Comparative study of two fluid model and dense discrete phase model for simulations of gas–solid hydrodynamics in circulating fluidized beds

Abstract

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has become a valuable tool to study the complex gas–solid hydrodynamics in the circulating fluidized bed (CFB). Based on the two fluid model (TFM) under the Eulerian–Eulerian framework and the dense discrete phase model (DDPM) under the Eulerian–Lagrangian framework, this work conducts the comparative study of the gas–solid hydrodynamics in a CFB riser by these two different models. Results show that DDPM could be used to predict gas–solid hydrodynamics in the circulating fluidized bed, and there are differences between TFM and DDPM, especially in the radial distribution profiles of solid phase. Sensitivity analysis results show that the gas–solid drag model exhibits significant effects on the results for both the two models. The specularity coefficient and the restitution coefficient in the TFM, as well as the reflection coefficient and the parcel number in the DDPM, exhibit less impact on the simulated results.