Determining of Flow Behavior of Solid-gas Two-phase Flow via 1d Numerical Model

The numerical simulation of solid-gas two-phase flow is an important tool in the prediction of its flow behavior. Predicting the axial pressure profile is one of the major difficulties in modeling of solid-gas two-phase flow. A model using a Particle Based Approach (PBA) is developed to accurately predict the axial pressure profile in a vertical annular tube. The simulation model accounts for the axial and radial distribution of voidage and velocity of the gas and solid phases, and for the solids volume fraction and particle size distribution of the solid phase. The model results are compared with and validated against experimental data. The computational results agreed reasonably well with the experimental data.