Numerical simulation of particle fluidization behaviors in a rotating

Numerical simulation of particle fluidization behaviors in a rotating fluidized bed 

Department of Chemical Engmeering, Osaka Prefecture University 

1-1 Gakuen-cho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan (watano chemeng.osakafu-u.ac.jp) 

So far, some researchers have analyzed particle fluidization behaviors in a RFB, however, they have not well studied yet, since particle fluidization behaviors are very complicated. In this study, fundamental particle fluidization behaviors of Geldart s group B particle in a RFB were numerically analyzed by using a Discrete Element Method (DEM)- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) coupling model [3]. First of all, visualization of particle fluidization behaviors in a RFB was conducted. Relationship between bed pressure drop and gas velocity was also investigated by the numerical simulation. In addition, fluctuations of bed pressure drop and particle mixing behaviors of radial direction were numerically analyzed. 

In this study, particle fluidization behaviors in a RFB were numerically analyzed by using a DEM-CFD coupling model [3]. The particle motion was calculated by DEM, which calculates the motion of each particle by integrating the Newton s equations for individual particle step by step, allowing for the external forces acting on a particle. Equations of transitional and rotational motions for individual particles are as follows  

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