A Comparative Study of Models for Heat Transfer in Bidisperse Gas–Solid Systems via CFD–DEM Simulations

Abstract

In this study, flow and heat transfers in bidisperse gas–solid systems were numerically investigated using the computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method (CFD–DEM). Three different models to close the gas–solid heat transfer coefficient for each species of bidisperse systems were compared in the simulations. The effect of the particle diameter ratio and particle number ratio between large and small particles on the particle mean temperature and temperature distribution of each species were systematically investigated. The simulation results show that differences in the particle mean temperature and temperature distribution profiles exist among the three heat transfer models at a higher particle number ratio. The differences between the effects of three heat transfer models on heat transfer properties in bidisperse systems with particle diameter ratios of up to 4 are marginal when the particle number ratio between small and large particles is 1.