Susantha Dissanayake
Department of Process, Energy, and Environmental Technology, University College of Southeast Norway, Norway.
Sumudu Karunarathne
Department of Process, Energy, and Environmental Technology, University College of Southeast Norway, Norway.
Joachim Lundberg
Department of Process, Energy, and Environmental Technology, University College of Southeast Norway, Norway.
Lars-Andre Tokheim
Department of Process, Energy, and Environmental Technology, University College of Southeast Norway, Norway.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp17138137Published in: Proceedings of the 58th Conference on Simulation and Modelling (SIMS 58) Reykjavik, Iceland, September 25th – 27th, 2017
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 138:18, p. 137-143
Published: 2017-09-27
ISBN: 978-91-7685-417-4
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
A rotating cylinder (RC) is a common type of reactor
used in the industry, the most typical example being a
cement kiln. The particle flow pattern inside such a unit
is necessary for the mass and energy transfer, and this
flow pattern depends on the operational Froude number
and the degree of filling. The main aim of this study is
to compare the simulation results from OpenFOAM and
Fluent applying a Eulerian multiphase flow modeling
concept to study the behavior of dense particle gas
mixtures under different operational conditions. Six
different flow patterns are simulated, varying the degree
of filling from 10 to 45 % and the Froude number from
0.0001 to 5. OpenFOAM is capable of producing results
very close to those generated with Fluent, and both
software appears to be suitable for simulating the RC
dense particle flow using the Eulerian approach.
