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 I NTERNATIONAL J OURNAL OF C HEMICAL
R EACTOR E NGINEERING
Volume 1 2003 Article A31

Eulerian/Eulerian CFD Simulation of a

Cold Flowing FCC Riser
Kim G. Hansen Claus H. Ibsen
Tron Solberg Bjrn H. Hjertager

Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Aalborg University Esbjerg, granly@aue.auc.dk

Vestas Aircoil A/S, ci@vestas.biz

Aalborg University Esbjerg, tron@aue.auc.dk

Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Aalborg University Esbjerg, bhh@aue.auc.dk

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Eulerian/Eulerian CFD Simulation of a Cold Flowing
FCC Riser
Kim G. Hansen, Claus H. Ibsen, Tron Solberg, and Bjrn H. Hjertager

Abstract
A computational fluid dynamics simulation, CFD, of a cold flowing riser flu-
idized with FCC catalysts has been performed. The computations are performed
using a 3D multiphase computational fluid dynamics code with a Eulerian de-
scription of both gas and particle phase. The turbulent motion of the particulate
phase is modelled using the kinetic theory for granular flow, and the gas phase
turbulence is modelled using a Sub-Grid-Scale model. The complex inlet geom-
etry is approximated using multiple inlet patches. The results were submitted to
a blind-test in connection to the 10th international workshop on two-phase flow
prediction held in Merseburg, Germany, 2002. The results are validated against
experimental findings of particle mass flux across the riser and pressure profile
along the riser. The calculations show good agreement with experimental findings
of both mass flux and pressure profile, but further improvements are proposed and
investigated. A parameter study shows that mesh refinement, choice of particle
diameter and choice of drag model are crucial when simulating FCC riser flow.

KEYWORDS: Compuational Fluid Dynamics, Eulerian-Eulerian Simulation, FCC,

Kinetic Theory for Granular Flow,
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