N'dri A. Konan, E. David Huckaby, Multi-fidelity kinetic theory-based approach for the prediction of particle attrition: Application to jet cup attrition system, Powder Technology, Volume 391, 2021, Pages 227-238, ISSN 0032-5910, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.06.014. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032591021005313)
Abstract: The timescale difference between the “fast” flow dynamics of fluidized bed reactors and the relatively “slow” rate of particle degradation makes the direct computational prediction of attrition challenging. An approach to this challenge is a multi-fidelity strategy where a high fidelity model for the flow dynamics is coupled with a lower fidelity model for the long-time resolution of the bulk attrition of the reactor inventory. We implement this approach using high-fidelity kinetic theory simulations to calculate the flow dynamics which are post-processed to calculate the frequency and intensity of the particle-particle and particle-wall collisions (e.g. collision energy spectra). This is combined with the particle breakage properties to construct the coefficients for a low-fidelity model [e.g. Monazam et al., 2018, Powder Technology 340, p. 528–536]. Simulations are performed of a jet cup attrition system containing Canadian hematite (Monazam et al. 2018). These are first analyzed using the collision energy spectra. Quantitative predictions of the mass loss are made using a low-fidelity model derived from the collision-spectra and a calibrated material breakage coefficient. The results are found to compare favorably with the experimental measurements.Attrition rate; Kinetic theory; Collision energy spectrum; Jet cup
Keywords: Attrition rate; Kinetic theory; Collision energy spectrum; Jet cup