Spouted discrete particle modeling

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Sutkar VS, Deen NG, Mohan M, et al Numerical investigations of a pseudo-2D spout fluidized bed with draft plates using a scaled discrete particle model, Chem Eng Sci 104 790-807, 2013. 

In this chapter, we focus on our efforts to model dispersed multiphase flows in which a discrete phase (consisting of solid particles, gas bubbles, or liquid droplets) is moving through, or is moved by, a continuous Newtonian fluid phase. Such flows appear frequendy in process equipment in the chemical, metallurgical, pharmaceutical, and food industries. Examples include fluidized bed reactors, spouted bed reactors, pneumatic conveyors, bubble column reactors, slurry reactors, and spray driers. Figure 1 shows a schematic overview of typical dispersed multiphase systems. 

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