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 …

Bio-particulate matter includes grains, cereal crops, and biomass that are considered
discrete materials with irregular size and shape. Although the flow of these particles can …

Particles encountered in nature and engineering practice are normally not spherical but of
irregular shapes. Particle shape plays a key role in determining the behaviour of bulk solids …

Highlights•Review of agricultural material parameters for DEM modelling.•Contact models
reviewed and characterised.•Models of representation of shape of particles discussed.• …

A fundamental understanding of the underlying physics of granular (particulate) systems is
not only of academic interest, but is also highly relevant for industrial applications …

Simulation of the gas-solid flow in an inside-filling air-blowing maize precision seed-
metering device was performed by means of a coupling approach of the discrete element …

Although viscous solid–liquid mixing plays a key role in the industry, the vast majority of the
literature on the mixing of suspensions is centered around the turbulent regime of operation …

A laboratory scale fluidized bed was examined experimentally and numerically involving
differently sized wooden Geldart-D particle shapes. Simulations were performed with a …

Two discrete element models, super-ellipsoid model and multi-sphere model, are employed
in this paper to describe the ellipsoidal particles. And the packing and flow behavior of …

In this work, a reactive CFD-DEM coupling with the multi-sphere model has been
established and used to investigate the air-steam gasification of spherocylindrical biomass …