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Application of CFD to Multi-Phase Mixing in the Metals and Mining Industries

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CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2016

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Mechanical mixing equipment is common in a wide variety of mining, metals and process applications, such as hydrometallurgical reactors, slurry tanks, oil storage tanks, etc. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been applied successfully to single phase mechanical mixing problems for several decades and is established as a reliable design tool. As computational power and CFD codes have advanced there have been significant advances in multiphase modeling capabilities in particular improved models for dispersed bubbly flows.

This paper will provide an overview of the application of Multiphase CFD modeling to mechanical mixing problems; in addition, it will review the traditional single phase Multiple Reference Frame (MRF) and introduce advanced modeling techniques for dispersed bubbly flows often found in the mining and metals industries. Several examples on the application of CFD to industrial multiphase mixing problems will be shown.

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  1. Hatch Associates, 2800 Speakman Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    Duane Baker & Adam Blackmore

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  1. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

    Laurentiu Nastac (Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Key FEF Professor and the Director of the Solidification Laboratory and the UA-COE foundry) (Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Key FEF Professor and the Director of the Solidification Laboratory and the UA-COE foundry)

  2. University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

    Lifeng Zhang (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor) (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor)

  3. Yangtze River Scholars, China

    Lifeng Zhang (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor) (Professor and the Dean of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Distinguished Professor)

  4. University of Illinois, USA

    Brian G. Thomas (Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Continuous Casting Consortium) (Gauthier Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Continuous Casting Consortium)

  5. Northeastern University (NEU), Shenyang, China

    Miaoyong Zhu (Professor and Dean of Metallurgy School (MS) (Professor and Dean of Metallurgy School (MS)

  6. Metallurgy Department, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria

    Andreas Ludwig (Full Professor) (Full Professor)

  7. Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

    Adrian S. Sabau (Senior Research Staff Member) (Senior Research Staff Member)

  8. University of Greenwich, London, UK

    Koulis Pericleous (Chair of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Director of the Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis) (Chair of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Director of the Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis)

  9. Ecole des Mines de Nancy (Lorraine University), France

    Hervé Combeau (professor) (professor)

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Baker, D., Blackmore, A. (2016). Application of CFD to Multi-Phase Mixing in the Metals and Mining Industries. In: Nastac, L., et al. CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2016. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65133-0_24

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