Numerical simulation and experimental verification of bubble size distribution in an air dense medium fluidized bed

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingfeng He ◽  
Yuemin Zhao ◽  
Zhenfu Luo ◽  
Yaqun He ◽  
Chenlong Duan

Author(s):  
Tomio Okawa ◽  
Naoki Miyano ◽  
Kazuhiro Kaiho ◽  
Koji Enoki

The process of bubble nucleation in subcooled flow boiling was visualized using a high speed camera to show that the bubble size can be significantly different between the nucleation sites. However, the bubble size is usually assumed constant in the numerical simulation of subcooled flow boiling. To explore the effect of the bubble size distribution on the void fraction in subcooled flow boiling, numerical simulations were performed using a bubble tracking method in which the size and position of each bubble are calculated individually using a Lagrangian coordinates. In the present simulation, the void fraction was greater when the bubble size distribution was taken into consideration. Since the bubble tracking method requires many correlations, further improvement is necessary. The present numerical results however indicate that the bubble size distribution should be taken in to consideration to evaluate the void fraction in subcooled flow boiling accurately.



2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Ito ◽  
Hideki Wakamatsu ◽  
Takao Nagasaki




Author(s):  
Martin Rüdisüli ◽  
Tilman J. Schildhauer ◽  
Serge M.A. Biollaz ◽  
J. Ruud van Ommen


2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 1133-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad H. Tavassoli-Rizi ◽  
Salman Movahedirad ◽  
Ahad Ghaemi






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