CFD simulation methodology for gas-solid flow in bypass pneumatic conveying – A review.

TLDR: In this article, a review of numerical models for simulation of gas-solid flow in bypass pneumatic conveying is presented and the experimental results for pressure drops based on a number of test cases are compared with numerical results obtained with different numerical models.

About: This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2017-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 37 citations till now.

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Fig. 7 Structure of bypass pipe and flute geometry (unit: mm) [5-6]

Fig. 16 dense phase pneumatic conveying shear flow

Table 6 ,s off , Fr , n and p for different materials

Table 1 Parameters for flyash, alumina and sand

Fig. 5 Three mechanisms of particle regimes during transport

Fig. 21 Geldart fluidisation chart of sand with flow modes boundaries

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This paper presents a review of numerical models for simulation of gas-solid flow in bypass pneumatic conveying. Moreover, the fluidisation charts of different materials with flow mode boundaries are presented to provide guidance on what frictional approach to use for Computational Fluid Dynamics ( CFD ) analysis of gas-solid flow in a bypass pneumatic conveying system. Furthermore, a flow chart for the CFD simulation methodology of bypass pneumatic conveying is demonstrated.