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Large-eddy simulation of turbulent gas–particle flow in a vertical channel: effect of considering inter-particle collisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2001

Y. YAMAMOTO ,
M. POTTHOFF ,
T. TANAKA ,
T. KAJISHIMA  and
Y. TSUJI
Y. YAMAMOTO
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan Present address: Department of Industrial Engineering, Kansai University, Yamate-cho 3-3-35, Suita, Osaka, 564-8680 Japan.
M. POTTHOFF
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan Present address: Fertilizer and Inorganic Acid Division, UHDE GmbH, 44141 Dortmund, Germany.
T. TANAKA
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
T. KAJISHIMA
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
Y. TSUJI
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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Abstract

The interaction between a turbulent gas flow and particle motion was investigated by numerical simulations of gas–particle turbulent downward flow in a vertical channel. In particular the effect of inter-particle collision on the two-phase flow field was investigated. The gas flow field was obtained by large-eddy simulation (LES). Particles were treated by a Lagrangian method, with inter-particle collisions calculated by a deterministic method. The spatial resolution for LES of gas–solid two-phase turbulent flow was examined and relations between grid resolution and Stokes number are presented. Profiles of particle mean velocity, particle wall-normal fluctuation velocity and number density are flattened as a result of inter-particle collisions and these results are in good agreement with experimental measurements. Calculated turbulence attenuation by particles agrees well with experimental measurements for small Stokes numbers, but not for large Stokes number particle. The shape and scale of particle concentrations calculated considering inter-particle collision are in good agreement with experimental observations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 442 , 10 September 2001 , pp. 303 - 334
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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