Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is a technique which allows the high-resolution,
three-dimensional imaging of particulate and multiphase systems, including systems which …

Gas-solid fluidized-bed systems offer great advantages in terms of chemical reaction
efficiency and temperature control where other chemical reactor designs fall short. For this …

A new combined infrared/particle image velocimetry/digital image analysis (IR/PIV/DIA)
measuring technique for investigating heat transfer in gas–solid fluidized beds has been …

Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is a noninvasive technique capable of imaging
the three-dimensional dynamics of a wide variety of powders, particles, grains, and/or fluids …

Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics coupled with Discrete Element Method (CFD-DEM)
is a commonly used numerical method to model gas-solid flow in fluidised beds and other …

Gas–solid fluidization is a well-established technique to suspend or transport particles and
has been applied in a variety of industrial processes. Nevertheless, our knowledge of …

The influence of bed composition–that is, the relative proportions of different components–
on the mixing of fluidised beds containing mixtures of Geldart group B and D particles is of …

Three-dimensionally coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete element
method (DEM) are used to investigate the gas–solid hydrodynamics and mixing …

In granular flow operations, often particles are nonspherical. This has inspired a vast amount
of research in understanding the behavior of these particles. Various models are being …

A highly efficient numerical scheme has been incorporated to solve a traditional two-fluid
model for dense gas–solid flow in large scale fluidized beds. Difficulties associated with the …