Improving Bed Movement Physics in Biomass Computational Fluid Dynamics Combustion Simulations

A detailed description of the first functional new approach to simulate the bed physics in biomass boilers in a Eulerian mathematical framework is presented. In particular, the analysis of the context of the collapse due to gravitational forces, the design of an automated algorithm that is responsible for its simulation under ANSYS‐Fluent, the concrete implementation of this algorithm, and its test with experimental contrasted data are described. The proposed solution can replicate the angle of repose of different fuels in biomass combustion boilers by implementing a series of geometric mechanisms applied to the mesh. The selected approach mainly responds to a computational efficiency requirement; both memory management and execution speed are relevant. Functional logic and solution implementation results for an existing problem in the computational fluid dynamics simulation of the biomass combustion process are described. An approach to simulate the bed physics in biomass boilers in a Eulerian mathematical framework is presented. The implemented algorithm is compatible with both the developed model and commercial software ANSYS‐Fluent.