speed particle self-rotation near the wall of a hydrocyclone that causes the radial
migration of the particles has been extensively investigated. However, the influence of this …

[HTML][HTML] Direct numerical simulation of moderate-Reynolds-number flow past arrays of rotating spheres

Q Zhou, LS Fan - Physics of Fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Direct numerical simulations with an immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method are used
to investigate the effects of particle rotation on flows past random arrays of mono-disperse …

A second-order accurate immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for particle-laden flows

Q Zhou, LS Fan - Journal of computational physics, 2014 - Elsevier
A new immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM) is presented for fully resolved
simulations of incompressible viscous flows laden with rigid particles. The immersed …

In− situ sludge reduction and carbon reuse in an anoxic/oxic process coupled with hydrocyclone breakage

Y Xu, Y Fang, Z Wang, D Guo, Y Liu, Y Huang, P Fu… - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The long− term performance of an anoxic− oxic− hydrocyclone (AOH) process with an in−
situ hydrocyclone treatment unit in the mixed liquid return line for sludge reduction and …

Effect of shear stress on deoiling of oil‐contaminated catalysts in a hydrocyclone

Y Xu, Y Liu, Y Zhang, X Yang… - Chemical Engineering & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Shear stress provided by a hydrocyclone was employed to remove the oil from oil‐
contaminated catalysts. Understanding the deoiling mechanism and quantitative analysis of …