<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The hydrodynamics in fluidized-bed crystallizers is studied by CFD method. The simulations were performed by a commercial packet of computational fluid dynamics Fluent 6.x. For the one-phase modelling (15), a standard k-ε model was applied. In the case of the two-phase flows the Eulerian multi-phase model with a standard k-ε method, aided by the k-ε dispersed model for viscosity, has been used respectively. The collected data put a new light on the suspension flow behaviour in the annular zone of the fluidised bed crystallizer. From the presented here CFD simulations, it clearly issues that the real hydraulic conditions in the fluidised bed crystallizers are far from the ideal ones.</p></abstract>

The hydrodynamics in fluidized-bed crystallizers is studied by CFD method. The simulations were performed by a commercial packet of computational fluid dynamics Fluent 6.x. For the one-phase modelling (15), a standard k-ε model was applied. In the case of the two-phase flows the Eulerian multi-phase model with a standard k-ε method, aided by the k-ε dispersed model for viscosity, has been used respectively. The collected data put a new light on the suspension flow behaviour in the annular zone of the fluidised bed crystallizer. From the presented here CFD simulations, it clearly issues that the real hydraulic conditions in the fluidised bed crystallizers are far from the ideal ones.

Two-phase CFD simulation of the monodyspersed suspension hydraulic behaviour in the tank apparatus from a circulatory pipe

Department of Chemical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, ks. M. Strzody 7, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Gliwicach

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

The hydrodynamics in fluidized-bed crystallizers is studied by CFD method. The simulations were performed by a commercial packet of computational fluid...

Two-phase CFD simulation of the monodyspersed suspension hydraulic behaviour in the tank apparatus from a circulatory pipe

Published Online: Apr 03, 2008

Page range: 22 - 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-008-0006-6

Keywords
CFD, fluidized-bed, crystallizers, tow phase flow

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Two-phase CFD simulation of the monodyspersed suspension hydraulic behaviour in the tank apparatus from a circulatory pipe

Published Online: Apr 03, 2008

Page range: 22 - 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-008-0006-6

KeywordsCFD, fluidized-bed, crystallizers, tow phase flow

This content is open access.

Keywords
CFD, fluidized-bed, crystallizers, tow phase flow