A numerical study of fluidization behavior of Geldart A particles using a discrete particle model

Ye, M. and Hoef van der, M.A. and Kuipers, J.A.M. (2004) A numerical study of fluidization behavior of Geldart A particles using a discrete particle model. Powder Technology, 139 (2). pp. 129-139. ISSN 0032-5910

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Abstract:	This paper reports on a numerical study of fluidization behavior of Geldart A particles by use of a 2D soft-sphere discrete particle model (DPM). Some typical features, including the homogeneous expansion, gross particle circulation in the absence of bubbles, and fast bubbles, can be clearly displayed if the interparticle van der Waals forces are relatively weak. An anisotropy of the velocity fluctuation of particles is found in both the homogeneous fluidization regime and the bubbling regime. The homogeneous fluidization is shown to represent a transition phase resulting from the competition of three kinds of basic interactions: the fluid¿particle interaction, the particle¿particle collisions (and particle¿wall collisions) and the interparticle van der Waals forces. In the bubbling regime, however, the effect of the interparticle van der Waals forces vanishes and the fluid¿particle interaction becomes the dominant factor determining the fluidization behavior of Geldart A particles. This is also evidenced by the comparisons of the particulate pressure with other theoretical and experimental results.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2003 Elsevier B.V
Research Group:	Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering (FAP)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/49569
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2003.10.012
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