COLLISION PROCESS DETAILS CONTROL THE HYDRODYNAMICS AND HEAT TRANSFER IN FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS

摘要

In the '90s DEM simulation research was successful in exploring its potential in the simulation of fluidization phenomenaand in its application to the design of fluidized-bed processes. Nevertheless, not much progress has been made regardingthe realistic treatment of collision processes that are critical in determining macroscopic mode of fluidization. All throughthe second half of the '90s, the author investigated/demonstrated the issue by introducing different surface interactionscaused by formation of liquid and/or solid bridges, van der Waals force and the existence of surface roughness. In the firstpart of the presentation these are to be summarized and the tasks remaining are discussed. In the second part, are pre-sented the results from a newly developed force-deformation meter to demonstrate the significance of the surfaceroughness and its elasto-plastic characteristics.