Experimental and numerical study of coarse particle conveying in the small absorber sphere system: Overview and some recent CFD-DEM simulations

T Li, H Zhang, S Kuang, H Yan, X Diao, Z Huang… - … Engineering and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Pneumatic conveying of absorber spheres in the pebble-bed high-temperature gas-cooled
reactor is a special application of pneumatic conveying technique in the nuclear …

Experimental study on plug formation characteristics of a novel draft tube type feeder for vertical pneumatic conveying of coarse particles

H Zhang, M Liu, T Li, Z Huang, H Bo, Y Dong - Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Plug flow receives attention because of its advantage to reduce particle attrition, pipe wear
and energy consumption. A novel non-mechanical draft tube type feeder (DTF) for plug …

Research status on hydrodynamics and particle motion behavior of absorber sphere pneumatic conveying system in HTR-PM

T Li, H Zhang, Z Huang, H Bo - 2014 - inis.iaea.org
The absorber sphere pneumatic conveying system in pebble-bed high temperature gas-
cooled reactor was a special application of pneumatic conveying technique. The whole …

CFD-DEM simulation of particle vertical conveying in small absorber sphere system

T Li, H Zhang, H Yan, X Diao, Z Huang, H Bo, Y Dong… - inis.iaea.org
Pneumatic conveying of small absorber spheres in pebble-bed High Temperature Gas-
cooled Reactor is a special application of pneumatic conveying technique. The absorber …