Direct calculation of voidage in the fine-grid CFD–DEM simulation of fluidized beds with large particles--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Wang, L., Ouyang, J., & Jiang, C. (2018). Direct calculation of voidage in the fine-grid CFD–DEM simulation of fluidized beds with large particles. Particuology, 40, 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2017.11.010

Direct calculation of voidage in the fine-grid CFD–DEM simulation of fluidized beds with large particles

Lihua Wang, Jie Ouyang ^*, Chuntao Jiang

Department of Applied Mathematics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China

10.1016/j.partic.2017.11.010

Volume 40, October 2018, Pages 23-33

Received 12 June 2017, Revised 15 September 2017, Accepted 22 November 2017, Available online 26 March 2018, Version of Record 28 July 2018.

E-mail: jieouyang@nwpu.edu.cn

Highlights

• A judgment criterion of particle–cell overlap was proposed.

• Eight cases of the overlap volume of particle and cell were ascribed to a unified formula.

• Radial voidage profiles and vertical particle velocities agreed well with experimental data.

• The S-shaped axial voidage profiles were investigated.

Abstract

Voidage is important in determining the hydrodynamic behavior of a fluidized bed and estimating the drag force. Exact calculation methods are limited, especially in terms of determining the intersection of a particle and cell. This paper presents a method of directly calculating voidage. First, a judgment criterion of particle–cell overlap, which relies on the relationship of the distance from the particle to a cell face, edge, or vertex, is proposed. Eight cases of the overlap volume of a particle and cell are then ascribed to a unified formula in the framework of the cuboid cell. This formula relies on the volume of two kinds of segments named the hemispherical segment and quarter-spherical segment. The presented method is validated by calculating the voidage of simple cubic packing. Moreover, a three-dimensional fluidized bed with large particles is simulated and the results of numerical simulation are compared against experimental and simulation results reported in the literature. All numerical results are in good agreement with corresponding experimental data, and demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of the presented method in the three-dimensional simulation of fluidized beds.

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Keywords

Voidage; Direct calculation; Computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method; Fluidized beds

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