Fluid Flow and Solid/Fluid Suspensions Flow in 3-D Packed Beds of Spheres: The Effect of Periodicity of Fixed Beds

Abstract:

A 3-D numerical study is performed to investigate the effects of periodicity (geometry) on flow of fluid and on flow of solid/fluid suspensions in packing arrangements of fixed beds of spheres. The porosity is fixed at 0.58 and the following packing arrangements are studied: simple cubic, face-centered cubic, hexagonal, rhomboedric hexagonal and tetragonal. Simulations are carried out at Reynolds numbers ranging from 0.1 and 50, and using solid suspensions with different sizes (0.2, 2 and 10 micron) and densities (200 and 2000 kg/m3). The effect of the periodicity on fluid flow characteristics (permeability and inertia parameter) and on the penetration efficiency of solid suspensions within the packed beds is analyzed and quantified.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volumes 312-315)
• Pages: 871-876
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.312-315.871
• Online since: April 2011
• Authors: Ana Serrenho, Antonio Ferreira Miguel
• Keywords: Deposition, Fluid Flow, Inertial Factor, Packed Beds, Penetration Efficiency, Permeability, Solid/Fluid Suspensions Flow

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