Continuum theory for dense gas-solid flow: A state-of-the-art review

J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Gas-solid fluidization technology has been commercialized in many industrial applications
since its implementation in the fluid catalytic cracking process in the early 1940s, however …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of hydrocyclone design in microplastics-water separation by using computational fluid dynamics simulations

D Thiemsakul, R Piemjaiswang, T Sema, Y Feng… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nowadays microplastics have become a significant environmental concern, impacting both
freshwater and marine ecosystems. In response to this issue, extensive research has been …

Computational modelling of particle-fluid dynamics in comminution and classification: a review

N Mangadoddy, TR Vakamalla… - Mineral Processing …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Comminution and classification are the two major unit operations involved in the processing
of pure minerals from its ore rocks. In the current paper, an assessment is made on different …

Investigation of mini-hydrocyclone performance in removing small-size microplastics

L He, L Ji, X Sun, S Chen, S Kuang - Particuology, 2022 - Elsevier
Large amounts of microplastics (MPs) have been found in rivers and oceans, bringing great
harm to aquatic animals, plants, even human beings. However, the effective removal method …

Numerical modeling and analysis of particle-fluid flow and wall erosion in centrifugal slurry pumps under different solid concentrations

H Wang, Z Tan, S Kuang, A Yu - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Wall erosion is a critical problem encountered in operation and maintenance of centrifugal
slurry pumps. This paper presents a numerical study of the particle-fluid flow and wall …

Multi-objective optimization of hydrocyclone by combining mechanistic and data-driven models

Q Ye, P Duan, S Kuang, L Ji, R Zou, A Yu - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a cost-effective method to optimize hydrocyclones used for particle
separation. It integrates a mechanistic model for data generation with data-driven models for …

Euler-Lagrange simulation of dense gas-solid flow with local grid refinement

P Zhao, J Xu, Q Chang, W Ge, J Wang - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Euler-Lagrange method is powerful for studying dense gas-solid flow, where the Eulerian
grid is typically 3–5 times of particle diameter to ensure the accuracy of information map** …

Numerical investigation of hydrocyclone feed inlet configurations for mitigating particle misplacement

L Ji, S Kuang, A Yu - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hydrocyclones used for separating coal particles (< 2 mm) by sizes suffer from particle
misplacement related to different particle densities. This paper presents a numerical study …

An EMMS drag model for coarse grid simulation of polydisperse gas–solid flow in circulating fluidized bed risers

Z Qin, Q Zhou, J Wang - Chemical engineering science, 2019 - Elsevier
Polydisperse gas–solid systems are more common in both industry and the natural world
than their monodisperse counterparts. This paper aims to investigate the hydrodynamics of …

[HTML][HTML] Fast prediction and control of air core in hydrocyclone by machine learning to stabilize operations

Q Ye, S Kuang, P Duan, R Zou, A Yu - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Operation stability significantly impacts hydrocyclone separation performance during
wastewater treatment, sludge processing, and microplastic removal from water. The air core …