He, Y, Muller, F, Hassanpour, A orcid.org/0000-0002-7756-1506 et al. (1 more author) (2020) A CPU-GPU cross-platform coupled CFD-DEM approach for complex particle-fluid flows. Chemical Engineering Science, 223. 115712. p. 115712. ISSN 0009-2509
Abstract
High computational cost presents a significant barrier to the general application of coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method (CFD-DEM) simulations, especially so for industrial systems with a large number of particles and complex geometries. In this study, a new cross-platform coupling approach is developed by integrating a CFD solver with a standalone GPU-based DEM solver via network communication. Consequently, the two modelling techniques benefit from the most appropriate hardware architecture. The developed coupling approach shows predictions comparable to experiments on a small-scale fluidized bed. Its computational performance is evaluated on a larger fluidized bed and shows superior performance over the CPU-based parallelization methods, making DEM calculation no longer the computational bottleneck. Its general applicability to handle complex geometrical domains is further demonstrated by simulations of a gas-solid cyclone separator. This work demonstrates the benefits of a novel coupling approach which enables efficient and robust solutions for industrial applications.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Elsevier Ltd.This is an author produced version of a paper published in Chemical Engineering Science. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy . |
Keywords: | CFD; DEM; CFD-DEM Coupling; GPU; Particle -fluid flow; ANSYS fluent |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 680565 EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/P006566/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2020 11:13 |
Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115712 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160489 |