Computational fluid dynamics investigation of bitumen residues in oil sands tailings transport in an industrial horizontal pipe

SG Sontti, M Sadeghi, K Zhou, E Zheng, X Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Pipeline transport is commonly used in the oil sand industry to convey crushed oil sand ores
and tailings. Bitumen residues in the oil sand tailings can be a threat to the environment that …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of three–phase non–Newtonian slurry flows in industrial horizontal pipelines

M Sadeghi, SG Sontti, E Zheng, X Zhang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the flow behavior of complex concentrated slurries is of tremendous
importance for industrial waste management. In this study, the transport of three–phase oil …

Effect of Local Hydrodynamics on the Performance of a Fluidized-Bed Gasifier

S Parvathaneni, S Karmakar… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fluidized beds are widely used for chemical processing and power generation processes. It
is important to understand how the local hydrodynamics and bubbling characteristics …

Effect of Bubbling/Spouting Behavior on Dynamics of Segregation of Particles with Different Size and Density Ratios

S Parvathaneni, S Karmakar… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Local bubbling/spouting behavior significantly influences the segregation/mixing of particles
in several chemical and energy generation processes. In the present work, we performed …

Numerical Insights from a Population Balance Model into the Distribution of Bitumen Residues in Industrial Horizontal Pipes During the Hydrotransport of Oil Sands …

SG Sontti, X Zhang - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pipeline transportation is a vital method for conveying crushed oil sand ores and tailings in
the oil sands industry. This study focuses on enhancing economic benefits by exploring the …

CFD Modeling of the Industrial-Scale Bottom-Fired Direct Reduced Iron Reforming Process

S Parvathaneni, MW Andrade - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the iron and steel-making process, direct reduced iron (DRI) is the very first step that uses
CO and H2 to reduce iron ore and therefore contributes to fewer CO2 emissions than the …

Numerical investigation on solids settling in a non-Newtonian slurry inside a horizontal flume

S Sharma, SG Sontti, W Zhang, P Nikrityuk… - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Slurry transportation is always crucial for many industrial processes. This study numerically
investigates the settling behavior of multisize solid particles in a non-Newtonian slurry inside …

Study on the anisotropy of particle fluctuation in a jet bubbling bed

X Chen, S Wang, B Shao, L Xie, G Kuang, Y Ma - Granular Matter, 2024 - Springer
The flow behavior of particles is simulated with an Eulerian-Eulerian two-fluid model based
on kinetic theory of granular flow (KTGF) in a jet bubbling bed. A second-order moment …