Application of a modified Eulerian model to study the particle deposition on a vertical surface in turbulent flow

Abstract

In this study the v2-f model was used with the two-phase Eulerian approach to predict the particle deposition rate on a vertical surface in a turbulent flow. The standard Eulerian particle model was adopted from the literature and modified, considering the majority of particle transport mechanisms in the particle deposition rate. The performance of the modified model was examined by comparing the rate of particle deposition on a vertical surface with the experimental and numerical data in a turbulent channel flow available in the literature. The model took into account the effects of drag force, lift force, turbophoretic force, electrostatic force, inertia force and Brownian/turbulent diffusion on the particle deposition rate. Electrostatic forces due to mirror charging and charged particles under the influence of an electric field were considered. The predictions of the modified particle model were in good agreement with the experimental data. It was observed that when both electrostatic forces are present they are the dominant factor in the deposition rate in a wider range of particle sizes.