Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
Spring 5-31-1997
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering - (Ph.D.)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Rong-Yaw Chen
Second Advisor
John Vincent Droughton
Third Advisor
E. S. Geskin
Fourth Advisor
Pushpendra Singh
Fifth Advisor
MengChu Zhou
Abstract
This dissertation presents a numerical analysis of particle deposition from a dilute gas-solid two-phase suspension in a divergent channel. The Lagrangian governing equations for particle motion include inertia force, viscous force, gravity force and image force from electrostatic charge on the particle. The incompressible two-dimensional turbulent flow field in a divergent channel is solved by employing a Κ-ε modeling technique with FIDAP finite element CFD software. A computational procedure is developed to incorporate the flow field into numerical simulation of particle trajectories from which the fraction of deposition is determined. Several divergent channels (half divergent angles of 0°, 7.5°, 10° and 12.5°) coupled with the combination of dimensionless parameters (inertia parameter 0.015 ≤ S ≤ 100, gravity parameter 0.01 ≤ G ≤ 100 and charge parameter 0.00001 ≤ Q ≤ 10000) are performed and the effects of these parameters on the deposition are determined. The mechanism of particle motion in a two-dimensional turbulent channel is understood from the analysis of particle trajectory and deposition.
Recommended Citation
Huang, Wai-Ting, "Particle deposition from turbulent flow in a divergent channel" (1997). Dissertations. 1056.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/dissertations/1056
