微细颗粒物在过滤介质中过滤特性的CFD-DEM模拟

基于CFD-DEM(离散单元法)方法模拟了微细颗粒物在纤维过滤介质中的气-固两相流动特性,模拟时,充分考虑了颗粒群组成、粒径分布、颗粒间及颗粒与纤维间的反弹作用以及颗粒团聚等因素,分析了纤维过滤中颗粒群的运动特性和微细颗粒的沉积形式。结果表明:采用CFD-DEM模拟过滤介质的过滤过程以及微细颗粒在介质表面沉积过程和形式的方法是方便且可行的,模拟结果与前人的实验观测结果基本吻合;在过滤过程中,表面过滤的贡献较大,大部分的颗粒在介质表面即被捕集,进入到介质内部的部分粒径较小的颗粒经深层过滤作用而被捕集;大量的颗粒捕集是由颗粒-颗粒捕集机制来实现的;不同颗粒体系的颗粒群其过滤效果也有所差别,对于本文所研究的过滤介质模型,多颗粒体系的过滤效率比单一的颗粒体系的过滤效率高20%左右。     

Interface control for resolved CFD-DEM with capillary interactions

In this work, a resolved CFD–DEM coupling model for the simulation of gas-liquid-solid flows is developed: the interface capturing method based on the colour function is employed for fluids (i.e. a gas and liquid) whilst Discrete Element Method (DEM) is used for particles. The Volume Penalisation (VP) method is adopted to consider the hydrodynamic interactions between fluids and particles along with the Immersed Free Surface (IFS) method, which artificially extends the gas-liquid interface into the interior of the particle to account for the wettability. The unique point of the proposed model is that the thickness of the gas-liquid interface can be controlled by using both interface compression and diffuse interface techniques simultaneously. From the simulation results, it is presented that the accurate evaluation of the surface tension force as well as the capillary force can be achieved by appropriately controlling the interface thickness. Moreover, the major two methods in the literature to calculate the capillary force are compared in this work. The validity of the proposed model is presented for both static and dynamic cases. The behaviour of two colliding particles with a dynamic liquid bridge is then simulated to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model to a complex three-phase system.     

基于CFD-DEM方法的变径T型流道冲蚀特性研究

目的 研究石油开采过程中,携砂压裂液对变径T型流道壁面冲蚀磨损规律及主要影响因素.方法 针对石油压裂管汇及井下喷砂器等工具中常见的变径T型流道的冲蚀问题,建立了基于CFD-DEM的变径T型流道固液两相流冲蚀磨损预测模型,该模型中颗粒-颗粒、颗粒-壁面碰撞采用逆向迭代碰撞搜索算法,颗粒-流体耦合计算时间步长根据耦合收敛条件自适应调整.将数值方法与正交试验方法结合,分析各因素变化对均值主效应响应的优先排序和各因素的交互作用,并进行了单因素变化对冲蚀规律的影响.结果 单因素分析时入口流速增大,T型流道最大冲蚀速率和冲蚀面积均增大,冲蚀位置向支流道出口处移动,流体携带颗粒能力增强,堆积颗粒数量减小.砂比范围为5％～35％时,最大冲蚀速率与砂比正相关.最大冲蚀速率随粒径的增大而先增大后减小,随变径比的增大而减小.与最大冲蚀速率均值主效应分析结论一致,验证了正交试验结论的准确性.结论 径向流速、切向流速、管壁压力、最大冲蚀速率为衡量变径T型流道冲蚀程度的指标时,入口流速的影响最大,其次是支撑剂粒径、变径比、砂比,入口流速与其他因素的交互作用对冲蚀速率的影响最显著.     

缩径管内两相流砂粒碰撞和冲蚀特性研究

针对目前建模方法在描述两相流中砂粒碰撞行为方面存在的不足,运用计算流体力学和离散单元耦合方法建立了压裂工况下的缩径管两相流模型,实验验证了仿真模型的准确性。分析了缩径管内砂粒间碰撞及缩径斜面受力规律,研究发现,缩径斜面冲蚀深度随砂比增大而增大,砂比大于40%时,相同时间的冲蚀深度增量减小,并趋于最大值;缩径斜面冲蚀深度随黏度增大而减小,流体黏度对缩径斜面外缘比对内缘的冲蚀深度影响大。     

基于CFD-DEM的水下清淤机器人吸泥管道流场分析

基于DDPM的CFD-DEM耦合数值分析方法,研究了自行式水下清淤机器人在不同工作俯角、泵流量条件下吸泥管内泥沙颗粒的流动状态。仿真结果表明,不同工作俯角下,低功率工况会引发吸泥管道堵塞趋势; 泥浆流经弯管处所产生的二次涡流会加剧管壁磨损,导致动能损失,从而影响输送效率。     

Bubble dynamics in bubbling fluidized beds of ellipsoidal particles

This article presents a CFD-DEM study on the effect of particle shape on bubble dynamics in bubbling fluidized beds. The particles used are ellipsoids, covering from disk-type to cylinder-type. The phenomena such as bubble coalescence and splitting are successfully generated, and the results are compared with literature, showing a good agreement. The results demonstrate that the bubble forming/rising regions and patterns are influenced significantly by particle shape. Ellipsoidal particles have asymmetrical bubble patterns with two or more circulation vortices while the bubbles for spherical particles form at the bed centerline and rise through the center of the bed. Hence, the vertical mass flux at the bed centerline for spheres is always positive, and ellipsoids have negative or positive vertical mass fluxes. The solid mixing estimated based on the dispersion coefficient revealed poor mixing for ellipsoids. Spherical particles have a larger bubble size and higher bubble rising velocity than ellipsoids.     

Use of CFD-DEM to evaluate the effect of intermediate stress ratio on the undrained behaviour of granular materials

This study investigates the effect of intermediate stress ratio (b) on the mechanical behaviour of granular soil in true triaxial tests. A CFD-DEM solver with the ability to model compressible fluid and moving mesh has been developed and calibrated based on existing experimental test results on Nevada sand. The effect of b on the undrained true triaxial test, which has been neglected in the literature, was investigated using a reasonable number of models. The effects of the initial confining stress and initial void ratio also have been studied. The developed model was used to calculate the hydrodynamic forces on the particles and evaluate the ratio of the particle–fluid interaction force to the resultant force on the particles. It has been demonstrated that, in numerical studies, the effect of these forces cannot be neglected.     

Sand-ejecting fire extinguisher parameter sensitivity analysis based on DOE and CFD-DEM coupling simulations

To get more accurate quantitative impact effects of selective parameters of the sand-ejecting fire extinguisher on the scattering results by the CFD-DEM coupling method, orthogonal experimental design, analysis of range and variance, full factorial design and the OFAT design were used in this paper. The single impact effects and mixed impact effects of blade number, blade incidence and sand mass flow on scattering vertical distance and inclination were analysed and concluded, as well as the details of the sand distribution. The results show that only the sand mass flow has the dominating influence on the vertical distance, while all three factors have no significant influence on the scattering inclination. The larger the sand mass flow is, the more obvious influence of air resistance and airflow from the outlet of the scattering unit can be shown, and the scattering bifurcation phenomenon can be displayed more obviously.     

Hydrodynamic and mechanical behavior of multi-particle confined between two parallel plates

A coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Method (CFD-DEM) approach is used to investigate the hydrodynamic and mechanical behavior of multi-particle, which settle and horizontally transport between two parallel plates. The particle-fluid interaction is two-way coupled, while inter-particle and particles-walls interactions are calculated based on the soft-sphere model. The Joint Roughness Coefficient (JRC) is used to represent the roughness of planar walls, and its effect on particle transport is quantitatively studied. When particles transport between two parallel smooth plates, the planar walls exert extra hydrodynamic retardation, which causes particle transport velocity to decrease with the decrease in the aperture between two plates. In contrast, when particles transport between two parallel rough plates, due to frequent interaction between particles, the mechanical interaction-induced retardation starts to work and further decreases particle transport velocity. Particle longitudinal migration is frequent because of inter-particle interaction, which hinders its transverse transport and even causes particle agglomeration in a duct during horizontal transport. In addition, the mechanical retardation is significantly dependent of particle transport regimes, and its effect gradually increases and changes to be dominant at high particle Reynold number regime.     

CFD-DEM study of the effects of solid properties and aeration conditions on heat transfer in fluidized bed

The solid properties are of significant influence on the thermal performance of the fluidized bed. In order to provide valuable information for the application of this equipment, a numerical study is carried to clarify the effects of solid properties on the heat transfer characteristics in a lab-scale fluidized bed by means of the CFD-DEM method. Specially, two aeration conditions, i.e. the same superficial velocity and the same fluidization number, are considered. The results show that the violent convective mechanism at bed bottom plays a significant role in the heating of the bed material. The entrainment of rising bubbles and hence solid mixing are the key factors to get better temperature uniformity of the bed during the heating process. With the decrease of particle density and size, the internal circulation of solid phase is strengthened under the same superficial velocity, while slightly weakened under the same fluidization number. Obvious resemblance can be captured between solid mixing and temperature uniformity, and the enhanced solid mixing usually leads to homogeneous temperature distribution of the bed. It can be found that the heating rate decreases with increasing solid density regardless of aeration setup. In addition, it is positively related to particle diameter under the same fluidization number, while keep unchanged under the same superficial velocity. Furthermore, enhanced solid mixing and better temperature uniformity can be captured with increasing solid heat capacity, which confirms that gas temperature shows considerable effect on gas-solid flow.