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| Author(s): |
Luben Cabezas Gómez
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2003-03-24 |
| Examining board members: |
Fernando Eduardo Milioli;
Clovis Raimundo Maliska;
Marcio Luiz de Souza Santos;
Aristeu da Silveira Neto
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| Advisor: | Fernando Eduardo Milioli |
| Abstract | |
Studies were carried out on modeling and numerical simulation of gas-solid two-phase flows in the riser of circulating fluidized beds using an Eulerian two-fluids model. The system of conservative partial differential governing equations was derived through a traditional procedure. Both phases were assumed as a continuum. The Euler averaging procedure was applied emphasizing the derivation of the so called hydrodynamic models A and B developed at IIT/ANL. A comparative analysis was performed among correlations for momentum transfer at the interface. The formulation of suitable boundary conditions was discussed. The average partial differential conservative equations were discretized on Eulerian control volumes. The continuity equations were solved implicitly. The momentum equations were solved through an explicit-implicit procedure. Numerical simulation was performed for a typical circulating fluidized bed riser. A parametric analysis was carried out regarding the influence on the flow of various physical and mathematical aspects. Results of simulation were evaluated through a methodology of identification and characterization of coherent structures. The effect of the interface drag function on dynamic features of those coherent structures was addressed. Numerical studies on turbulence were performed from results of direct simulation. Several conclusions and recommendations for future work were put forward on the basis of the performed analyses. Some general considerations were presented regarding critical features of modeling and simulation through Eulerian two-fluids models. (AU) | |