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Xia, Z., Shi, M., Zou, Q., Gui, N., Yang, X., Tu, J., & Jiang, S. (2024). Voidage correction method for DEM study of 3D pebble flows in a bed of cycloidal base. Particuology, 93, 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2024.06.003
Voidage correction method for DEM study of 3D pebble flows in a bed of cycloidal base
Zirui Xia a b, Minglei Shi a c, Quan Zou a, Nan Gui a *, Xingtuan Yang a, Jiyuan Tu a d, Shengyao Jiang a
a Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Reactor Engineering and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
b Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
c Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
d School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3083, Australia
10.1016/j.partic.2024.06.003
Volume 93, October 2024, Pages 30-40
Received 26 September 2023, Revised 4 June 2024, Accepted 5 June 2024, Available online 10 June 2024, Version of Record 14 June 2024.
E-mail: guinan@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Highlights

• A method of voidage correction for DEM-based simulation is proposed.

• An analytic function to evaluate pebble volume intercepted by cells is proposed.

• A method to correct the radius of particles with severe deformation is presented.

• Voidage inside the cycloidal-base pebble bed is obtained with validation.

• The method is potentially useful for dynamical voidage calculation in CFD-DEM.


Abstract

Voidage (porosity or void fraction) in packed particles (or pebbles) is of fundamental importance in calculating the pressure drop, obtaining the drag, predicting the bed permeability, estimating the neutron streaming, etc. For the case when particles are deformed, a method of voidage correction during the packing state is proposed using a Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulation of 3D pebble flow inside a bed of cycloidal base. A function to evaluate the remaining volume of a pebble intercepted by horizontal and vertical planes is proposed for voidage calculation. After that, the process of solving voidage distribution is provided in detail. Using this method, the voidage inside the cycloidal-base pebble bed is obtained to refer to reported similar data for validation. This method can be potentially used for dynamical voidage calculation in CFD-DEM simulation which can get suitable voidage distribution after the correction.

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Keywords
Voidage; Pebble flow; Packed bed; Discrete element method; Cycloidal base; KD-Tree; Volume correction