TITLE:
Turbulence Modelling of a Single-Phase Flow Cyclone Gasifier
AUTHORS:
Pantea Hadi Jafari, J. Gunnar I. Hellström, B. Rikard Gebart
KEYWORDS:
Cyclone Gasifier, Turbulence Modelling, Swirling Flow Pattern, Secondary Flow
JOURNAL NAME:
Engineering,
Vol.9 No.9,
September
26,
2017
ABSTRACT: The current work aims to make a foundation for an engineering design of a cyclone gasifier to be able not only to predict its flow field with a suitable accuracy but also to investigate a large number of design alternatives with limited computer resources. A good single-phase flow model that can form the basis in an Euler-Lagrange model for multi-phase flow is also necessaryfor modelling the reacting flow inside a cyclone gasifier. The present paper provides an objective comparison between several popular turbulence modelling options including standard k-ε and SST with curvature corrections, SSG-RSM and LES Smagorinsky models, for the single-phase flow inside cyclone separators/gasifiers that can serve as a guide for further work on the reacting multi-phase flow inside cyclone gasifiers and similar devices. A detailed comparison between the models and experimental data for the mean velocity and fluctuating parts of the velocity profiles are presented. Furthermore, the capabilities of the turbulence models to capture the physical phenomena present in a cyclone gasifier thataffects the design process are investigated.