CFDEM®coupling

CFDEM®coupling​

Multiphase

Strictly speaking, CFD-DEM is multiphase per definition. However, in many cases processes involve bulk materials and several fluid phases at the same time. CFDEM®coupling provides solvers for VOF and Euler-Euler simulations as well as a list of models for depicting spray, dust, evaporation, melting, attrition etc.

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Volume of Fluid (VOF)

Coupled CFD-DEM simulation of a three phase ball mill (water, gas, granular material) with a volume of fluid (VOF) and a DEM solver.

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Volume of Fluid (VOF)

Volume of Fluid (VOF)

Coupled CFD-DEM simulation of a three phase ball mill (water, gas, granular material) with a volume of fluid (VOF) and a DEM solver.

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Euler-Euler DEM

Euler-Euler DEM

A three-phase fluidized bed comprising liquid, gas and particles is modelled using (Euler-Euler) CFD-DEM method.

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Spray Coating

Spray Coating

Simulation of spray-coating in a fluidized bed, often used to add active or inactive ingredients or to coat particles. The fluidized bed is simulated using CFD-DEM, additionally the spray is fully resolved in a Lagrangian way (subject to fluid forces). Particles then capture the spray and get wetted. Optionally, particles can transfer the liquid content from one to another, and the particle-particle interaction laws can be extended by e.g. liquid bridge forces.

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Spray Coating and Attrition

Spray Coating and Attrition

This application case combines numerous functionalities:

  • Particles are wetted by a spray
  • Particles are heated by convection
  • The heating of the particles causes them to dry
  • Dried spray leads to a coating of the particles
  • At collision, the coating of the particles undergoes attrition
  • Attrition is dispersed in the gas as dust
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Spray Coating and Evaporation

Rotating Drum with Spray Capturing and Evaporation

A spray wets the inserted particles. Both the walls and a hot gas stream heat up the particles which triggers evaporation. The water vapor is transported by the fluid.

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Melting and VOF

Melting and VOF

Model of a melting pot realized with CFDEM®coupling. Particles are heated up by particle-wall contact and convective heat transfer. If the particles reach a melting temperature, they shrink and this volume is transferred to the liquid phase. This results in a three phase system with solid particles, gas and liquid.

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