Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1984
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Rong-Yaw Chen
Second Advisor
Hans E. Pawel
Third Advisor
Benedict C. Sun
Abstract
This study investigated the behaviour of charged particles in cylindrical chambers under the influence of image, inertia, viscous and gravitational forces. The flow was considered to be laminar, steady state and incompressible. The velocity profiles considered were uniform and parabolic with symmetry about the axis of the cylinder.
The governing equations derived were based on Newton's second law of motion. The equations for the case neglecting gravity are linear second order equations and the Runge-Kutta method was used to find a numerical solution. The data hence obtained is fitted to equations using curve fitting method. These equations and graphical techniques are used to interpret the results.
Variations in deposition were determined using an axial distance parameter which is in proportion to the image force divided by the viscous force. The results were obtained for different values of 8, a dimensionless parameter which is in proportion to the inertia parameter which in turn was related to the Stokes number. For a value of Q equal to zero the analysis reduces to that of particles under the influence of image charge only. It was concluded that the deposition increases for a increase in the inertia parameter and a decrease in the charge on the particles.
Recommended Citation
Shah, Mehul J., "Deposition of particles in cylindrical chamber due to the effect of image, inertia, viscous and gravity forces" (1984). Theses. 3611.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3611
