A review of recent development for the CFD-DEM investigations of non-spherical particles

H Ma, L Zhou, Z Liu, M Chen, X Xia, Y Zhao - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The coupling between fluid and granular materials is commonly encountered in nature and
engineering practice. Moreover, the shape of granular materials in practical applications is …

Heat transfer modelling in Discrete Element Method (DEM)-based simulations of thermal processes: Theory and model development

Z Peng, E Doroodchi, B Moghtaderi - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, DEM-based simulation has become a promising alternative to
physical measurements of thermal particulate systems. Despite their rapid advancement and …

CFD study of hydrogen injection through tuyeres into ironmaking blast furnaces

Y Zhuo, Z Hu, Y Shen - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen can be injected into blast furnaces (BFs) via tuyeres and fully replace pulverised
coal injection (PCI) for lowering carbon emission, but hydrogen combustion in the raceway …

Review of modelling of pyrolysis processes with CFD-DEM

DD Attanayake, F Sewerin, S Kulkarni… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2023 - Springer
In a pyrolysis reactor, organic polymers from biomass or plastic waste are thermally
decomposed into volatile gases, condensable vapours (tar or bio-oil) and solid residues …

CFD-DEM study of coke combustion in the raceway cavity of an ironmaking blast furnace

J Cui, Q Hou, Y Shen - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
A void zone, the so-called raceway, may be formed when gas is laterally injected into a
particle packed bed and the char particles may combust when the gas enters at a high …

Particle-scale study of coke combustion in the raceway of an ironmaking blast furnace

E Dianyu, P Zhou, S Guo, J Zeng, Q Xu, L Guo, Q Hou… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The raceway is a zone of considerable significance in a blast furnace (BF) because it
supplies energy and reducing agents that ensure successful and stable BF operation …

CFD–DEM simulation of wet granular-fluid flows and heat transfer in an integral multi-jet spout-fluidized bed

R Guo, J Bai, F Wu, J Wang, X Ma, Z Hui - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The hydrodynamic and heat transfer characteristics of dry and wet particles in quasi-two-
dimensional integral multi-jet spout-fluidized bed (IMJSFB) and conventional spouted bed …

Transient 3D CFD study of pulverised coal combustion and coke combustion in a blast furnace: Effect of blast conditions

Y Zhuo, Y Shen - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The pulverised coal combustion and coke combustion in the raceway of an ironmaking blast
furnace (BF) is the key to stable and efficient BF operation, especially under various blast …

Particle-scale modelling of injected hydrogen and coke co-combustion in the raceway of an ironmaking blast furnace

E Dianyu, P Zhou, L Ji, J Cui, Q Xu, L Guo, A Yu - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is an environmentally friendly fuel that does not produce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. Its applications have attracted significant attention from many industries …

An enhanced correlation for gas-particle heat and mass transfer in packed and fluidized bed reactors

LT Zhu, YX Liu, ZH Luo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Particle-resolved (PR) high-fidelity simulations, eg, direct numerical simulation
(DNS), have emerged as a powerful tool to precisely capture the full details of complex fluid …