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DEM‐CFD modeling of particle systems with long‐range electrostatic interactions
Author(s) -
Pei Chunlei,
Wu ChuanYu,
England David,
Byard Stephen,
Berchtold Harald,
Adams Michael
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.14768
Subject(s) - computational fluid dynamics , discrete element method , cutoff , cfd dem , range (aeronautics) , particle (ecology) , mechanics , statistical physics , truncation (statistics) , function (biology) , particle system , charged particle , physics , classical mechanics , simulation , computer science , engineering , aerospace engineering , ion , operating system , oceanography , quantum mechanics , machine learning , evolutionary biology , geology , biology
To investigate dynamic behaviors of monocharged particle systems, a direct truncation (DT) method and a hybrid particle‐cell (HPC) method are implemented into the discrete element method coupled with computational fluid dynamics (DEM‐CFD) with defined cutoff distances. The DT method only considers electrostatic interactions between particles within the cutoff distance while the HPC method computes electrostatic interactions in the entire computational domain. The deposition process of monocharged particles in a container in air was simulated using the developed DEM‐CFD. It was found that using the DT method, the macrostructure, evolution of granular temperature, and radial distribution function of the particle system were sensitive to the specified cutoff distance. In contrast, using the HPC method, these results were independent of the specified cutoff distance, as expected. This implies that, although electrostatic interactions between particles with large separation distances are weak, they should be considered in DEM‐CFD for accurate modeling of charged particle systems. © 2015 The Authors AIChE Journal published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J , 61: 1792–1803, 2015