Authors: Dr. Kenneth A. Williams a, and Scott Thibault a
a CPFD Software
Source: This paper was presented at the Ninth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Minerals and Process Industries CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia on December 10-12,2012
Abstract: This extended abstract discusses how Barracuda VR was used to simulate experimental PSRI results showing gas bypassing phenomenom, and other potentially unexpected fluidization behaviors, in an effort to determine whether or not these behaviors may be predicted computationally using CFD.