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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Liu, Daoyin
• Bu, Changsheng
• Chen, Xiaoping

Titel

Development and test of CFD–DEM model for complex geometry: A coupling algorithm for Fluent and DEM

Ist Teil von

• Computers & chemical engineering, 2013-11, Vol.58, p.260-268

Ort / Verlag

Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

ScienceDirect

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •A CFD–DEM model is developed for simulations on complex geometries.•DEM is coupled with ANSYS/Fluent Eulerian multiphase model.•The current model is validated against a series of typical fluidization cases. CFD–Discrete Element Method (DEM) model is an effective approach for studying dense gas–solid flow in fluidized beds. In this study, a CFD–DEM model for complex geometries is developed, where DEM code is coupled with ANSYS/Fluent software through its User Defined Function. The Fluent Eulerian multiphase model is employed to couple with DEM, whose secondary phase acts as a ghost phase but just an image copy of DEM field. The proposed procedure preserves phase conservation and ensures the Fluent phase-coupled SIMPLE solver work stable. The model is used to simulate four typical fluidization cases, respectively, a single pulsed jet fluidized bed, fluidized bed with an immersed tube, fluidization regime transition from bubbling to fast, and a simplified two-dimensional circulating fluidized bed loop. The simulation results are satisfactory. The present approach provides an easily implemented and reliable method for CFD–DEM model on complex geometries.