Dr.-Ing. Swantje Pietsch
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Hamburg University of Technology
Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology
Denickestraße 15 (K)
21073 Hamburg - Office
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Building K
Room 2516 - Phone
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Tel: +49 40 42878 3139
- swantje.pietsch(at)tuhh.de
Research project
In this research project the flow stability in a three-dimensional laboratory spouted bed is investigated experimentally and with coupled CFD-DEM simulations. It was found that the stability range can be increased by the insertion of two parallel draft plates. By means of the CFD-DEM simulations it has been shown that for coating purposes the instable spouting is advantageous for obtaining a homogeneuos coating layer as the mixing in the depth of the apparatus is enhanced. The coating quality was investigated experimentally by means of digital image analysis.
In addition, the residence time behavior in a continuous pilot scale spouted bed is characterized by means of a novel tracer method. Magnetizable particles are used as tracer which allows a fast and easy concentration measurement at the outflow and thus the calculation of the residence time.
Further information can be found here.

Publications
2020
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Measurement of residence time distributions in a continuously operated spouted bed
Chemical Engineering and Technology 5 (43): 804-812 (2020-05-01)
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Predicting product properties of fluidized bed spray granulation using CFD-DEM simulations
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Possibilities and limits of computational fluid dynamics-discrete element method simulations in process engineering: a review of recent advancements and future trends
Annual review of chemical and biomolecular engineering 1 (11): 397-422 (2020-06-07)
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Fabrication of highly filled composites with an innovative miniaturized spouted bed
Processes 8 (5): 521 (2020)
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Particle formulation of hydroalcoholic rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) extracts using a spouted bed
Particuology (51): 26-34 (2020-08)
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Predicting the performance of different fluidized and spouted beds for spray granulation using CFD-DEM simulations
10. ProcessNet-Jahrestagung 2020
Open Access
2019
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Fluidization behavior and liquid injection in three-dimensional prismatic spouted beds
Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen (2019)
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Simulation of spray coating in a spouted bed using recurrence CFD
Granulation Conference, Lausanne, June 26-28, 2019
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Measurement of granule layer thickness in a spouted bed coating process via optical coherence tomography
Powder Technology (356): 139-147 (2019-11)
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Influence of binary and ternary particle systems on the spouting stability in a three-dimensional prismatic spouted bed
Powder Technology (357): 305-312 (2019-12-01)
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2018
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CFD-DEM modelling of circulation frequencies and residence times in a prismatic spouted bed
Chemical Engineering Research and Design (132): 1105-1116 (2018-04)
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Influence of gas inflow modelling on CFD-DEM simulations of three-dimensional prismatic spouted beds
Powder Technology (329): 167-180 (2018-04-15)
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Experimental and numerical investigation of a three-dimensional prismatic spouted bed with liquid injection
World Congress on Particle Technology: 42-49 (2018-04-22)
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Simulation of spray coating in a spouted bed using recurrence CFD
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Novel production method of tracer particles for residence time measurements in gas-solid processes
Powder Technology (338): 1-6 (2018-10)
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2017
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CFD-DEM modeling of particle coating in a prismatic spouted bed and improvement of spouting stability
12th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology, CFB 2017: 143-150 (2017-05)
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CFD-DEM modeling of a three-dimensional prismatic spouted bed
Powder Technology (316): 245-255 (2017-07)
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2016
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CFD-DEM modeling of liquid Injection for spray coating in a prismatic spouted bed
Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik 9 (88): 1360-1360 (2016)
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