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Theoretical Review of the MFIX Fluid and Two-Fluid Models

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1604993· OSTI ID:1604993
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  1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Morgantown, WV (United States)

MFIX (Multiphase Flow with Interphase eXchanges) is a general purpose code that can be used for describing the hydrodynamics, chemical reactions, and heat transfer of dense or dilute multiphase fluid flows. MFIX calculations give detailed information on pressure, temperature, composition, and velocity distributions in the defined system. This report provides an overview of MFIX’s expressions for single phase flow and continuous dispersed multiphase flow (i.e., the two-fluid model). In addition to the two fluid model (MFIX-TFM), MFIX contains a discrete element model (MFIX-DEM) and a multi-phase particle in cell model (MFIX-PIC) that are not reviewed within this document.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
OSTI ID:
1604993
Report Number(s):
DOE/NETL--2020/2100
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English