Collision efficiency of two nanoparticles with different diameters in Brownian coagulation

The collision efficiency of two nanoparticles with different diameters in the Brownian coagulation is investigated. The collision equations are solved to obtain the collision efficiency for the dioctyl phthalate nanoparticle with the diameter changing from 100 nm to 750 nm in the presence of the van der Waals force and the elastic deformation force. It is found that the collision efficiency decreases as a whole with the increase of both the particle diameter and the radius ratio of two particles. There exists an abrupt increase in the collision efficiency when the particle diameter is equal to 550 nm. Finally, a new expression is presented for the collision efficiency of two nanoparticles with different diameters.     

RESEARCH ON THE COLLISION EFFICIENCY OF NANO-PARTICLE-TO-WALL WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD

着重考虑了电场作用下,壁面排斥力对颗粒-壁面碰撞效率的影响. 采用Matlab 中的龙格库塔方法,对颗粒-壁面碰撞的压缩阶段及回弹阶段的动力学方程组进行求解,并对Maxwell 速度分布进行积分获得不同速度方向下的碰撞效率. 研究表明,颗粒的碰撞效率随着碰撞角度的增加而增大,并最终达到一个临界值,即完全凝并时的碰撞效率;且颗粒的碰撞效率将因壁面排斥力的影响而减小,即壁面排斥力在一定程度上阻碍了颗粒的凝并.     

电场作用下纳米颗粒与竖直壁面的碰撞效率

着重考虑了电场作用下,壁面排斥力对颗粒-壁面碰撞效率的影响. 采用Matlab 中的龙格库塔方法,对颗粒-壁面碰撞的压缩阶段及回弹阶段的动力学方程组进行求解,并对Maxwell 速度分布进行积分获得不同速度方向下的碰撞效率. 研究表明,颗粒的碰撞效率随着碰撞角度的增加而增大,并最终达到一个临界值,即完全凝并时的碰撞效率;且颗粒的碰撞效率将因壁面排斥力的影响而减小,即壁面排斥力在一定程度上阻碍了颗粒的凝并.      

硬球加强模型在CFD-DEM耦合计算中的验证与分析

针对CFD-DEM耦合计算中,颗粒计算时间步的选取影响颗粒碰撞计算精度和效率的问题。本文引入插值算法,将动量定理求解颗粒碰撞前后速度进行加权平均;根据弹性理论计算得到颗粒碰撞力,进行动力学方程求解;通过速度收敛准则修正初值速度并自动调整迭代求解次数,提出一种计算精度不受计算时间步长影响,无需对碰撞过程进行精细描述的高效率和高精度的加强硬球模型。对两个颗粒匀和变速碰撞算例进行数值模拟,碰撞后速度、碰撞力和碰撞时间与理论计算误差小于4%,与采用软球碰撞模型的DEM方法相比,颗粒碰撞计算精度不受计算时间步长影响,计算效率提高36.3%和36.8%。对单个颗粒在静水中沉降进行数值模拟,计算步长取10 s～5 s,颗粒与壁面即可得到精确解,计算效率提高33.5%。通过压力损失实验验证了该模型能够准确计算颗粒体积分数小于12%条件下两相流的压力损失。     

Dynamic coupling of fluid and structural mechanics for simulating particle motion and interaction in high speed compressible gas particle laden flow

In this work, structural finite element analyses of particles moving and interacting within high speed compressible flow are directly coupled to computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer analyses to provide more detailed and improved simulations of particle laden flow under these operating conditions. For a given solid material model, stresses and displacements throughout the solid body are determined with the particle–particle contact following an element to element local spring force model and local fluid induced forces directly calculated from the finite volume flow solution. Plasticity and particle deformation common in such a flow regime can be incorporated in a more rigorous manner than typical discrete element models where structural conditions are not directly modeled. Using the developed techniques, simulations of normal collisions between two 1 mm radius particles with initial particle velocities of 50–150 m/s are conducted with different levels of pressure driven gas flow moving normal to the initial particle motion for elastic and elastic–plastic with strain hardening based solid material models. In this manner, the relationships between the collision velocity, the material behavior models, and the fluid flow and the particle motion and deformation can be investigated. The elastic–plastic material behavior results in post collision velocities 16–50% of their pre-collision values while the elastic-based particle collisions nearly regained their initial velocity upon rebound. The elastic–plastic material models produce contact forces less than half of those for elastic collisions, longer contact times, and greater particle deformation. Fluid flow forces affect the particle motion even at high collision speeds regardless of the solid material behavior model. With the elastic models, the collision force varied little with the strength of the gas flow driver. For the elastic–plastic models, the larger particle deformation and the resulting increasingly asymmetric loading lead to growing differences in the collision force magnitudes and directions as the gas flow strength increased. The coupled finite volume flow and finite element structural analyses provide a capability to capture the interdependencies between the interaction of the particles, the particle deformation, the fluid flow and the particle motion.     

Experimental investigation of interparticle collision in the upper dilute zone of a cold CFB riser

Interparticle collision plays an important role in the mechanics of gas–solid two-phase flows. The paper presents direct measurements of collision rate as well as collision properties of spherical glass beads with sizes of 500 ± 50 μm in the upper dilute zone of a cold pilot-scale CFB riser, by using a high-speed imaging system. The recording rate of the high-speed digital camera is as high as 5000 fps with a resolution of 640 × 480. A large number of particle movement images at a height of 3.54 m above the distributor plates were taken. Manual inspection and automatic methods based on digital image processing algorithms were carried out to analyze particle image sequences. The experimental results show that the measured particle collision rate is proportional both to the particles’ average relative translational velocity and the square of the particle number density, which coincides with the collision theory derived according to the analogy of kinetic theory of gases. But the theoretical model is found to overestimate the real collision rates, and a coefficient a of 0.33 may be used to correct this discrepancy. The possible reasons for this discrepancy are also discussed. The measurement results of collision properties based on more than 50 particle collision events agrees well with Walton’s hard-sphere collision model. The three collision parameters, i.e., the average coefficient of friction μ, the normal and tangential coefficients of restitution e and β₀, for the glass beads used are measured to be 0.175 ± 0.005, 0.96 ± 0.02, and 0.43 ± 0.09, respectively.     

Efficient modelling of particle collisions using a non-linear viscoelastic contact force

In this paper the normal collision of spherical particles is investigated. The particle interaction is modelled in a macroscopic way using the Hertzian contact force with additional linear damping. The goal of the work is to develop an efficient approximate solution of sufficient accuracy for this problem which can be used in soft-sphere collision models for Discrete Element Methods and for particle transport in viscous fluids. First, by the choice of appropriate units, the number of governing parameters of the collision process is reduced to one, which is a simple combination of known material parameters as well as initial conditions. It provides a dimensionless parameter that characterizes all such collisions up to dynamic similitude. Next, a rigorous calculation of the collision time and restitution coefficient from the governing equations, in the form of a series expansion in this parameter is provided. Such a calculation based on first principles is particularly interesting from a theoretical perspective. Since the governing equations present some technical difficulties, the methods employed are also of interest from the point of view of the analytical technique. Using further approximations, compact expressions for the restitution coefficient and the collision time are then provided. These are used to implement an approximate algebraic rule for computing the desired stiffness and damping in the framework of the adaptive collision model (Kempe and Fröhlich, J. Fluid Mech. 709: 445–489, 2012). Numerical tests with binary as well as multiple particle collisions are reported to illustrate the accuracy of the proposed method and its superiority in terms of numerical efficiency.     

颗粒群碰撞搜索及CFD-DEM耦合分域 求解的推进算法研究

在采用计算流体力学-离散元耦合方法(computational fluiddynamics-discrete element method, CFD-DEM)进行固液两相耦合分析时, 颗粒计算时间步的选取直接影响到耦合计算精度和计算效率. 为此, 本文选取每个目标颗粒为研究对象, 引入插值函数计算时间步的运动位移, 构建可变空间搜索网格; 通过筛选可能碰撞颗粒建立搜索列表, 采用逆向搜索方式判断碰撞颗粒, 从而提出一种改进的DEM方法(modified discreteelement method, MDEM). 该算法在颗粒群与流体耦合计算中, 颗粒计算初始时间步选取不受颗粒碰撞时间限制, 通过自动调整和修正实现大步长, 由颗粒和流体耦合条件实时更新流体计算时间步, 使颗粒计算时间步选取过小导致计算效率低、选取过大导致颗粒碰撞漏判的问题得以解决, 为颗粒与流体耦合的数值模拟提供了行之有效的计算方法. 通过两个颗粒和多个颗粒的数值模拟, 得到的颗粒间碰撞力、碰撞位置及次数, 与理论计算结果的相对误差均低于2%, 与传统的DEM碰撞搜索算法相比, 在选取的3种计算时间步均不会影响计算精度, 且有较高的计算效率. 通过多个颗粒与流体的耦合数值模拟, 采用传统的CFD-DEM方法, 只有颗粒计算时间步选取10$^{-6}$ s或更小才能得到精确解, 而采用本文方法取10$^{-4}$ s也能够得到精确解, 避免了颗粒碰撞随时间步增大而出现的漏判问题, 且计算耗时降低了16.7%.      

Modeling of the random packing of a loose layer of polydisperse spherical particles

A method for calculating the loose packing structure of polydisperse spherical particles with a predetermined size distribution function is proposed. The coordinates of the particle centers in the loose layer are determined as the result of random fall of single spheres on a substrate under the action of gravity, assuming the inelastic collision of the spheres and considering the force of their adhesive interaction, and also assuming that the motion of one sphere on the surface of the other is pure slip. Numerical simulation is used to obtain the pattern of arrangement of polydisperse spherical particles in the loose powder layer, whose porosity depends on the particle size distribution function. The results are compared with experimental data.     

Nanoparticle coagulation in a planar jet via moment method

Large eddy simulations of nanoparticle coagulation in an incompressible pla- nar jet were performed.The particle is described using a moment method to approximate the particle general dynamics equations.The time-averaged results based on 3000 time steps for every case were obtained to explore the influence of the Schmidt number and the Damkohler number on the nanoparticle dynamics.The results show that the changes of Schmidt number have the influence on the number concentration of nanoparticles only when the particle diameter is less than 1 nm for the fixed gas parameters.The number concentration of particles for small particles decreases more rapidly along the flow di- rection,and the nanoparticles with larger Schmidt number have a narrower distribution along the transverse direction.The smaller nanoparticles coagulate and disperse easily, grow rapidly hence show a stronger polydispersity.The smaller coagulation time scale can enhance the particle collision and coagulation.Frequented collision and coagulation bring a great increase in particle size.The larger the Damkohler number is,the higher the particle polydispersity is.     

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FINE PARTICLE SEPARATION IN A ROTATIONAL TUBE SEPARATOR

This paper presents a numerical analysis of gas-solid separation in a rotational tube separator. This separator which collects fine particles from gas in laminar flow is effective for fine particle separation. The separation efficiency and critical particle diameter of the separator were simulated using CFD package （FLUENT 6.0）. The simulation showed that separation efficiency can be significantly decreased due to the presence of turbulence. The simulation also showed that the Saffman lift force has little effect on the efficiency of this separator. The critical particle diameter of this tube separator was also calculated theoretically, Some experimental data were provided to validate the simulation results. Comparison between experimental results and simulation predictions on separation efficiency showed satisfactory agreement.     

Direct numerical simulation of particle dispersion in a turbulent jet considering inter-particle collisions

To investigate the behaviour of inter-particle collision and its effects on particle dispersion, direct numerical simulation of a three-dimensional two-phase turbulent jet was conducted. The finite volume method and the fractional-step projection algorithm were used to solve the governing equations of the gas phase fluid and the Lagrangian method was applied to trace the particles. The deterministic hard-sphere model was used to describe the inter-particle collision. In order to allow an analysis of inter-particle collisions independent of the effect of particles on the flow, two-way coupling was neglected. The inter-particle collision occurs frequently in the local regions with higher particle concentration of the flow field. Under the influence of the local accumulation and the turbulent transport effects, the variation of the average inter-particle collision number with the Stokes number takes on a complex non-linear relationship. The particle distribution is more uniform as a result of inter-particle collisions, and the lateral and the spanwise dispersion of the particles considering inter-particle collision also increase. Furthermore, for the case of particles with the Rosin–Rammler distribution (the medial particle size is set d₅₀ = 36.7 μm), the collision number is significantly larger than that of the particles at the Stokes number of 10, and their effects on calculated results are also more significant.     

Particle collision theories applied to agglomeration in suspension

An experimental and theoretical investigation has been made of an agglomeration technique for small solid particles suspended in a liquid. In this technique the particles are agglomerated under the action of a binding liquid, which is added to the turbulently flowing suspension and wets the particles. Special attention was paid to the first part of the wetting period of the technique.Using existing particle collision theories it was found, that the collision efficiency for solid particles and binding liquid droplets during the first part of the wetting period is extremely low; only one out of every thousand to ten thousand collisions results in an adhesion of a particle to a droplet. The influence of the energy dissipation rate and of the viscosity of the suspension liquid on the collision process as predicted by one of the theories is in reasonably good agreement with the experimental results.     

考虑等效曲率的超二次曲面单元非线性接触模型

基于连续函数包络的超二次曲面单元可有效地描述自然界和工业生产中的非球体颗粒形态, 并通过非线性迭代方法精确计算单元间的接触力. 对于具有复杂几何形态的超二次曲面单元, 线性接触模型不能准确地计算不同接触模式下的作用力. 考虑超二次曲面单元相互作用时不同颗粒形状及表面曲率的影响, 本文发展了相应的非线性黏弹性接触模型. 该模型将不同接触模式下的法向刚度和黏滞力统一表述为单元间局部接触点处等效曲率半径的函数; 切向接触作用则借鉴基于Mohr-Coulomb摩擦定律的球体单元非线性接触模型的计算方法. 为检验超二次曲面单元接触模型的可靠性, 对球形颗粒间的法向碰撞、椭球体颗粒间的斜冲击过程、圆柱体的静态堆积和椭球体的动态卸料过程进行离散元模拟, 并与有限元数值结果及试验结果进行对比验证. 计算表明, 考虑接触点处等效曲率半径的超二次曲面非线性接触模型可准确地计算单元间的接触碰撞作用, 并合理地反映非球形颗粒体系的运动规律. 在此基础上进一步分析了不同长宽比和表面尖锐度对卸料过程中颗粒流动特性的影响, 为非球形颗粒材料的流动特性分析提供了一种有效的离散元方法.      

Particle Collision Rate in Turbulent Flow

An analytical model for determining the particle collision rate in a turbulent flow with account for the effects of shear and the gravity force is presented. The model is tested by comparison with the results of direct numerical calculations performed for isotropic turbulence, the near-axis zone of a plane channel, a flow with uniform shear, and a binary mixture of particles with different densities.     

Prediction of aggregation behavior of submicron-sized particles of praseodymium-doped zirconium silicate in aqueous suspension by population balance model

The aggregation behavior of submicron-sized particles of praseodymium-doped zirconium silicate, a ceramic pigment, in aqueous suspension was predicted by a modified population balance model. In the model, the collision frequencies were selected to describe evolution of the particle size distribution of the suspension. The collision efficiency was estimated as a function of interaction potential between particles based on Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek theory. The population balance model was modified to predict the stable state of the aggregation by introducing the volume mean size of aggregate to stability ratio. In addition, aggregation of the particles in aqueous suspension in the presence of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate or potassium chloride was experimentally investigated. The predicted data (i.e., the final aggregate size, aggregation rate, and particle size distribution) were similar to the experimental results.     

涡激诱导并列双圆柱碰撞数值模拟研究

圆柱类结构物的涡激振动是工程中较为常见的一种现象,如果圆柱结构物之间的距离较小, 就会产生涡激诱导碰撞现象,而涡激碰撞会比涡激振动对结构物疲劳破坏产生更严重的威胁.采用浸入边界法模拟流体中的动边界问题,避免了传统贴体网格方法在求解流体中存在固体间碰撞问题时出现数值求解不稳定问题,采用有限元方法对圆柱的运动和碰撞进行求解,通过数据回归方法建立了流体流动条件下的润滑模型,对不同间隙比下涡激诱导并列双圆柱振动及碰撞过程进行了数值模拟, 数值结果表明,如果两圆柱产生了碰撞将会有连续的碰撞发生, 碰撞时出现了多阶频率,振动主频率要比无碰撞时大, 两圆柱碰撞时的相对速度比自由来流速度小;当两圆柱相互接近时, 随着涡环分离角度的逐渐倾斜, 横向流体力先逐渐减小,当两圆柱间涡环开始相互影响发生挤压时, 横向流体力开始逐渐增大;当两圆柱开始反弹时, 两圆柱间形成了低压区, 改变了横向流体阻力的方向,使两圆柱又产生了接近运动,如此反复从而产生了碰撞后横向流体力和圆柱速度的振荡现象.      

考虑颗粒碰撞的多重Monte Carlo算法

从减少计算代价和改进碰撞算法出发, 提出了考虑颗粒碰撞的多重Monte Carlo算法, 它采用直接模拟Monte Carlo算法来考虑颗粒碰撞, 并与求解颗粒拉氏Langevin方程的Monte Carlo算法耦合起来, 跟踪比实际颗粒数目小得多的虚拟颗粒. 提出了时间步长选定标准、虚拟碰撞伙伴所在控制容积的判断准则、颗粒碰撞发生的判 断准则、虚拟碰撞伙伴的选择、基于随机碰撞角度的碰撞动力学, 构成了考虑颗粒碰撞的完整多重Monte Carlo算法. 对理想工况的细微颗粒流和粗重颗粒流进行了数值模拟, 颗粒碰撞率的模拟结果与理论分析解和DNS结果均符合很好, 颗粒场演变的细节信息, 如时间平均和特定时刻的颗粒数密度, 速度和颗粒湍动能等, 均与DNS结果符合很好. 数值模拟结果证明该算法不仅具有较低的计算代价, 而且能够达到足够的计算精度.     

各向同性湍流内颗粒碰撞率的直接模拟研究

对 Re_{\lambda } 约为51均匀各向同性湍流内 St_{k}(=\tau_{p}/\tau_{k}) 为 0 ~10.0 的 有限惯性颗粒的碰撞行为进行了直接数值模拟，以研究湍流对有限惯性 颗粒碰撞的影响. 结果表明，具有一定惯性颗粒的湍流碰撞率完全不同于零惯性的轻颗粒 (St_{k}=0) 和可忽略湍流作用的重颗粒 (St{k} \to \infty) , 其变化趋势极其复杂： 在Stk为 0~1.0 之间，颗粒的碰撞率随 St 的增加而近乎线性地剧烈增长，在 Stk≈1.0 3.0(对应的StE=τp/Te≈0.5)附近，颗粒碰撞率出现两个峰值，在Stk>3.0以后，颗粒的碰撞率随惯性增 大而逐渐趋向于重颗粒极限；在峰值处，有限惯性颗粒的平均碰撞率的峰值较轻颗粒增强了 30倍左右. 为进一步分析湍流作用下颗粒碰撞率的影响因素，分别使用可能发生碰撞 的颗粒对的径向分布函数和径向相对速度来量化颗粒的局部富集效应和湍流掺混效应，表明 St_{k} \approx 1.0 时局部富集效应最为强烈，使得颗粒的碰撞率出现第1个峰值； 湍流掺混效应则随着颗粒Stk的增大而渐近增大；局部富集和湍流掺混联合作用的结果， 使得颗粒碰撞率在 St_{k} \approx 3.0 附近出现另一个峰值.     

Differentially weighted direct simulation Monte Carlo method for particle collision in gas-solid flows

In gas-solid flows,particle-particle interaction(typical,particle collision) is highly significant,despite the small particles fractional volume.Widely distributed polydisperse particle population is a typical characteristic during dynamic evolution of particles(e.g.,agglomeration and fragmentation) in spite of their initial monodisperse particle distribution.The conventional direct simulation Monte Carlo(DSMC)method for particle collision tracks equally weighted simulation particles,which results in high statistical noise for particle fields if there are insufficient simulation particles in less-populated regions.In this study,a new differentially weighted DSMC(DW-DSMC) method for collisions of particles with different number weight is proposed within the framework of the general Eulerian-Lagrangian models for hydrodynamics.Three schemes(mass,momentum and energy conservation) were developed to restore the numbers of simulation particle while keeping total mass,momentum or energy of the whole system unchanged respectively.A limiting case of high-inertia particle flow was numerically simulated to validate the DW-DSMC method in terms of computational precision and efficiency.The momentum conservation scheme which leads to little fluctuation around the mass and energy of the whole system performed best.Improved resolution in particle fields and dynamic behavior could be attained simultaneously using DW-DSMC,compared with the equally weighted DSMC.Meanwhile,computational cost can be largely reduced in contrast with direct numerical simulation.