Heat conduction in granular assemblies plays an important role in industrial applications. In this paper
the details of heat transfer mechanism are considered in particle scale. The conduction resistances of solid interior
rough surface
gas film between solids
and gas-gap between contacted surfaces are modeled and coupled with discrete element method to deduce a heat transfer model. Numerical simulations are performed to investigate the effects of particle diameter
specific thermal capacity
thermal conductivity of particles and compressive load on effective thermal conductivity(ETC) in fixed beds. The predicted ETC is compared with experimental and simulated data in literature
indicating that the presented model can predict ETC satisfactorily
which provides a useful tool for studying heat transfer in particle assemblies.