A New Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver to Simulate Capture, Coalescence and Drainage in Coalescing Filter Media
This paper presents a method for coupling volume-of-fluid and discrete Lagrangian particle tracking methods to allow simulation oil-mist or coalescing filters, and ultimately gauge their effectiveness.The solver is built on the open-source OpenFOAM CFD libraries, which are extended to include a phys...
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| description | This paper presents a method for coupling volume-of-fluid and discrete Lagrangian particle tracking methods to allow simulation oil-mist or coalescing filters, and ultimately gauge their effectiveness.The solver is built on the open-source OpenFOAM CFD libraries, which are extended to include a physically accurate model for motion of small particles, coupled with a volume-of-fluid treatment for coalesced and captured fluid. A key part of the method is accounting for particles as they collide, are intercepted by fluid or fibres and as they change from a discrete Lagrangian treatment to a volume-of-fluid treatment. Results from simulations using a portion of realistic filter geometry are used to demonstrate the intended applications of the solver. These indicate that the method is feasible, robust and that realistic behaviour of an oil-mist filter can be captured. In the future using this solver to simulate real filter geometries should lead to a better understanding of the behaviour of oil mist filters, and as a consequence, will allow filter designs to be explored through simulation in combination with experimentation. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-320392023-01-27T05:49:48Z A New Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver to Simulate Capture, Coalescence and Drainage in Coalescing Filter Media King, Andrew Mullins, Benjamin This paper presents a method for coupling volume-of-fluid and discrete Lagrangian particle tracking methods to allow simulation oil-mist or coalescing filters, and ultimately gauge their effectiveness.The solver is built on the open-source OpenFOAM CFD libraries, which are extended to include a physically accurate model for motion of small particles, coupled with a volume-of-fluid treatment for coalesced and captured fluid. A key part of the method is accounting for particles as they collide, are intercepted by fluid or fibres and as they change from a discrete Lagrangian treatment to a volume-of-fluid treatment. Results from simulations using a portion of realistic filter geometry are used to demonstrate the intended applications of the solver. These indicate that the method is feasible, robust and that realistic behaviour of an oil-mist filter can be captured. In the future using this solver to simulate real filter geometries should lead to a better understanding of the behaviour of oil mist filters, and as a consequence, will allow filter designs to be explored through simulation in combination with experimentation. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32039 Curran Associates restricted |
| spellingShingle | King, Andrew Mullins, Benjamin A New Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver to Simulate Capture, Coalescence and Drainage in Coalescing Filter Media |
| title | A New Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver to Simulate Capture, Coalescence and Drainage in Coalescing Filter Media |
| title_full | A New Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver to Simulate Capture, Coalescence and Drainage in Coalescing Filter Media |
| title_fullStr | A New Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver to Simulate Capture, Coalescence and Drainage in Coalescing Filter Media |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver to Simulate Capture, Coalescence and Drainage in Coalescing Filter Media |
| title_short | A New Computational Fluid Dynamics Solver to Simulate Capture, Coalescence and Drainage in Coalescing Filter Media |
| title_sort | new computational fluid dynamics solver to simulate capture, coalescence and drainage in coalescing filter media |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32039 |