Numerical modelling offers the opportunity to better understand, predict, and optimise the
behaviours of industrial systems, and thus provides a powerful means of improving …

A proppant transport model was proposed to simulate the fluid-granular interactions in rough
narrow fractures. The Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) was used to describe the fluid …

In this work, we assess the accuracy of the unresolved CFD-DEM method by confronting
simulated and experimental results of a pilot-scale cylindrical liquid–solid fluidized bed. We …

The hydrodynamics of the Expanded Bed Adsorption process is studied through simulations
combining Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Discrete Element Method. A …

Experiments for the validation of unresolved CFD-DEM software for solid–liquid flows are
often expensive, time consuming and generally provide little insight into the local particles …

Given the significant impact of an external electric field on fluidized bed hydrodynamics and
the practical importance of rodlike particles, this study examines the behavior of a fluidized …

The presence of multiple solid particles in a fluidized bed is widespread and has a
significant impact on the bed hydrodynamics and heat/mass transfer. In the present work, the …

We propose a novel method to calculate the local void fraction in solid–fluid Euler–Lagrange
models in an attempt to better predict the behavior of multiphase flows in complex …

Abstract The Discrete Element Method (DEM) is a popular numerical method to predict
granular flows. However, systems containing a considerable number of particles entail …

Numerical models are a powerful tool for investigating the dynamic processes in the interior
of the Earth and other planets, but the reliability and predictive power of these discretized …