Particles climbing along a vertically vibrating tube: numerical simulation using the Discrete Element Method (DEM)

Xu, Yupeng; Musser, Jordan; Li, Tingwen; Padding, Johan T.; Rogers, William A.

doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2017.07.047

Title: Particles climbing along a vertically vibrating tube: numerical simulation using the Discrete Element Method (DEM)

Journal Article · Sat Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Powder Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2017.07.047· OSTI ID:1440336

Xu, Yupeng ^[1]; Musser, Jordan ^[1]; Li, Tingwen ^[2]; Padding, Johan T. ^[3]; Rogers, William A. ^[1]

National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States); AECOM, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands). Process and Energy Dept.

It has been reported experimentally that granular particles can climb along a vertically vibrating tube partially inserted inside a granular silo. Here, we use the Discrete Element Method (DEM) available in the Multiphase Flow with Interphase eXchanges (MFIX) code to investigate this phenomenon. By tracking the movement of individual particles, the climbing mechanism was illustrated and analyzed. The numerical results show that a sufficiently high vibration strength is needed to form a low solids volume fraction region inside the lower end of the vibrating tube, a dense region in the middle of the tube, and to bring the particles outside from the top layers down to fill in the void. The results also show that particle compaction in the middle section of the tube is the main cause of the climbing. Consequently, varying parameters which influence the compacted region, such as the restitution coefficient, change the climbing height.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States); Oak Ridge Inst. for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0004000

OSTI ID:: 1440336

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1549609

Journal Information:: Powder Technology, Vol. 320, Issue C; ISSN 0032-5910

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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