Gas-solid fluidized beds have drawn the attention of engineers and researchers as an
effective technology for a large variety of applications, and numerical simulations can play …

With increasing the computational resources, the number of publications about coupled
computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method is in the rise in the recent years. This …

Pneumatic conveying is an important operation used in many industries for the
transportation of granular materials from one place to another. In recent years, many efforts …

The design and control of blast furnace (BF) ironmaking must be optimized in order to be
competitive and sustainable, particularly under the more and more demanding and tough …

Over the past decade, DEM-based simulation has become a promising alternative to
physical measurements of thermal particulate systems. Despite their rapid advancement and …

A void zone, the so-called raceway, may be formed when gas is laterally injected into a
particle packed bed and the char particles may combust when the gas enters at a high …

This chapter describes the ironmaking technology and outlines the process essentials. The
focus was put on the blast furnace process which is currently the dominating technology for …

Drying is a common practice for post-harvest processing of food grains. Fluidised beds are
often adopted for this purpose. It is of importance to understand the fluidised bed drying …

The raceway is a zone of considerable significance in a blast furnace (BF) because it
supplies energy and reducing agents that ensure successful and stable BF operation …

Food grains naturally undergo physical and structural changes during a drying process. The
volumetric change of particles or particle shrinkage is one of the important and complicated …