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 …

In the past few decades, multi-scale numerical methods have been developed to model
dense gas-solid flow in fluidized beds with different resolutions, accuracies, and efficiencies …

Gathering inspiration from nature for the design of new materials, products and processes is
a topic gaining rapid interest among scientists and engineers. In this review, we introduce …

A nature-inspired solution (NIS) methodology is proposed as a systematic platform for
innovation and to inform transformative technology required to address Grand Challenges …

The dynamics of granular materials are critical to many natural and industrial processes;
granular motion is often strikingly similar to flow in conventional liquids. Food …

Vibrated gas-fluidized beds are widely used industrially, and two main methods exist to
simulate them computationally:(i) in a moving reference frame by oscillating gravity and (ii) …

Various approaches to structure gas-solid fluidized beds are reviewed, followed by detailed
discussion on the use of gas pulsation to induce dynamic structuring. Granular media are …

The development of CFD-DEM is critical for investigating particle phenomena and their
coupling with reactor transport. However, there continues to be considerable uncertainty in …

Pulsation fluidized bed (PFB) has indisputable advantages for the dry coal beneficiation
process. Due to the interaction mechanism between pulsation gas flow and particles is not …

An adequate use of gas pulsation can create an ordered, dynamically structured bubble flow
in a bed of Geldart B particles. A structured bed is more homogeneous, responds to external …