Coupling of DEM and CFD PDF

COUPLING OF DEM AND CFD
SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENT
25 March 2009
Christoph Kloss
Stefan Pirker
Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

25 March 2009 on Particulate Flow Modelling
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Outline
I. The Discrete-Element-Method (DEM)
II. DEM Simulation Examples
III. DEM CFD Coupling (Model Synthesis)
IV. Coupled DEM-CFD Simulation Examples
IV. Conclusions and Future Prospects

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I.
I: The Discrete-Element-Method

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Principles of DEM
In DEM, every single particle ist tracked in Lagrangian
Frame. The force balance is integreated explicitely.
DEM manages information about each individual particle

(mass, velocity,...) and the forces acting on it. It can also
take into account the particles shape, rather than assuming
that all particles are spherical.
Normally, soft-sphere contact models where particles are

allowed to slightly overlap (<0.5%) are used to resolve
every single contact
Normal Force:
Hertzian model: F~ 3/2 k
Cundall & Strack, 1979: F~ k

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Principle of DEM
Forces that can be included:
Contact forces (soft-sphere approach):
particle-particle, particle-wall
Gravity
Fluid drag
Electrostatic and magnetic forces
Contact force: Modelling of particles Cohesion
as spring-damper systems Chemical bonds
Characteristics of DEM:
DEM is limited by CPU resources and low time-steps
Boundary conditions like velocity inlet or pressure outlet are

not available and have to be programmed manually
Stiff materials require short time-steps

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DEM vs. Eulerian Granular Models
Eulerian Models
Calculation of conservation equations on a grid
Properties of indivual particles are smeared out (loss of
information
Closure relations are used (e.g. granular pressure and
temperature)
A yield criterion is used
Eulerian models are CPU-efficient
DEM
Closer to the physics by resolving the micro-scale
Contact laws are used
Efficient contact detection is important
CPU ressources limit applicability

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DEM Simulations: Practical Issues
Time-Step has to be a fraction (10%?) of the Rayleigh time:
Tr= r sqrt(/G)/(0.163 +0.8766)

(r: radius, density, G: shear modulus, poisson ratio)
Example (glass): r=4 mm, =2500 kg/m, G=26 GPa, =0.25 t=4.2e-7s
Simulation time varies with material properties
A maximum penetration of 0.5% of dp is allowed:

so that vmax t= 0.005 dp,min
Example: vmax=10 m/s, dp,min=1mm t=5e-7 s
Simulation time varies with dp,min and vmax

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DEM Simulations: Practical Issues
Simulation time increases when long-lasting particle

contacts come into play (contact search)
Practical numbers:
Cundall number (=particle time-steps / CPU second) of

~200.000 on desktop computers
Example: 100.000 particles , t=5e-6,
1 hour computation on one CPU=36 ms real-time
Particle limit of ~1 mio. on desktop computers

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II.
II: DEM Simulation Examples

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I. DEM Simulation Example
Hopper Discharge

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II. DEM Simulation Example
Particle Charging / Bed Formation
distribution density function

0.4
simulation - fine
0.35 simulation - coarse
experiment - coarse
experiment - fine
0.3
0.25
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5
x in m

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III. DEM Simulation Example
Simulation of Bed Formation: API-Implementation
time-dependant boundaries
Particles are
kept in place
by controller
Partikel have
been removed

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III.
III: DEM-CFD Coupling

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Parallel DEM-CFD Coupling
Principle
init particle data
EDEM (C++)
FLUENT (C)
including fluid drag
1 time-step
100 time-steps
t ~ 1e-3s
t ~ 1e-5s
end
flow data

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Parallel DEM-CFD Coupling
Program FlowChart
EDEM calculates FLUENT calculates

start 100 time-steps, 1 time-step
and transfers particle
FLUENT fetches EDEM
data to FLUENT
particle data
FLUENT searches cell
each particle is in
FLUENT calculates
Parallel Processing is necessary to volume fraction and
deal with large-scale geometries! momentum coupling
FLUENT transfers flow
data to EDEM

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IV.
IV: Coupled DEM-CFD Simulation

Examples

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I. DEM-CFD Coupling Example
Proof of Concept - Acceleration of Single Particle
3
2.5
water flow, u = 3 m/s

2
v in m/s
1.5
glass particle
1
d = 4 mm
u0 = 0 m/s EDEM-FLUENT Coupled Simulation
Analytical Solution
0.5
0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0.14 0.16
t in s

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II. DEM-CFD Coupling Example
Trajectory Segregation
flow vectors
in the midplane
umax=1.7 m/s
detail
detail

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II. DEM-CFD Coupling Example
Trajectory Segregation
flow vectors
in the midplane
umax=1.7 m/s

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III. DEM-CFD Coupling Example
Hopper Discharge With Standpipe
Hopper geometry
(all lengths in mm)

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particle velocity in m/s fluid velocity in m/s

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fluid accelerates
particles
particles
accelerate fluid
z-momentum source on fluid in N/m solids fraction

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Hopper Discharge With Standpipe | Experimental Validation
Pressure of the fluid phase
0
-0.5
simulation
-1
measurement
-1.5
p in Pa
-2
-2.5
-3
-3.5
-4
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
z in m

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Z1
IV. DEM-CFD Coupling Example

Partial Fluidized Bed
side view
d in = 4 mm
bed 14 cm
7 cm
top view
3.4 cm
4 cm
Gas: 6 Nm/h = 0.02 kg/s, vIn=132m/s
30.5 cm
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Slide 24
Z1 Bohrung leicht schief:

Aussen 8mm vom Rand entfernt innen 6mm
(auf 6cm Wandstrke)
ZID; 23-02-2009
IV. DEM-CFD Coupling Example
Partial Fluidized Bed
Solids fraction in the injection plane

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V. DEM-CFD Coupling Example
Pneumatic Conveying

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Pneumatic Conveying
particles
gas

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Pneumatic Conveying
left middle right
particles
gas

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Pneumatic Conveying
particle volume fraction at pos. 1 from coupled DEM-CFD simulation
0.14
particle volume fraction at pos. 3 from coupled DEM-CFD simulation left
0.12 right
0.14 middle
0.1 no magnus force
left with magnus force
0.08
0.12 right
y in m
0.06
middle
0.04
0.1 no magnus force
0.02
with magnus force
0
0.08 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
y in m
volume fraction -3
x 10
particle volume fraction at pos. 2 from coupled DEM-CFD simulation
0.14
0.06 left
0.12 right
middle
0.1 no magnus force
0.04 with magnus force
0.08
y in m
0.02 0.06
0.04
0 0.02
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6
0
volume fraction -3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
x 10 volume fraction
x 10
-3

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Pneumatic Conveying
particle velocity at pos. 2 from coupled DEM-CFD simulation
particle velocity at pos. 3 from coupled DEM-CFD simulation 0.14
left
0.14 0.12 right
middle
left 0.1 no magnus force
with magnus force
0.12 right 0.08
y in m
middle 0.06
0.1 no magnus force 0.04
with magnus force 0.02

0.08
y in m
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
particle velocity
particle velocity at pos. 1 from coupled DEM-CFD simulation
0.06 0.14
left
0.12 right
middle
0.04 0.1 no magnus force
with magnus force
0.08
y in m
0.02 0.06
0.04
0 0.02
0 2 4 6 8 10
0
particle velocity 0 1 2 3 4
particle velocity
5 6 7

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Pneumatic Conveying
volume fraction at pos. 3 particle velocity at pos. 3
0.12 0.12
measurement
0.1 simulation
0.08
0.1 measurement
y in m
simulation 0.06
0.04
0.08
0.02
0
y in m
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
particle velocity in m/s
0.06 volume fraction at pos. 2
0.12
measurement
simulation
0.1
0.04
0.08
y in m
0.06
0.02
0.04
0.02
0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4
volume fraction -3 volume fraction -3
x 10 x 10

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VI.
VI: Conclusions and Prospects

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DEM-CFD Coupling
Conclusion
We showed that the the synthesis of DEM and CFD leads to a very
versatile tool. Many possibilities of application, applicable for
different kind of regimes:
High solids fraction (fluidized bed, hopper discharge)

Low solids fraction (trajectory segregation during charging,
pneumatic conveying).
One way coupling fluid flow induced by particle motion

(hopper discharge, trajectory segregation during charging)
One way coupling particle motion induced by fluid flow
(pneumatic conveying)
Two way coupling strong interaction between particle motion
and fluid flow (fluidized bed)

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DEM-CFD Coupling
Prospects Model Synthesis
Simulation snapshot Solids volume fraction (cap at 3%)

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DEM-CFD Coupling
Prospects Model Synthesis (DEM-DPM Coupling)
DPM Source
DEM Sink DEM-DPM
boundary
DEM Source DPM-DEM

DPM Sink boundary
DPM Injection
EDEM FLUENT
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DEM-CFD Coupling
Prospects Model Synthesis
time-dependant boundaries
Particles are
kept in place
by controller
Partikel have
been removed

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DEM-CFD Coupling
Prospects
As DEM is very CPU intense, it is desired to extend our coupling

software to incorporate further models for granular media for cases
where good results can be achieved with a less CPU demanding
method (model synthesis). These could include FLUENTs DPM,
FLUENTs EuEuGran model, and further particulate models.
As the applicability of such a coupled method strongly depends on
computational power, the parallelization is a key issue.
For these reason, our in-house DEM-CFD coupling code is

Fully parallel (on both EDEM and FLUENT side)
Extendable to incorporate further models
Further efforts will be taken in order to make reduce the costly DEM
method to regions where the key physical phenomena occur.

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Thank you for your attention

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COUPLING OF DEM AND CFD

SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENT

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

I. The Discrete-Element-Method (DEM)

II. DEM Simulation Examples

III. DEM CFD Coupling (Model Synthesis)

IV. Coupled DEM-CFD Simulation Examples

IV. Conclusions and Future Prospects

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

DEM manages information about each individual particle

Normally, soft-sphere contact models where particles are

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Electrostatic and magnetic forces

Contact force: Modelling of particles Cohesion

as spring-damper systems Chemical bonds

Boundary conditions like velocity inlet or pressure outlet are

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Time-Step has to be a fraction (10%?) of the Rayleigh time:

Tr= r sqrt(/G)/(0.163 +0.8766)

Simulation time varies with material properties

A maximum penetration of 0.5% of dp is allowed:

Example: vmax=10 m/s, dp,min=1mm t=5e-7 s

Simulation time varies with dp,min and vmax

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Simulation time increases when long-lasting particle

Cundall number (=particle time-steps / CPU second) of

Particle limit of ~1 mio. on desktop computers

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

II: DEM Simulation Examples

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

distribution density function

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

III: DEM-CFD Coupling

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

init particle data

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EDEM calculates FLUENT calculates

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

IV: Coupled DEM-CFD Simulation

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

water flow, u = 3 m/s

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

particle velocity in m/s fluid velocity in m/s

z-momentum source on fluid in N/m solids fraction

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

IV. DEM-CFD Coupling Example

Z1 Bohrung leicht schief:

Solids fraction in the injection plane

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

left middle right

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

Discrete Element Method Christian-Doppler Laboratory

0.1 no magnus force 0.04

with magnus force 0.02