[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 …

Development and validation of SuperDEM-CFD coupled model for simulating non-spherical particles hydrodynamics in fluidized beds

X Gao, J Yu, L Lu, C Li, WA Rogers - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
A SuperDEM-CFD coupled model was developed and validated in open-source MFiX for
simulating non-spherical particles fluidization hydrodynamics in fluidized beds. The non …

CFD study of mixing and segregation in CFB risers: Extension of EMMS drag model to binary gas–solid flow

Q Zhou, J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Energy Minimization Multi-Scale (EMMS) drag model, using Sauter mean
particle diameter to represent real particle size distribution, has proven to be effective in …

An EMMS drag model for coarse grid simulation of polydisperse gas–solid flow in circulating fluidized bed risers

Z Qin, Q Zhou, J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Polydisperse gas–solid systems are more common in both industry and the natural world
than their monodisperse counterparts. This paper aims to investigate the hydrodynamics of …

Long-time coarse-grained CFD-DEM simulation of residence time distribution of polydisperse particles in a continuously operated multiple-chamber fluidized bed

B Lan, J Xu, P Zhao, Z Zou, Q Zhu, J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Residence time distribution of particles is a critical parameter for proper design of gas-solid
fluidized beds, especially in many non-catalytic solid conversion processes where it is highly …

Analysis and development of homogeneous drag closure for filtered mesoscale modeling of fluidized gas-particle flows

LT Zhu, XZ Chen, ZH Luo - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Filtered mesoscale model can be formulated from highly-resolved continuum or discrete
simulations. The embedded microscopic homogeneous drag closure (HDC) is of key …

Effect of particle size distribution on hydrodynamics and solids back-mixing in CFB risers using CPFD simulation

X Shi, X Lan, F Liu, Y Zhang, J Gao - Powder technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Industrial CFB risers usually handle polydisperse mixtures with broad size distribution,
which significantly influenced the performance of the reactors. However, traditional …

Numerical study of particle segregation in a coal beneficiation fluidized bed by a TFM–DEM hybrid model: Influence of coal particle size and density

Q Wang, Y Feng, J Lu, W Yin, H Yang, PJ Witt… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
Particle segregation behavior in a coal beneficiation fluidized bed (CBFB) is numerically
studied using a TFM–DEM hybrid model, in which the gas and the dense solid phases are …

CFD-DEM simulation of polydisperse gas-solid flow of Geldart A particles in bubbling micro-fluidized beds

S Li, P Zhao, J Xu, L Zhang, J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Polydisperse particles are ubiquitous, yet their unique roles are inadequately understood. In
this study, CFD-DEM study on the fluidization of polydisperse particles in bubbling micro …