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CFD-DEM Fluidized Bed Drying Study Using a Coarse-Graining Technique
M J A de Munck1, E A J F Peters1, J A M Kuipers1
1Multiphase Reactors Group, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Fluidized beds are commonly applied to industrial drying applications. Modeling using the computational fluid dynamics-discrete element method (CFD-DEM) can be employed to increase the fundamental understanding of solids drying. A large drawback of CFD-DEM is the computational requirements, leading to a limitation regarding the system size. Coarse-grained CFD-DEM is an approach to reduce computational costs, allowing one to simulate larger fluidized beds. In this article, coarse-graining CFD-DEM scaling laws are used for fluidized bed solids drying. Three superficial gas velocities are investigated. The particle temperature and density are accurately described. Besides, the Sherwood number is well captured by the coarse-graining simulations.
