The CFD-DEM methodology is a popular tool for the study of fluid–particle systems, and there are several programs that permit using it. In this study, we employed it to simulate pseudo-2D spouted bed, comparing performance Ansys Fluent MFiX. results analysed commented on in terms both accuracy computational efforts. Despite similarity setup, MFiX seems perform significantly better. similarities...

Bed symmetry has been analysed in fountain confined conical spouted beds operating with fine particles. Thus, vertical particle velocities and the spout shape have determined a wide range of spouting air bed configurations. is widely accepted without draft tubes or nonporous ones, but this not case when open-sided are used. radial velocity profiles differ depending on cross-sectional angular pl...