Fig. 1 Example of divisions within a multicomponent bed More

Fig. 2 Typical curve for pressure drop versus inlet gas velocity for ( a ) single-component system and ( b ) multicomponent system More

Fig. 3 Representation of pressure drop versus inlet gas velocity to demonstrate the discretization scheme for the mixture and components More

Fig. 4 Single-component mixture pressure drop versus inlet gas velocity comparing experiments, MFiX and MASS method for a glass bead fluidized bed [ 10 ] More

Fig. 5 Binary mixture pressure drop versus inlet gas velocity comparing experiments, MFiX and MASS method for glass beads with ( a ) case 2 composed of 499  μ m and 172  μ m diameter particles and ( b ) case 3 composed of 499  μ m and 271  μ m diameter particles [ 49 ] More

Fig. 6 Ternary mixture pressure drop versus inlet gas velocity comparing experiments, MFiX and MASS method for dolomite diameters of 517, 392, and 322  μ m and respective initial mass fractions for ( a ) 35%, 35%, and 30%; ( b )40%, 40%, and 20%; and ( c ) 45%, 45%, and 10% [ 6 ] More

Fig. 7 Ternary mixture pressure drop versus inlet gas velocity comparing experiments, MFiX and MASS method for ( a ) cases 7, ( b ) case 8, and ( c ) case 9 More

Fig. 8 Predicted U mf,predict versus experimental U mf,expt for cases 1, 3, and 4 for ( a ) all data, ( b ) case 3, and ( c ) cases 1 and 4. Dashed lines (– – –) ±10%, (– · –) ±25%, and (– · · –) ±50% relative error. More

Fig. 1 ( a ) Schematic of the computational domain and ( b ) axial variation of the static pressure along the channel More

Fig. 2 Comparison of the computed velocity profiles of the solid phase with the experimental data of Ruck and Makiola [ 27 ] at different axial locations in the downstream channel More

Fig. 3 Comparison of the computed r.m.s. velocity profiles of the gas-phase with the experimental data of Ruck and Makiola [ 27 ] at different axial locations in the downstream. More

Fig. 4 Mesh independent More

Fig. 5 Effect of interparticle restitution coefficient on the loss coefficient under different ( a ) particle sizes ( b ) solid-phase volume solid fractions, and ( c ) solid particle densities More

Fig. 6 Effect of interparticle restitution coefficient on the circulation strength of the gas-phase More