100 years of scaling up fluidized bed and circulating fluidized bed reactors

JW Chew, WCQ LaMarche, RA Cocco - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This year, 2022, we celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the commercialization of the
fluidized bed reactor. In those years, many new processes have been developed, with many …

A perspective on calibration and application of DEM models for simulation of industrial bulk powder processes

W Ketterhagen, C Wassgren - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increased focus on the calibration of discrete element
method (DEM) models to gain improved confidence in the simulation predictions. However …

CFD-DEM study of reactive gas-solid flows with cohesive particles in a high temperature polymerization fluidized bed

H Lei, LT Zhu, ZH Luo - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The cohesive particles are commonly encountered in high temperature polymerization
fluidized bed reactors. However, detailed studies on the effect of cohesiveness on the …

A comparative analysis of techniques for characterizing particle-scale adhesion and cohesion

L Lin, M Yu, Y Liu, X Chen, ZH Luo - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The dynamics of cohesive particles and their tendency to adhere to surfaces present
significant challenges in various industrial processes. A profound understanding of adhesive …

Experimental validation of the extraction of a particle-particle cohesion model (square-force) from simple bulk measurements (defluidization in a rheometer)

I Mishra, MJ Molnar, MY Hwang, A Shetty… - Chemical engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The most sophisticated descriptions of particle-particle cohesion rely on extremely sensitive
and resource-intensive measurements, often making them impractical for industrial …

Particle motion and evolution characteristics in the impinging-flow zone of an impinging entrained-flow gasifier

H Lu, Y Gong, X Wu, Q Guo, L Ding, G Yu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The characteristics of the coal particles in the entrained-flow gasifier are closely related to
the stable operation of the gasifier. In this study, the particle motion and evolution …

Simulation of Nanoparticle Agglomerate Fluidization Based on Continuum Theory of Cohesive Particles

Y Wu, D Liu, BGM van Wachem… - Industrial & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles are usually fluidized as agglomerates, which are in dynamic states of
agglomeration and fragmentation. It is critical to consider the size distribution of …

Fluidization of Swelling Particles at Elevated Temperatures

Q Xu, X Guan, N Yang - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Semicrystalline polymer (eg, polyethylene and polypropylene) particles may swell in solvent
at elevated temperatures, inducing flow instability in operation, reactor blockage, and …

[PDF][PDF] 气固流态化中颗粒介尺度结构的动力学研究

孔令菲, 陈延佩, 王维 - 化工学报, 2022 - hgxb.cip.com.cn
气固流化床中的团聚等介尺度结构严重影响气固的整体流化特性, 传热, 传质和反应效率,
因此介尺度结构的研究至关重要. 简要回顾颗粒介尺度结构的定义与分类, 然后从流体-颗粒 …

[HTML][HTML] A Coarse-Grained Discrete Element Model (CG-DEM) based on parameter scaling for dense wet granular system

RS Larijani, V Magnanimo, S Luding - Powder Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Discrete Element Model (DEM) is widely used for studying wet granular
systems, where particles experience liquid bridge forces. However, due to its high …