Discrete element simulation of particle flow in arbitrarily complex geometries

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6069-6088

  Su, Junwei ^a,c   Gu, Zhaolin ^a,b   Xu, Xiao Yun ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex geometry; Discrete element method; Fluidized bed; OpenFOAM; Particle flow; Unstructured mesh

Indexed keywords

2D SIMULATIONS; 3D SIMULATIONS; BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE SIZE; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CONTACT STATE; DENSE PARTICLES; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; GAS-SOLID; GEOMETRIC SURFACES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPEN SOURCES; OPENFOAM; PARTICLE FLOW; PARTICLE FLOW PATTERNS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

ALGORITHMS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUIDIZATION; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPEN SYSTEMS; SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 80053285190     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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