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 …

For a single isolated particle, the effect of overlap displacement on conduction and the effect
of particle diameter/fluid velocity on convection are comprehensively studied using a CFD …

Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Method (CFD-DEM) is extensively
used for modeling heat transfer in gas-solid fluidized beds. However, CFD-DEM is …

Slurry pipeline transport, which is widely used in dredging, is an important method of solid
material transportation. The internal structure information of flows with different shaped …

Chip-like particles are increasingly practised in various thermal applications, yet the unique
heat transfer characteristics are not well understood. In this work, a recently developed …

To reduce wall erosion in 550 MWe ultra-supercritical (USC) circulating fluidized bed (CFB)
boiler, the effect of bed particle size with gas-particle hydrodynamics characteristics is …

Coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method (CFD-DEM)
simulations are carried out to investigate the heat transfer characteristics and microstructure …

Semi-dry circulating fluidized bed flue gas desulfurization (CFB-FGD) is a major industrial
FGD technology. Assuming that only one desulfurizer particle is wrapped in each droplet for …

Simulation of dense gas–solid flow in fluidized beds is a computationally intensive
procedure, and emerging speedup simulation methods are still unsatisfactory. This work …