Stochastic modelling of particle aggregation
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Author(s)
Pesmazoglou, I
Kempf, AM
Navarro-Martinez, S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Aggregation is an inter-particle process which involves a multitude of different physicochemical mechanisms. In the present work, particles in the nano-scale are considered, with such concentration that renders their direct simulation as individual particles intractable. A stochastic aggregation model is presented for large particle populations in a Lagrangian framework. The model allows for simultaneous collisions between numerical parcels present in a certain volume of interaction (e.g. computational cell) and can be directly coupled to an unsteady numerical solver of a continuous flow. The model performance is evaluated against analytic solutions for a sum (Golovin) and constant aggregation kernel.
Date Issued
2015-12-23
Date Acceptance
2015-12-15
Citation
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2015, 80, pp.118-130
ISSN
0301-9322
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
118
End Page
130
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Volume
80
Copyright Statement
© 2015, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering & Transports
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published