Yao, L., Liu, Y., Liu, J., Xiao, Z., Xie, K., Cao, H., & Zhang, H. (2022). An optimized CFD-DEM method for particle collision and retention analysis of two-phase flow in a reduced-diameter pipe. Powder Technology, 405, 117547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117547
Abstract:
High-concentration solid-liquid two-phase flow causes particle erosion or accumulation at the sudden change positions of flow channels, resulting in pipe leakage and tool failure. In existing CFD-DEM methods, since the particle time sub steps cannot be infinitely small, local high-speed particles may penetrate each other. In the current study, the CFD-DEM method is optimized by adding the judgment condition of particle collision forces so that the DEM can automatically reduce and restore the particle time sub steps to obtain a precise solution, which avoids the penetration caused by the high-speed collision of particles. The fracturing fluid and quartz particles were used to conduct sedimentation experiments to verify the simulation results. The research on the two-phase flow in the reduced-diameter pipe that the newly proposed simulation model could predict the distribution, retention, and erosion of the dense high-speed particles, whose movement mechanism in high-speed two-phase flow have been logically explained.
License type:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Funding Info:
This research / project is supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research - Structural Metal Alloys Programme
Grant Reference no. : A18B1b0061