A framework for polydisperse pulp phase modelling in flotation
Gaurav Bhutani G Brito-Parada PR
Separation and Purification Technology 236: 116252.2020
UK
This work presents an efficient numerical framework for the macroscale simulation of the polydisperse pulp phase in froth flotation in an open-source finite element computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code that provides an efficient solution method using mesh adaptivity and code parallelisation. A (hybrid finite element–control volume) finite element framework for modelling the pulp phase has been presented for the first time in this work. An Eulerian–Eulerian turbulent flow model was implemented in this work including a transport equation for attached and free solid particles.
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