A review of recent development for the CFD-DEM investigations of non-spherical particles

H Ma, L Zhou, Z Liu, M Chen, X ** and transporting the particle-fluid flow in the hydraulic system. Although the …

Predicting the performance of aero-type cyclone separators with different spiral inlets under macroscopic bio-granular flow using CFD–DEM modelling

MA El-Emam, L Zhou, AI Omara - Biosystems Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Evaluation of flow and performance of single and double spiral inlet
cyclones.•CFD is used to model the gas flow, and DEM to model and track …

Recent advances and perspectives of CFD–DEM simulation in fluidized bed

Z Zhao, L Zhou, L Bai, B Wang, R Agarwal - Archives of Computational …, 2024 - Springer
The coupling of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete element method (DEM)
has become an important method for studying dense fluidized beds. Since DEM can track …

Fundamentals of the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries

P Li, S Luo, Y Lin, J **ao, X **a, X Liu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses the critical role of fundamentals of battery recycling in addressing the
challenges posed by the increasing number of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to the …

Performance evaluation of standard cyclone separators by using CFD–DEM simulation with realistic bio-particulate matter

MA El-Emam, L Zhou, W Shi, C Han - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
As an abatement emissions control and energy-consuming device, cyclone separators are
the most common device used in bioprocessing to separate fine and coarse particulate …

Micromechanical analysis of capillary suction effect on bearing capacity of unsaturated fine granular foundation soil using coupled CFD-DEM method

Y Peng, ZY Yin, C Zhou, X Ding - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
The micro-to macro-scale bearing capacity characteristics of unsaturated fine granular soil
have remained unclear. This study is the first to investigate the capillary suction effect on the …

Pneumatic separation for crushed spent lithium-ion batteries

X Zhong, W Liu, J Han, F Jiao, H Zhu, W Qin - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Pneumatic separation was used to separate the valuable current collectors and harmful
separators in spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to avoid the plastic pollution caused by the …