Experiment and Numerical Simulation on Slugging Fluidization of Large Particles in Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed

Abstract:

The hydrodynamics of a two-dimensional gas-solid fluidized bed with 0.03 m diameter and 0.3 m height were studied experimentally and computationally. The slugging fluidization of large particles was experimentally investigated and simulated using the Fluent 6.3 computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package. By a series of cold-model test, characterization of gas-solid fluidization with large particles was studied. These results can be used to research slugging characteristics. A multifluid Eulerian model incorporating the kinetic theory for solid particles was applied to simulate the unsteady-state behavior and momentum exchange coefficients were calculated by using the Syamlal-OBrien drag functions. These results of the transfer of fluidization state, maximum bed expansion ratio and pressure fluctuation were systemically simulated in a gas-solid fluidized bed. The modeling predictions compared reasonably well with experimental data and qualitative slugging regime. The simulation results can better predict the slugging fluidization characterization of large particles.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 881-883)
• Pages: 689-697
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.881-883.689
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Hui Yang*, Dong Yu Wan, Chang Qing Cao
• Keywords: CFD, Eulerian Model, Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed, Numerical Simulation, Slugging

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