Particle Behaviors Under Acceleration Condition in Solid-Air Two Phase Flow

Abstract

This paper presents a numerical study of the particle behaviors under acceleration conditions in the solid-air two-phase flow by means of a combined two-dimensional model of computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method (CFD-DEM). The simulation model provides the information regarding the particle distribution behaviors within the calculation region and the particle run-out rate from the calculation region under different parameter conditions, such as particle size, initial particle loading and particle acceleration condition. The results demonstrate that the particle run-out rate is directly influenced by the particle size and the initial loading condition. The particle acceleration in the horizontal direction adversely affects the particle run-out rate when the initial particle loading condition is dispersed and uniform. However, this adverse effect disappears when the initial particle loading condition becomes concentrate and partial.