A control-volume finite element method for dilute gas-solid particle flows (Q1345479)

The formulation of a co-located equal-order control-volume-based finite element method (CVFEM) for the solution of two-fluid models of two- dimensional, planar or axisymmetric, incompressible, dilute gas-solid particle flows is presented. The proposed CVFEM is formulated by borrowing and extending ideas put forward in earlier CVFEMs for single- phase flows. An iterative variable adjustment algorithm is used to solve the discretized equations. The capabilities of the proposed CVFEM are illustrated by its application to two test problems and one demonstration problem, using a simple two-fluid model for dilute gas-solid particle flows.