Design and Simulation of Continuous Dielectrophoretic Flow Sorters

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.-S. Leu ◽  
H.-Y. Chen ◽  
F-B. Hsiao
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Linear System ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Applied Voltage ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Length Ratio ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Negative Particle ◽  
Electrical Fields ◽  
Inverse Proportion

AbstractThis paper was an attempt to investigate, through numerical simulation, the designs of DEP flow sorters when applied with different ratios of the electrodes to generate different electrical fields, and to explore the sorting capability of the flow sorters, defined as the degree of particle deflection, under different operation of parameters.In order to obtain the maximal DEP negative particle deflection, which was believed as an indicator of greater sorting capability, we have investigated different non-uniform electrical fields produced by combinations of electrodes with different length of two poles, ranging from 1:2 up to 1:9. The finding of numerical simulation indicated that the length ratio 1:3 of the electrode poles produced the electrical fields that maximized the particle deflection.Moreover, different parameters of applied voltage, flow rate, particle diameters, and distance between two electrical poles were designed to investigate their effects on particle deflection of flow sorters. The numerical simulation of the study showed that the DEP flow sorter was demonstrated as a linear system with respect to the applied voltage and particle diameter. In this study, we tried to operationally define flow rate as the time duration while the flow passed the electrical fields, and thus investigated how particle deflect with the different time given. We found that the particle deflected more when the flow was allowed with longer time to pass the electrical fields. The study also showed that the distance the particles deflect from the centerline is in inverse proportion to the square distance between the two electrical poles.

The Influence of Major Diameter Solid Particle on the Double-Channel Pump Performance

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Qiaoling Cui ◽  
Zuchao Zhu ◽  
Zhaohui He ◽  
Baoling Cui
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Sliding Wear ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Particle Volume Fraction ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Impeller Outlet ◽  
Anticlockwise Direction ◽  
Double Channel

Based on mixture model, the numerical simulation of solid-liquid two-phase flow in a double channel pump (Specific speed ns = 81) was carried out. The effects of particle diameter, particle volume fraction and flow rate on solid volume concentration distribution, relative velocity distribution and abrasion characteristics were studied. The results reveal that in the impeller, more particles concentrate at the nut of the shaft end and the edge of the impeller outlet. So those regions are worn seriously. The abrasive types are sliding wear on the impeller outlet edge and impact wear on the nut respectively. In the wall of the volute, the concentrated areas of particles move round the anticlockwise direction when the mixture flow rate is larger. The reason is the mixture velocity is larger as the flow rate increases, and meanwhile the centrifugal force and gravity force are invariable. So the particles move round the impeller rotational direction consequently. In the volute, particles concentrate on the tongue and wall region, especially on the sections I, II, V and VII. So the areas are easily worn out. The abrasive type is the heavy sliding wear in the volute wall. Numerical simulation results are consistent with the actual situation. It follows that the calculating method is feasible.

scholarly journals The study of electrohydrodynamic printing by numerical simulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 413-418
Author(s):  
Xue Yang ◽  
Rui Liu ◽  
Lu Li ◽  
Zhifu Yin ◽  
Kai Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Applied Voltage ◽  
Promising Technique ◽  
Electrohydrodynamic Printing ◽  
Nozzle Size ◽  
Simulation Results

AbstractEHD (Electrohydrodynamic) printing is a promising technique for alternative fabrication of highresolution micro- and nanostructures without employment of any molds or photo-masks However, the printing precision can be easily influenced by the printing conditions, such as applied voltage, printing distance (the distance between the nozzle tip and the substrate), and flow rate. Unfortunately, up to now there was no work which analyzed those influencing factors in-depth and systematically by theory and numerical simulation. In this paper, the theory of EHD printing was presented and the effect of applied voltage, printing distance, and flow rate on the width of printed line was analyzed by numerical simulation. The simulation results showed that the width of printed lines is proportional to printing distance, nozzle size, and flow rate. However, it is inversely proportional to the applied voltage.

scholarly journals Investigation on influences of loose gas on gas-solid flows in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) reactor using full-loop numerical simulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengju Huo ◽  
Xiaohong Li ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Haiying Qi
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Circulating Fluidized Bed ◽  
Separation Efficiency ◽  
Circulation Rate ◽  
Solid Mass ◽  
Gas Flow Rate ◽  
Gas Leakage ◽  
Mass Circulation

AbstractThe influences of loose gas on gas-solid flows in a large-scale circulating fluidized bed (CFB) gasification reactor were investigated using full-loop numerical simulation. The two-fluid model was coupled with the QC-energy minimization in multi-scale theory (EMMS) gas-solid drag model to simulate the fluidization in the CFB reactor. Effects of the loose gas flow rate, Q, on the solid mass circulation rate and the cyclone separation efficiency were analyzed. The study found different effects depending on Q: First, the particles in the loop seal and the standpipe tended to become more densely packed with decreasing loose gas flow rate, leading to the reduction in the overall circulation rate. The minimum Q that can affect the solid mass circulation rate is about 2.5% of the fluidized gas flow rate. Second, the sealing gas capability of the particles is enhanced as the loose gas flow rate decreases, which reduces the gas leakage into the cyclones and improves their separation efficiency. The best loose gas flow rates are equal to 2.5% of the fluidized gas flow rate at the various supply positions. In addition, the cyclone separation efficiency is correlated with the gas leakage to predict the separation efficiency during industrial operation.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of the Aerosol Particle Motion in Granular Filters with Solid and Porous Granules

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Olga V. Soloveva ◽  
Sergei A. Solovev ◽  
Ruzil R. Yafizov
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Aerosol Particle ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Deposition Efficiency ◽  
Hydrodynamic Resistance ◽  
Hydrodynamic Properties ◽  
Granular Filters ◽  
Limiting Value ◽  
Good Agreement

In this work, a study was carried out to compare the filtering and hydrodynamic properties of granular filters with solid spherical granules and spherical granules with modifications in the form of micropores. We used the discrete element method (DEM) to construct the geometry of the filters. Models of granular filters with spherical granules with diameters of 3, 4, and 5 mm, and with porosity values of 0.439, 0.466, and 0.477, respectively, were created. The results of the numerical simulation are in good agreement with the experimental data of other authors. We created models of granular filters containing micropores with different porosity values (0.158–0.366) in order to study the micropores’ effect on the aerosol motion. The study showed that micropores contribute to a decrease in hydrodynamic resistance and an increase in particle deposition efficiency. There is also a maximum limiting value of the granule microporosity for a given aerosol particle diameter when a further increase in microporosity leads to a decrease in the deposition efficiency.

Numerical Simulation of the Performance of an Axial Compressor Operating With Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinlan Gou ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Can Ma ◽  
Yong Li ◽  
Yuansheng Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Critical Point ◽  
Mass Flow Rate ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Supercritical Carbon

Using supercritical carbon dioxide (SCO2) as the working fluid of a closed Brayton cycle gas turbine is widely recognized nowadays, because of its compact layout and high efficiency for modest turbine inlet temperature. It is an attractive option for geothermal, nuclear and solar energy conversion. Compressor is one of the key components for the supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle. With established or developing small power supercritical carbon dioxide test loop, centrifugal compressor with small mass flow rate is mainly investigated and manufactured in the literature; however, nuclear energy conversion contains more power, and axial compressor is preferred to provide SCO2 compression with larger mass flow rate which is less studied in the literature. The performance of the axial supercritical carbon dioxide compressor is investigated in the current work. An axial supercritical carbon dioxide compressor with mass flow rate of 1000kg/s is designed. The thermodynamic region of the carbon dioxide is slightly above the vapor-liquid critical point with inlet total temperature 310K and total pressure 9MPa. Numerical simulation is then conducted to assess this axial compressor with look-up table adopted to handle the nonlinear variation property of supercritical carbon dioxide near the critical point. The results show that the performance of the design point of the designed axial compressor matches the primary target. Small corner separation occurs near the hub, and the flow motion of the tip leakage fluid is similar with the well-studied air compressor. Violent property variation near the critical point creates troubles for convergence near the stall condition, and the stall mechanism predictions are more difficult for the axial supercritical carbon dioxide compressor.

Numerical Simulation of Cavitating Flow in a Francis Turbine

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingjiu Zhou ◽  
Zhengwei Wang ◽  
Yongyao Luo ◽  
Guangjie Peng
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Transport Equation ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Cavitating Flow ◽  
Francis Turbine ◽  
Efficiency Change ◽  
Experiment Data ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Vapor Fraction

The 3-D unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier-tokes equations based on the pseudo-homogeneous flow theory and a vapor fraction transport-equation that accounts for non-condensable gas are solved to simulate cavitating flow in a Francis turbine. The calculation results agreed with experiment data reasonably. With the decrease of the Thoma number, the cavity first appears near the centre of the hub. At this stage the flow rate and the efficiency change little. Then the cavity near the centre of the hub grows thick and the cavities also appear on the blade suction side near outlet. With further reduce of the Thoma number the cavitation extends to the whole flow path, which causes flow rate and efficiency decrease rapidly.

The Investigation of Back-Mixing Particles near Dust Outlet in Cyclone Separator with Tangential Inlet

2011 ◽  
Vol 239-242 ◽  
pp. 2142-2148
Author(s):  
Hui Min Tan ◽  
Jian Jun Wang ◽  
You Hai Jin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow Rate ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Particle Mass ◽  
Cyclone Separator ◽  
Axial Distribution ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis ◽  
Back Mixing ◽  
Tangential Inlet

Based on experimental and computational fluid dynamics analysis, the phenomenon of particle back-mixing near the dust outlet in cyclone separator with tangential inlet was studied. The results show that particle back-mixing appears near the dust outlet geometry. Particle back-mixing can be divided into dust hopper back-mixing and discharge cone back-mixing for different generation mechanism. The upward flow coming from dust hopper, which occupies 17.7% of the inlet gas, can induce dust hopper back-mixing. The particle mass flow rate that caused by dust hopper back-mixing occupies 46.6% of total inlet particle mass flow rate. Precessing vortex core, bias flow and high turbulent intensity near the dust outlet can induce discharge cone back-mixing. For both dust hopper back-mixing and discharge cone back-mixing, particle back-mixing is serious near the dust outlet geometry, which occupies 56.8% of total inlet particle mass flow rate. Particle which is smaller than 18μm can mix backward. The axial distribution of particle concentration decreases sharply in a range of 1.5 D (cyclone diameter) height above the dust discharge port. At last, only 2.6% of back-mixing particles with diameter no bigger than 13μm escape from vortex finder. This effect on separator efficiency increases with the particle diameter decreases.

Numerical Simulation of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows on Wetted Walls

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Iso ◽  
Xi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Liquid Flow Rate ◽  
Flow Transition ◽  
Wall Surface ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Wall Flows ◽  
Rivulet Flow

Gas-liquid two-phase flows on the wall like liquid film flows, which are the so-called wetted wall flows, are observed in many industrial processes such as absorption, desorption, distillation and others. For the optimum design of packed columns widely used in those kind of processes, the accurate predictions of the details on the wetted wall flow behavior in packing elements are important, especially in order to enhance the mass transfer between the gas and liquid and to prevent flooding and channeling of the liquid flow. The present study focused on the effects of the change of liquid flow rate and the wall surface texture treatments on the characteristics of wetted wall flows which have the drastic flow transition between the film flow and rivulet flow. In this paper, the three-dimensional gas-liquid two-phase flow simulation by using the volume of fluid (VOF) model is applied into wetted wall flows. Firstly, as one of new interesting findings in this paper, present results showed that the hysteresis of the flow transition between the film flow and rivulet flow arose against the increasing or decreasing stages of the liquid flow rate. It was supposed that this transition phenomenon depends on the history of flow pattern as the change of curvature of interphase surface which leads to the surface tension. Additionally, the applicability and accuracy of the present numerical simulation were validated by using the existing experimental and theoretical studies with smooth wall surface. Secondary, referring to the texture geometry used in an industrial packing element, the present simulations showed that surface texture treatments added on the wall can improve the prevention of liquid channeling and can increase the wetted area.

Numerical simulation of a Trombe wall to predict the energy storage rate and time duration of room heating during the non-sunny periods

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 1395-1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehran Rabani ◽  
Vali Kalantar ◽  
Ahmadreza K. Faghih ◽  
Mehrdad Rabani ◽  
Ramin Rabani
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Storage Rate ◽  
Trombe Wall

Numerical simulation of squeezing Cu–Water nanofluid flow by a kernel-based method

2021 ◽  
pp. 2250005
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Fardi ◽  
Yasir Khan
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Hilbert Space ◽  
Linear System ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Kernel Matrix ◽  
Nanofluid Flow ◽  
Parallel Disks ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
Well Conditioning

The main aim of this paper is to propose a kernel-based method for solving the problem of squeezing Cu–Water nanofluid flow between parallel disks. Our method is based on Gaussian Hilbert–Schmidt SVD (HS-SVD), which gives an alternate basis for the data-dependent subspace of “native” Hilbert space without ever forming kernel matrix. The well-conditioning linear system is one of the critical advantages of using the alternate basis obtained from HS-SVD. Numerical simulations are performed to illustrate the efficiency and applicability of the proposed method in the sense of accuracy. Numerical results obtained by the proposed method are assessed by comparing available results in references. The results demonstrate that the proposed method can be recommended as a good option to study the squeezing nanofluid flow in engineering problems.

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