CFD investigation of dense phase pneumatic conveying at a pipeline enlargement

Don McGlinchey; Andrew Cowell; Ryan Crowe

doi:10.1016/j.partic.2011.11.004

CFD investigation of dense phase pneumatic conveying at a pipeline enlargement

Don McGlinchey, Andrew Cowell, Ryan Crowe

Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

The practice of stepping a conveying line is not new and there are many examples in industry; however, the details of the flow behaviour at the step have not been extensively studied. Three step geometries were modelled: an ‘abrupt’ step and two ‘gradual’ step-up geometries from a pipe bore of 75–100 mm. The flow behaviour of a single plug of material passing through these geometries was investigated using the ‘Eulerian’ CFD model from Fluent. Solids volume fractions were recorded at 0.01 s time steps at several point locations, and visualised throughout the pipe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	176-183
Journal	Particuology
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2011.11.004
Publication status	Published - Apr 2012

Keywords

pneumatic conveying
pipeline
design processes

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