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Choosing Structure-Dependent Drag Coefficient in Modeling Gas-Solid Two-Phase Flow
Choosing Structure-Dependent Drag Coefficient in Modeling Gas-Solid Two-Phase Flow
1, 38-41, 2003
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Gs g
Us = U g (4) 10
6
/ kgm-2s-1
10
phase
1 f f 1 1 c
C Df gU sf2 + CDi gU si2 CDc gU sc2 = 0 (5) 10
4
EMMS
dp 1 f d cl dp
Mass balance of gas and particles
3
10
U g = fU c + (1 f )U f (6)
U p = fU pc + (1 f )U pf (7) 2
10
Cluster diameter 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
-1
Uf superficial fluid velocity in dilute phase, ms
-1
Ug superficial fluid velocity, ms
-1
Umf superficial fluid velocity at minimum fluidization, ms
-1
Up superficial particle velocity, ms
-1
Upc superficial particle velocity in dense phase, ms
-1
Upf superficial particle velocity in dilute phase, ms
-1
Us superficial slip velocity, ms
-1
Usc superficial slip velocity in dense phase, ms
-1
Usf superficial slip velocity in dilute phase, ms
-1
Usi superficial slip velocity in inter- phase, ms
-3 -1
drag coefficient for a control volume, kgm s
0 standard drag coefficient for a control volume,
-3 -1
kgm s
g voidage
c voidage of dense phase
f voidage of dilute phase
max maximum voidage for particle aggregating (0.9997)
mf voidage at minimum fluidization
-3
g fluid density, kgm
-3
p solid density, kgm
Wen & Yu/Ergun EMMS t time step for transient simulation, s
x size of a control volume in horizontal direction, m
Fig. 3 Comparison of voidage distribution at 20 s. y size of a control volume in vertical direction, m
(FCC/Air: g =930 kgm-3, dp=54 m, Ug=1.52 ms-1, H=10.5 m,
D=0.09 m, x=2.2510-3 m, y= 3.510-2 m, t=5.010-4s)
Subscripts
g gas phase
p solid phase
Conclusions
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