Reaction mechanisms and multi-scale modelling of lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis

A Anca-Couce - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work about pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass, the individual reaction mechanisms of
cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin are initially described. The recent advances in the …

A comparison of two-fluid model, dense discrete particle model and CFD-DEM method for modeling impinging gas–solid flows

X Chen, J Wang - Powder technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Gas–solid flows have been numerically investigated by various multiphase models, none of
which is suitable for all the problems encountered in industries. Different multiphase models …

High-resolution 3-D full-loop simulation of a CFB carbonator cold model

A Nikolopoulos, N Nikolopoulos, A Charitos… - Chemical Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the 3D full-loop CFD isothermal simulation of a transparent plexi-glass
small-scale CFB carbonator built by IFK for the hydrodynamic investigation of the CFB …

Comparison of full-loop and riser-only simulations for a pilot-scale circulating fluidized bed riser

T Li, JF Dietiker, L Shadle - Chemical Engineering Science, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, both full-loop and riser-only simulations of a pilot-scale circulating fluidized
bed (CFB) system carried out by the open-source code MFIX (Multiphase Flow with …

Simulation of gas–solid flow in 2D/3D bubbling fluidized beds by combining the two-fluid model with structure-based drag model

X Lv, H Li, Q Zhu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, a new method was developed to simulate bubbling fluidized beds with Geldart
A particles by modifying the conventional drag correlations through considering the effect of …

Particle-scale investigation of heat transfer and erosion characteristics in a three-dimensional circulating fluidized bed

S Wang, K Luo, C Hu, J Fan - Industrial & engineering chemistry …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Comprehensive understanding of heat transfer and erosion characteristics is of significance
for circulating fluidized bed (CFB) optimization. In this work, a high-fidelity simulation of the …

CFD simulation of gas and particle flow and a carbon capture process using a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) reacting loop

E Ghadirian, J Abbasian, H Arastoopour - Powder technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Circulating fluidized bed (CFB) loop-based reactors are widely used in the chemical and
energy industries. CFB reactors are excellent candidates for chemical looping of solid …

Computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method investigation of pressure signals and solid back-mixing in a full-loop circulating fluidized bed

K Luo, S Wang, S Yang, C Hu, J Fan - Industrial & Engineering …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Computational fluid dynamics combined with discrete element method is employed to
investigate the pressure signals and solid back-mixing behavior in a three-dimensional full …

An offset-method for Euler–Lagrange approach

F Alobaid - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
An offset-method is applied to compute the inter-phase values in Euler–Lagrange approach.
To investigate the influence of offset-method on the simulation accuracy and the related …

LES-DEM investigation of the time-related solid phase properties and improvements of flow uniformity in a dual-side refeed CFB

S Wang, K Luo, S Yang, C Hu, J Fan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
A parallel simulation of the gas-solid motions in a 3-D full-loop dual-side refeed circulating
fluidized bed (DRCFB) is carried out by using Large-eddy Simulation coupled with Discrete …