Virtual mass force is an indispensable component in the momentum balance involved with dispersed particles in a multiphase system.In this work the accelerating motion of a single solid particle is mathematically formu...Virtual mass force is an indispensable component in the momentum balance involved with dispersed particles in a multiphase system.In this work the accelerating motion of a single solid particle is mathematically formulated and solved using the vorticity-stream function formulation in an orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system.The total drag coefficient was evaluated from the numerical simulation in a range of the Reynolds number(Re)from 10 to 200 and the dimensionless acceleration(A)between2.0 to 2.0.The simulation demonstrates that the total drag is heavily correlated with A,and large deceleration even drops the drag force to a negative value.It is found that the value of virtual mass force coefficient(CV)of a spherical particle is a variable in a wide range and difficult to be correlated with A and Re.However,the total drag coefficient(CDV)is successfully correlated as a function of Re and A,and it increases as A is increased.The proposed correlation of total drag coefficient may be used for simulation of solid–liquid flow with better accuracy.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(2020YFA0906804)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22035007,91934301)+1 种基金External Cooperation Program of BIC,Chinese Academy of Sciences(122111KYSB20190032)Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory,Shantou(No.1922006).
文摘Virtual mass force is an indispensable component in the momentum balance involved with dispersed particles in a multiphase system.In this work the accelerating motion of a single solid particle is mathematically formulated and solved using the vorticity-stream function formulation in an orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system.The total drag coefficient was evaluated from the numerical simulation in a range of the Reynolds number(Re)from 10 to 200 and the dimensionless acceleration(A)between2.0 to 2.0.The simulation demonstrates that the total drag is heavily correlated with A,and large deceleration even drops the drag force to a negative value.It is found that the value of virtual mass force coefficient(CV)of a spherical particle is a variable in a wide range and difficult to be correlated with A and Re.However,the total drag coefficient(CDV)is successfully correlated as a function of Re and A,and it increases as A is increased.The proposed correlation of total drag coefficient may be used for simulation of solid–liquid flow with better accuracy.
