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Influence of Solid-Phase Wall Boundary Condition on CFD Simulation of Spouted Beds
Chemical Engineering Science
  • Xingying Lan
  • Chunming Xu
  • Jinsen Gao
  • Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The Influence of Solid-Phase Wall Boundary Condition in Terms of Specularity Coefficient and Particle-Wall Restitution Coefficient on the Flow Behavior of Spouted Beds Was Investigated using Two-Fluid Model Approach in the Computational Fluid Dynamics Software FLUENT 6.3. Parametric Studies of Specularity Coefficient and Particle-Wall Restitution Coefficient Were Performed to Evaluate their Effects on the Flow Hydrodynamics in Terms of Fountain Height, Spout Diameter, Pressure Drop, Local Voidage and Particles Velocity. the Numerical Predictions Were Compared with Available Experimental Data in the Literatures to Obtain the Suitable Values of Specularity Coefficient and Particle-Wall Restitution Coefficient for Spouted Beds. the Simulated Results Show that the Solid-Phase Wall Boundary Condition Plays an Important Role in CFD Modeling of Spouted Beds. the Specularity Coefficient Has a Pronounced Effect on the Spouting Behavior and a Small Specularity Coefficient (0.05) Can Give Good Predictions, While the Particle-Wall Restitution Coefficient is Not Critical for the Holistic Flow Characteristics. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Comments

China University of Petroleum, Beijing, Grant None

Keywords and Phrases
  • Boundary condition,
  • Hydrodynamics,
  • Numerical simulation,
  • Particle-wall restitution coefficient,
  • Specularity coefficient,
  • Spouted beds
Document Type
Article - Journal
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Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
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© 2023 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
2-13-2012
Publication Date
13 Feb 2012
Citation Information
Xingying Lan, Chunming Xu, Jinsen Gao and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan. "Influence of Solid-Phase Wall Boundary Condition on CFD Simulation of Spouted Beds" Chemical Engineering Science Vol. 69 Iss. 1 (2012) p. 419 - 430 ISSN: 0009-2509
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/muthanna-al-dahhan/218/