Coarse-grained CFD-DEM study of Gas-solid flow in gas cyclone

K Chu, Y Chen, L Ji, Z Zhou, A Yu, J Chen - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Gas cyclones are common device in various industries to separate solid particles and/or
droplets from gas streams. Nonetheless, the mathematical modelling of gas cyclone has …

Investigation of the oxy-fuel combustion process in the full-loop circulating fluidized bed

Y Chen, S Yang, J Hu, H Wang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Oxy-fuel combustion of fossil fuels in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) reactors has been
widely implemented in various industries. However, the knowledge of complex gas thermal …

Predicting the performance of aero-type cyclone separators with different spiral inlets under macroscopic bio-granular flow using CFD–DEM modelling

MA El-Emam, L Zhou, AI Omara - Biosystems Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Evaluation of flow and performance of single and double spiral inlet
cyclones.•CFD is used to model the gas flow, and DEM to model and track …

Numerical study of biomass gasification in a 0.3 MWth full-loop circulating fluidized bed gasifier

S Yang, S Wang, H Wang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass gasification process in a three-dimensional pilot-scale circulating fluidized bed
(CFB) gasifier is numerically simulated via the multiphase particle-in-cell approach. The …

Numerical modelling and multi-objective optimization of the novel hydrocyclone for ultra-fine particles classification

J Ye, Y Xu, X Song, J Yu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel hydrocyclone with arc inlet and convex cone is proposed to obtain the higher
particles classification sharpness than the conventional design. The classification of the …

Structural Design and Performance Analysis of Three-Phase Hydrocyclones (3PH)

M Song, L Zhao, L Liu, B Xu, S Zhang… - Separation & Purification …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Hydrocyclones are widely used in the separation of two-phase immiscible mixtures. In
various application scenarios, three-phase hydrocyclones (3PH) are often urgently needed …

Computational modelling of particle-fluid dynamics in comminution and classification: a review

N Mangadoddy, TR Vakamalla, M Kumar… - Mineral Processing …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Comminution and classification are the two major unit operations involved in the processing
of pure minerals from its ore rocks. In the current paper, an assessment is made on different …

Effects of the inlet duct length on the performance of a dense medium cyclone: An experimental and numerical study

Y Yao, M Shang, Z Huang, T Zhou, M Zhang… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of the inlet duct length on the performance of the dense medium cyclones were
investigated in this study. The pressure drops and separation efficiencies of the dense …

Eulerian-Lagrangian simulation study of the gas-solid reacting flow in a bubbling fluidized coal gasifier

S Yang, X Liu, S Wang, K Zhang, H Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
A reactive multiphase particle-in-cell approach is developed to explore the air-blown coal
gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. The model is validated by comparing the …

Double-eccentric design for the vortex finder of a cyclone separator

Y Yao, Z Huang, T Zhou, J Li, L Cheng… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the present study, a double-eccentric design for the vortex finder of a cyclone separator
was proposed to enhance the cyclone performance. Using the numerical approaches, the …