Numerical investigation of the grid spatial resolution and the anisotropic character of EMMS in CFB multiphase flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3979-3990

  Atsonios, K ^a,b   Nikolopoulos, A ^a,b   Karellas, S ^a   Nikolopoulos, N ^b   Grammelis, P ^b   Kakaras, Em ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFB; CFD; EMMS; Grid; Multiphase flow; PDD

Indexed keywords

CFB; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTOR; COMPLEX PARTICLES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DRAG FORCES; EMMS; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; EXPLICIT MODELING; GRID; GRID DENSITY; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; INERT MATERIALS; INTERPHASE MOMENTUM EXCHANGE; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PDD; REAL TIME; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; UNIFORM GRIDS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; INVESTMENTS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 79959633035     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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