Numerical study of the influence of particle friction on horizontal pneumatic conveying

  • Ke Li
  • , Shibo Kuang
  • , Ruiping Zou
  • , Renhu Pai
  • , Aibing Yu

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Abstract

Material properties are of great importance to pneumatic conveying. This paper presents a numerical study of the effect of particle friction coefficient on flow transition mode in horizontal pneumatic conveying in terms of the combined approach of computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method (CFD-DEM), facilitated with periodic boundary condition for solid and gas phases in the flow direction. The numerical results show that when gas velocity is varied, the change in particle friction coefficient leads to three typical flow transition modes, including Model I (dilute-phase only), Model II (smooth transition from dilute-phase, to unstable, finally to slug flow), and Model III (smooth transition from dilute-to dense-phase).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication7th International Symposium on Multiphase Flow, Heat Mass Transfer and Energy Conversion
Pages75-77
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event7th International Symposium on Multiphase Flow, Heat Mass Transfer and Energy Conversion, ISMF 2012 - Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Duration: 26 Oct 201230 Oct 2012

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1547
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference7th International Symposium on Multiphase Flow, Heat Mass Transfer and Energy Conversion, ISMF 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an, Shaanxi Province
Period26/10/1230/10/12

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