Full-scale experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods were used to investigate buoyancy-driven single-sided natural ventilation with large openings. Detailed airflow characteristics inside and outside of the room and the ventilation rate were measured. The experimental data were used to validate two CFD models: Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equation (RANS) modeling and large ...

In the last decade or so, the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method has emerged as a new and effective numerical technique of computational fluid dynamics (CFD).(1-5) Modeling of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation is among many of its wide applications. Indeed, the lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) was first proposed to simulate the incompressible NavierStokes equations.(1) The incompressible Nav...

In this work, the impact of modeling techniques on predicting the mechanical behaviors of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is systematically investigated. The fluid-structure interaction (FSI) model for simultaneously capturing the transient interaction between blood flow dynamics and wall mechanics was compared with its simplified techniques, that is, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) or compu...

The paper presents Design development of cement industry cyclone based on CFD along with pilot plant trials. Based on simulation of laboratory scale cyclone as expressed in literature and in-house pilot plant experiments, Reynolds stress model has been found to predict the turbulent flow field, pressure drop and particle collection efficiency closely as compared to other standard turbulence mod...

Approach • Complete reverse kinetics and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling to optimize reactor geometry for forward reactions • Measure forward kinetics in quartz & Inconel reactors to determine reactor wall catalysis • Measure forward kinetics in reactor packed with membrane material to determine catalytic activity • Measure membrane H2 permeability in presence of clean syngas compon...

In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling was conducted to optimize gas sampling locations for the early detection of spontaneous heating in longwall gob areas. Initial simulations were carried out to predict carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations at various regulators in the gob using a bleeder ventilation system. Measured CO concentration values at these regulators were then use...

Many industrial and manufacturing processes exhibit complex coupled fluid flow phenomena [...]

Fluidized beds are being used in practice to gasify biomass to create producer gas, a flammable gas that can be used for process heating. However, recent literature has identified the need to better understand and characterize biomass fluidization hydrodynamics, and has motivated the combined experimental-numerical effort in this work. A cylindrical reactor is considered and a side port is intr...

Our study is based on a great number of CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulations to evaluate wind comfort at the pedestrian level. This article explains the method used to validate our CFD simulations carried out with the FLUENT software. This validation is based on a comparison between our simulated results and wind tunnel tests for three different building contexts: a single building, t...