The Effects of Agitated Beds Homogenization on Stirrer Geometry and Bed Depth via DEM

0431425 - ÚCHP 2015 CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Kohout, M. - Trávníčková, Tereza - Havlica, Jaromír
The Effects of Agitated Beds Homogenization on Stirrer Geometry and Bed Depth via DEM.
Final program. Prague: Orgit, 2014, s. 44. ISBN 978-80-02-02555-9.
[International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering /21./ - CHISA 2014 and Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction /17./ - PRES 2014. Prague (CZ), 23.08.2014-27.08.2014]
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP105/12/0664
Institutional support: RVO:67985858
Keywords : discrete element methods * mathematical modelling * particles
Subject RIV: CI - Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering

In this contribution open source DEM particle simulation software LIGGGHTS was studied and tested. Collision forces are there modelled by the softsphere approach with the Hertzian collision model. As an application we studied agitated particle beds (packed from glass spherical particles of two colours – packed vertically and horizontally) mixed by different types of agitators. Dependence of degree of homogenization on particle diameter, particle properties (Young’s modulus), and on geometrical aspects (bed depth, agitator position, etc.) will be also discussed.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0236014