Hydrodynamic modeling of liquid-solid flow in polyolefin slurry reactors using CFD techniques–A critical analysis

AK Thakur, R Kumar, N Banerjee, P Chaudhari… - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This first-of-its-kind review discusses the hydrodynamics for polyolefin productions in slurry
reactors using CFD. Past reviews in this field are specifically focused on the CFD …

[HTML][HTML] Review of the production of turquoise hydrogen from methane catalytic decomposition: Optimising reactors for Sustainable Hydrogen production

A Sanyal, W Malalasekera, H Bandulasena… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is gaining prominence in global efforts to combat greenhouse gas emissions and
climate change. While steam methane reforming remains the predominant method of …

Experimental and numerical investigation on the bubble breakup and coalescence characteristics in the highly efficient static mixers

Y Yu, J Zhang, Y Li, K Xiang, H Meng - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
CFD-PBM and experiment methods were applied to study the bubble dispersion
characteristics in the static mixers with three twisted blades (TKSM). The gas-liquid velocity …

A computational fluid dynamics model coupled with ethylene polymerization kinetics for fluidized bed polyethylene reactor

M Cai, Z Tian, Z Liu, B Liu - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This work aims at exploring the effect of macro operating conditions on the distribution of
temperature field and chain microstructures of polymer in a gas phase ethylene …

An investigation of a gas–liquid swirling flow with shear-thinning power-law liquids

S Liu, J Zhang, J Xu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A gas–liquid swirling flow with shear-thinning liquid rheology exhibits complex behavior. In
order to investigate its flow characteristics, experiments and computational fluid dynamics …

Validation of mesoscience-based structural model for simulating gas–solid flows in circulating-turbulent fluidized beds

Y Wang, Y Liu, J Luo, C Su, B Zhao, J Wang - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The circulating-turbulent fluidized bed (CTFB) is an important fluidization regime that can
maintain a high solid concentration and high reaction intensity as in turbulent fluidized bed …

3D CFD-PBM simulation of gas–solid bubbling beds of Geldart A particles with sub-grid drag correction

S Hu, X Liu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The importance of bubble dynamics in fluidized beds is underscored by the efforts
undertaken over the past decades through experimental and numerical studies …

CFD-PBM simulation of gas–solid bubbling flow with structure-dependent drag coefficients

S Hu, X Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Bubble size distribution resulted from bubble coalescence and breakup has significant
effects on the effective interphase drag in gas–solid bubbling fluidized beds, which was …

Development of a coalescence model in gas–solid fluidized bed for the population balance equation

ZQ Wen, XB Zhang, ZH Luo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
A new bubble coalescence model was developed to simulate the bubble size distribution in
gas–solid bubbling fluidized bed. The model took into account the collisions due to the …

Enhancement investigation of mass transfer and mixing performance in the static mixers with three twisted leaves

YF Yu, Y Li, HB Meng, HC Liu, B Li… - International Journal of …, 2023 - degruyter.com
The mass transfer and mixing performance in the static mixers with three twisted leaves
(TKSM) were investigated by the computational fluid dynamics coupled population balance …