Liquid fluidization of mixtures solid particles spherical and cylindrical shape has been numerically simulated. The simulations explicitly resolve the solid–liquid interfaces by means an immersed boundary method implemented in a lattice-Boltzmann flow solver. A soft collision algorithm deals with particle–particle contacts close-range hydrodynamic interaction. systems studied have overall solid...

A gas-liquid-solid inverse  uidization airlift bioreactor was proposed by combining advantages of external-loop airlift reactors and inverse  uidized beds. This airlift bioreactor comprises a gas-liquid riser, a gas separator, a liquid-solid inverse  uidized downcomer and a bottom connector. The effects of the gas velocity and the particle loading on the gas holdup in the riser and the liqui...

The solid–fluid phase transition of a granular material shaken horizontally is investigated numerically. We find that it is a first-order phase transition and propose two order parameters, namely the averaged kinetic energy and the averaged granular temperature, to determine the fluidization point precisely. It scales as amplitude times square of the frequency of the external vibration. Using t...

The presence of particles in liquid-solid fluidized beds enhances the bed heat transfer, because the movement of the particles leads to an increased turbulence in the system. Moreover, the violent movement of the particles has a positive effect on fouling of the heat transfer surface. The aim of this investigation was to perform systematic measurements of bed voidage and heat transfer coeff...

soft-sphere discrete element method (dem) and navier-stokes equations were coupled with equations of energy for gas and solids to investigate the process of agglomeration in fluidized bed of polyethylene particles at high temperature. the newton’s second law of motion was adapted for translational and rotational motion of particles and agglomerates. the cohesive force for polyethylene particles...