Continuum theory for dense gas-solid flow: A state-of-the-art review

J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Gas-solid fluidization technology has been commercialized in many industrial applications
since its implementation in the fluid catalytic cracking process in the early 1940s, however …

Application of three-dimensional full-loop CFD simulation in circulating fluidized bed combustion reactors–A review

Q Tu, H Wang, R Ocone - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Circulating fluidized beds (CFBs) have been widely applied in coal combustion and
gasification industry due to their excellent performance in terms of fuel flexibility and …

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 …

Experimental Validation of the Calcium Looping CO2 Capture Process with Two Circulating Fluidized Bed Carbonator Reactors

A Charitos, N Rodríguez, C Hawthorne… - Industrial & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Postcombustion CO2 capture using CaO as a regenerable solid sorbent in a circulating
fluidized bed (CFB) carbonator is emerging as a promising CO2 capture technology …

MP-PIC simulation of CFB riser with EMMS-based drag model

F Li, F Song, S Benyahia, W Wang, J Li - Chemical Engineering Science, 2012 - Elsevier
MP-PIC (multi-phase particle in cell) method combined with the EMMS (energy minimization
multi-scale) drag force model was implemented with the open source program MFIX to …

Meso-scale oriented simulation towards virtual process engineering (VPE)—the EMMS paradigm

W Ge, W Wang, N Yang, J Li, M Kwauk, F Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
With the dramatic development of computational science and technology, computer
simulation is playing an increasingly important role in scientific research and engineering …

Coupling Artificial Neural Network with EMMS drag for simulation of dense fluidized beds

Z Yang, B Lu, W Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The previous sub-grid, energy-minimization multi-scale (EMMS) drag models were all
established at certain fixed operating conditions and material properties. In this study, we …

Comparative analysis of subgrid drag modifications for dense gas‐particle flows in bubbling fluidized beds

S Schneiderbauer, S Puttinger, S Pirker - AIChE Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Many subgrid drag modifications have been put forth to account for the effect of small
unresolved scales on the resolved mesoscales in dense gas‐particle flows. These subgrid …

CFD study of mixing and segregation in CFB risers: Extension of EMMS drag model to binary gas–solid flow

Q Zhou, J Wang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Energy Minimization Multi-Scale (EMMS) drag model, using Sauter mean
particle diameter to represent real particle size distribution, has proven to be effective in …

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 …