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Verification of Eulerian-Eulerian and Eulerian-Lagrangian simulations for particle-laden vertical channel flow
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  • Michael Baker,
  • Bo Kong,
  • Jesse Capecelatro,
  • Olivier Desjardins,
  • Rodney Fox
Michael Baker
Iowa State University

Corresponding Author:mcbaker@iastate.edu

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Bo Kong
Ames Laboratory
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Jesse Capecelatro
University of Michigan
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Olivier Desjardins
Cornell University
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Rodney Fox
Iowa State University
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Abstract

Particle-laden flows in a vertical channel were simulated using an Eulerian–Eulerian, Anisotropic-Gaussian (EE-AG) model. Two sets of cases varying the overall mass loading were done using particle sizes corresponding to either a large or small Stokes number. Primary and turbulent statistics were extracted from these results and compared with counterparts collected from Eulerian–Lagrangian (EL) simulations. The statistics collected from the small Stokes number particle cases correspond well between the two models, with the EE-AG model replicating the transition observed using the EL model from shear-induced turbulence to relaminarization to cluster-induced turbulence as the mass loading increased. The EE-AG model was able to capture the behavior of the EL simulations only at the largest particle concentrations using the large Stokes particles. This is due to the limitations involved with employing a particle-phase Eulerian model (as opposed to a Lagrangian representation) for a spatially intermittent system that has a low particle number concentration.

16 Jan 2020Submitted to AIChE Journal
17 Jan 2020Submission Checks Completed
17 Jan 2020Assigned to Editor
23 Jan 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
17 Feb 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
19 Mar 20201st Revision Received
25 Mar 2020Submission Checks Completed
25 Mar 2020Assigned to Editor
30 Mar 2020Editorial Decision: Accept