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FDP - Ansys Fluent Tutorial

This document summarizes the steps to simulate gas-solid flow in a turbulent fluidized bed using ANSYS FLUENT. It describes setting up the geometry and mesh for a 1m by 0.28m bed. It then outlines configuring the k-epsilon turbulence model, multiphase Eulerian model with air and glass beads, boundary conditions, and solution methods. The results include plots of instantaneous and time-averaged solid volume fraction contours that characterize the fluidized bed behavior.

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FDP - Ansys Fluent Tutorial

This document summarizes the steps to simulate gas-solid flow in a turbulent fluidized bed using ANSYS FLUENT. It describes setting up the geometry and mesh for a 1m by 0.28m bed. It then outlines configuring the k-epsilon turbulence model, multiphase Eulerian model with air and glass beads, boundary conditions, and solution methods. The results include plots of instantaneous and time-averaged solid volume fraction contours that characterize the fluidized bed behavior.

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Numerical simulation of Turbulent fluidized bed

Overview
This model simulates the gas-solid flow in a turbulent fluidized bed using EE
framework.

Goals
Using ANSYS FLUENT, plot the time-averaged solid volume fraction along
with some contour plots in case of a turbulent fluidized bed.

Steps
Geometry & Mesh
Read the mesh file (.msh) provided.
Dimension of turbulent fluidized bed: 1 m height and 0.28 m width.

Tab.1. Parameters used for the CFD simulation


Variables Turbulent fluidized bed Fig.1. 2D mesh used for
turbulent fluidized bed
Superficial gas velocity, U [m s-1] 0.38
Particle diameter, dp [µm] 275 (Geldart B)
Particle density, ρ [kg m-3] 2500
-3
Time step, [s] 10
Iterations per time step 20
Simulation time, [s] 3
-4
Residual 10
Turbulence model k-ε

Physics Setup

1. ANSYS Fluent 2D
2. Check the scale of the mesh and match it with dimension.
3. Activate gravity in y direction (-9.81 m/s2)
4. Check the surfaces. General >Display (Inlet, outlet, wall)
5. Turn on multiphase model: Eulerian (no of phases 2)
6. Add material: air, glass beads
7. Multiphase Model tab setting.
8. Multiphase Model >Phases> air-primary phase, solid (glass beads)-secondary phase.
9. Multiphase Model > Phase interaction >air solid>drag coefficient
10. Multiphase Model > Phase interaction >solid-solid>restitution coefficient
11. Viscous Model > k-epsilon >standard (Default model constants)
12. Boundary condition: Inlet> air> average velocity is 0.38 m/s.
Outlet> Pressure outlet
13. Wall boundary condition for solid phase: specularity coefficient- 0.6 and air: No slip

Solution setting

14. Method>pressure-velocity coupling- SIMPLE


15. Method>spatial discretization>2nd order.
16. Solution>Controls >default
17. Solution>Report definitions>New>select report>select report type>select surface.
18. Initialization> select standard initialization> patch>solid phase>variable-volume
fraction> value-0.6>select region to patch>patch>close>Initialize>ok
19. Solution>Monitors >Residual
20. Solution>Run calculation>Time step-0.0005 s, No of time steps-10000
21. Calculate
Numerical Results

22. Check residuals and monitor plots.


23. Graphics>contours.
24. Calculate time-averaged void profile.
25. Results>create line X0-0, Y0-0.2 X1-0.28, Y1-0.2
26. Plot radial profile.

Fig.2. CFD predicted instantaneous solid volume fraction contours


Fig.3. CFD predicted mean void fraction

Summary
This example illustrates the flow behavior for a multiphase flow in a turbulent fluidized bed.

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