CFD SIMULATION OF SIEVE TRAY HYDRODYNAMICS USING OPENFOAM
Date
2022-09-21
Authors
Ke, Tan
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Abstract
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was used to predict the hydrodynamics of transient 3-dimensional flow on sieve trays. The model is constructed in the
Eulerian-Eulerian framework for two interpenetrating phases. The interphase momentum exchange term is modelled as a drag force term and evaluated using a suitable
literature correlation. The turbulence properties are evaluated using a turbulence
model based on the k − ϵ equations for the mixture of two phases. The open-source
CFD software package OpenFOAM® version 6 was employed to build and solve the
model. A set of test cases was conducted to determine the optimized solver settings.
A series of simulations for sieve trays of different sizes and under different operating conditions were conducted and validated using previous CFD and experimental
studies. The results of the sieve tray simulations are in good agreement with the
validation data.
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In this study, a method to perform CFD simulations of sieve tray hydrodynamics using
the software package OpenFOAM® was developed and systematically documented.
Keywords
cfd, openfoam, sieve tray