CFD-DEM Investigation on van der Waals Force in Gas-Solid Bubbling Fluidized Beds

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1 Process Design and Simulation Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-4563, Tehran, Iran.

2 Depatment of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), PO Box: 15875-4413, Hafez 424, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Effect of interparticle force on the hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized beds was investigated using the combined method of computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method (CFD-DEM). The cohesive force between particles was considered to follow the van der Waals equation form. The model was validated by experimental results from literature in terms of bed voidage distribution and Eulerian solid velocity field. The results revealed that the incorporated model can satisfactorily predict the hydrodynamics of the fluidized bed in the presence of interparticle forces. Effect of interparticle force on the bubble rise characteristics, such as bubble stability, bubble diameter and bubble velocity, was investigated. It was shown that the emulsion voidage increases with increasing the interparticle force in the bed and it can hold more gas inside its structure. In addition, by increasing the interparticle force, size of bubbles and rise velocity of bubbles increase while the average velocity of particles decreases.

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Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Volume 52, Issue 1
June 2018
Pages 93-105

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  • Receive Date: 19 April 2018
  • Accept Date: 30 May 2018

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