Verification of filtered two-fluid models for gas-particle flows in risers

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Abstract

The effect of solid boundaries on the closure relationships for filtered two-fluid models for riser flows was probed by filtering the results obtained through highly resolved kinetic theory-based two-fluid model simulations. The closures for the filtered drag coefficient and particle phase stress depended not only on particle volume fraction and the filter length but also on the distance from the wall. The wall corrections to the filtered closures are nearly independent of the filter length and particle volume fraction. Simulations of filtered model equations yielded grid length independent solutions when the grid length is ∼half the filter length or smaller. Coarse statistical results obtained by solving the filtered models with different filter lengths were the same and corresponded to those from highly resolved simulations of the kinetic theory model, which was used to construct the filtered models, thus verifying the fidelity of the filtered modeling approach.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2691-2707
Number of pages17
JournalAIChE Journal
Volume57
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biotechnology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • General Chemical Engineering

Keywords

  • Coarse-grid simulations
  • Filtered two-fluid model
  • Fluidization
  • Sub-grid two-fluid model

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