COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS FOR DENSE GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BEDS: A MULTI-SCALE MODELING STRATEGY

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摘要 Densegas-particleflowsareencounteredinavarietyofindustriallyimportantprocessesforlargescaleproductionoffuels,fertilizersandbasechemicals.Thescale-upoftheseprocessesisoftenproblematicandisrelatedtotheintrinsiccomplexitiesoftheseflowswhichareunfortunatelynotyetfullyunderstooddespitesignificanteffortsmadeinbothacademicandindustrialresearchlaboratories.Indensegas-particleflowsboth(effective)fluid-particleand(dissipative)particle-particleinteractionsneedtobeaccountedforbecausethesephenomenatoalargeextentgoverntheprevailingflowphenomena,i.e.theformationandevolutionofheterogeneousstructures.Thesestructureshavesignificantimpactonthequalityofthegas-solidcontactandasadirectconsequencethereofstronglyaffecttheperformanceoftheprocess.Duetotheinherentcomplexityofdensegas-particlesflows,wehaveadoptedamulti-scalemodelingapproachinwhichbothfluid-particleandparticle-particleinteractionscanbeproperlyaccountedfor.Theideaisessentiallythatfundamentalmodels,takingintoaccounttherelevantdetailsoffluid-particle(latticeBoltzmannmodel)andparticle-particle(discreteparticlemodel)interactions,areusedtodevelopclosurelawstofeedcontinuummodelswhichcanbeusedtocomputetheflowstructuresonamuchlarger(industrial)scale.Ourmulti-scaleapproach(seeFig.1)involvesthelatticeBoltzmannmodel,thediscreteparticlemodel,thecontinuummodelbasedonthekinetictheoryofgranularflowandthediscretebubblemodel.Inthispaperwegiveanoverviewofthemulti-scalemodelingstrategy,accompaniedbyillustrativecomputationalresultsforbubbleformation.Inaddition,areaswhichneedsubstantialfurtherattentionwillbehighlighted.
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出版日期 2005年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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