Numerical Investigation of the Hydrodynamics of Cylindrical Fluidized Bed
Published in The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products", J.A.M. Kuipers, Eindhoven University of Technology R.F. Mudde, Delft University of Technology J.R. van Ommen, Delft University of Technology N.G. Deen, Eindhoven University of Technology Eds, ECI Symposium Series, 2013
Recommended citation: Aditya Karnik, Ajay Rangarajan, Mohit Tandon. (2013). "Numerical Investigation of the Hydrodynamics of Cylindrical Fluidized Bed." The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products", J.A.M. Kuipers, Eindhoven University of Technology R.F. Mudde, Delft University of Technology J.R. van Ommen, Delft University of Technology N.G. Deen, Eindhoven University of Technology Eds, ECI Symposium Series
Numerical simulation for 4 different ratios of initial bed heights (H) to base diameter (D), were performed; viz. 0.5, 1, 2 and 3. Glass beads of density 2600kg/m3 and with an average diameter of 550µm were used for all the simulations. Simulations were performed using the commercial CFD software, STAR-CCM+. The minimum fluidization velocity was identified by measuring pressure drop across the entire domain and found to remain same for all the above mentioned ratios. Comparison between experiment and simulation is done.
Recommended citation: Aditya Karnik, Ajay Rangarajan, Mohit Tandon. (2013). "Numerical Investigation of the Hydrodynamics of Cylindrical Fluidized Bed." The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products”, J.A.M. Kuipers, Eindhoven University of Technology R.F. Mudde, Delft University of Technology J.R. van Ommen, Delft University of Technology N.G. Deen, Eindhoven University of Technology Eds, ECI Symposium Series