Pore-scale modeling of carbonates

A Mehmani, R Verma, M Prodanović - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbonate rocks display complex pore textures with heterogeneities that extend over
several length scales. Identifying and capturing their significant pore space properties in a …

Verification and validation of a coarse grain model of the DEM in a bubbling fluidized bed

M Sakai, M Abe, Y Shigeto, S Mizutani… - Chemical Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
Dense granular flows are encountered in various engineering fields. The discrete element
method (DEM) is used extensively for the numerical simulation of these flow types …

Generalized three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann color-gradient method for immiscible two-phase pore-scale imbibition and drainage in porous media

S Leclaire, A Parmigiani, O Malaspinas, B Chopard… - Physical Review E, 2017 - APS
This article presents a three-dimensional numerical framework for the simulation of fluid-fluid
immiscible compounds in complex geometries, based on the multiple-relaxation-time lattice …

Direct numerical simulation of turbulence over anisotropic porous media

Y Kuwata, K Suga - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
To investigate which component of the anisotropic permeability tensor of porous media
influences turbulence over porous walls, direct numerical simulation of anisotropic porous …

Lattice Boltzmann direct numerical simulation of interface turbulence over porous and rough walls

Y Kuwata, K Suga - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2016 - Elsevier
To discuss the turbulent flow physics over porous walls, direct numerical simulation (DNS) of
a porous-walled channel flow at the bulk Reynolds number of 3000 is performed by the …

[HTML][HTML] A porous media model for CFD simulations of gas-liquid two-phase flow in rotating packed beds

X Lu, P Xie, DB Ingham, L Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
The rotating packed bed (RPB) is a promising advanced reactor used in industrial gas-liquid
two-phase reaction processes because of its high phase contact efficiency and mixing …

Modeling and validation of coarse-grained computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method for dense gas–solid flow simulation in a bubbling fluidized bed

Z Zhao, L Zhou, L Bai, MA El-Emam, R Agarwal - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) combined with the discrete element method (DEM) are
powerful tools for analyzing dense gas–solid flows. However, the computational cost of CFD …

Direct numerical simulation of turbulence over systematically varied irregular rough surfaces

Y Kuwata, Y Kawaguchi - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
Lattice Boltzmann direct numerical simulation of turbulent open-channel flows over
randomly distributed hemispheres at is carried out to reveal the influence of roughness …

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of multicomponent reaction-diffusion and coke formation in a catalyst with hierarchical pore structure for dry reforming of methane

Y Lin, C Yang, C Choi, W Zhang, H Machida… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to further enhance catalytic activity and inhibit carbon formation, the hierarchical
structure-performance relationship has been investigated in dry reforming of methane …

Lattice Boltzmann methods for industrial applications

KV Sharma, R Straka, FW Tavares - Industrial & Engineering …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We present an overview of recent advancements and potentialities for industrial applications
of lattice Boltzmann methods (LBMs). Various processes and phenomena with industrial …