An analysis of the chaotic motion of particles of different sizes in a gas fluidized bed

作     者：Y.Q. Feng A.B. Yu 

作者机构：Lab for Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems School of Materials Science and Engineering University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia 

出 版 物：《Particuology》 (颗粒学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第6卷第6期

页      面：549-556页

核心收录：

学科分类：080704[工学-流体机械及工程] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 080203[工学-机械设计及理论] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：Australian Research Council 

主　　题：Fluidization Segregation Discrete particle simulation Granular dynamics 

摘      要：The dynamic behavior of individual particles during the mixing/segregation process of particle mixtures in a gas fluidized bed is analyzed. The analysis is based on the results generated from discrete particle simulation, with the focus on the trajectory of and forces acting on individual particles. Typical particles are selected representing three kinds of particle motion： a flotsam particle which is initially at the bottom part of the bed and finally fluidized at the top part of the bed; a jetsam particle which is initially at the top part of the bed and finally stays in the bottom de-fluidized layer of the bed; and a jetsam particle which is intermittently joining the top fluidized and bottom de-fluidized layers. The results show that the motion of a particle is chaotic at macroscopic or global scale, but can be well explained at a microscopic scale in terms of its interaction forces and contact conditions with other particles, particle-fluid interaction force, and local flow structure. They also highlight the need for establishing a suitable method to link the information generated and modeled at different time and length scales.