Christoph Grübler
PhD Student
Chair of Conveying Technology and Design Methods - Montanuniversität Leoben
Franz Kessler
Full Professor
Chair of Conveying Technology and Design Methods - Montanuniversität Leoben
Michael Prenner
Senior Research Associate
Chair of Conveying Technology and Design Methods - Montanuniversität Leoben
Sonja Zeiler
Research Associate
VoestAlpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH
PhD Student
Chair of Conveying Technology and Design Methods - Montanuniversität Leoben
Franz Kessler
Full Professor
Chair of Conveying Technology and Design Methods - Montanuniversität Leoben
Michael Prenner
Senior Research Associate
Chair of Conveying Technology and Design Methods - Montanuniversität Leoben
Sonja Zeiler
Research Associate
VoestAlpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH
Analyses of Dust Emissions at Transfer Points: Comparison of Two-Way Coupled DEM-CFD Simulations and Industrial Implementations
A two-way coupled combination of the approaches of the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is utilized to visualize the diffuse dust emission at a full-scale transfer point. The implementation of dust particles within the simulation is achieved by the method of Discrete Dust Particles (DDP), which was developed by the Chair of Conveying Technology and Design Methods (Montanuniversität Leoben) and presented in previous publications. The simulations provide qualitative estimations of dust emission and are used to develop improvements in transfer point design. These improvements are subsequently implemented at a representative transfer point at the steel plant of VoestAlpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH in Leoben, Austria, where the dust emission is monitored. The output of these dust measurements is furthermore compared to the results of the simulation evaluation.
