CFD-Modeling of Thermal Agent Flow Through a Layer of Barley Brewer’s Spent Grain

Computer simulation in the chemical technology and engineering
4th International Scientific Conference «Chemical Technology and Engineering»: Proceedings – June 26–29th, 2023, Lviv, Ukraine – Lviv: Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2023, pp. 31–37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23939/cte2023.031

Authors

First and Last Name Academic degree E-mail Affiliation
Roman Chyzhovych No roman.a.chyzhovych [at] lpnu.ua Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv, Ukraine
Oleksandr Ivashchuk Ph.D. oleksandr.s.ivashchuk [at] lpnu.ua Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv, Ukraine
Volodymyr Atamanyuk Sc.D. volodymyr.m.atamaniuk [at] lpnu.ua Lviv Polytechnic National University
Lviv, Ukraine

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Abstract

The paper contains the computer modeling results of the hydrodynamics of the thermal agent movement through a stationary layer of dried barley brewer’s spent grain. To carry out the modeling, the characteristics of the porous zone were previously determined, including the layer porosity ε of the studied material, the values of the viscous 1/α and inertial C2 resistance coefficients. Simulation was done in the ANSYS Fluent 2022 R2 software package using the k-ω SST turbulence model. The study was carried out for the researched heights of the dried brewer's spent grain layer in the range of H = 80÷120 mm at the thermal agent flow velocities w0 = 0.83÷1.78 m/s. Based on the experimental data of the layer’s hydraulic resistance, the average modeling error for all experimental points was calculated to be 6.85 %.

Keywords
biomassbrewer’s spent graindryingfiltration dryinghydrodynamicscomputer modelingCFD.
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