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IBM-LBM-DEM Study of Two-Particle Sedimentation: Drafting-Kissing-Tumbling and Effects of Particle Reynolds Number and Initial Positions of Particles

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  • Xiaohui Li

    (School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China)

  • Guodong Liu

    (School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China)

  • Junnan Zhao

    (School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China)

  • Xiaolong Yin

    (Department of Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA)

  • Huilin Lu

    (School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China)

Abstract

Particle sedimentation is a fundamental process encountered in various industrial applications. In this study, we used immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann method and discrete element method (IBM-LBM-DEM) to investigate two-particle sedimentation. A lattice Boltzmann method was used to simulate fluid flow, a discrete element method was used to simulate particle dynamics, and an immersed boundary method was used to handle particle–fluid interactions. Via the IBM-LBM-DEM, the particles collision process in fluid or between rigid walls can be calculated to capture the information of particles and the flow field more efficiently and accurately. The numerical method was verified by simulating settling of a single three-dimensional particle. Then, the effects of Reynolds number (Re), initial distance, and initial angle of particles on two-particle sedimentation were characterized. A specific focus was to reproduce, analyze, and define the well-known phenomenon of drafting-kissing-tumbling (DKT) interaction between two particles. Further kinematic analysis to define DKT is meaningful for two-particle sedimentation studies at different particle locations. Whether a pair of particles has experienced DKT can be viewed from time plots of the distance between the particles (for kissing), the second-order derivative of distance to time (for drafting), and angular velocities of particles (for tumbling). Simulation results show that DKT’s signatures, including attraction, (near) contact, rotation, and in the end, separation, is only completely demonstrated when particles have nearly vertically aligned initial positions. Hence, not all initial positions of particles and Reynolds numbers lead to DKT and not all particle–particle hydrodynamic interactions are DKT. Whether particle–particle interaction is attractive or repulsive depends on the relative positions of particles and Re. Collision occurs when Re is high and the initial angle is small (<20°), almost independent of the initial distance.

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  • Xiaohui Li & Guodong Liu & Junnan Zhao & Xiaolong Yin & Huilin Lu, 2022. "IBM-LBM-DEM Study of Two-Particle Sedimentation: Drafting-Kissing-Tumbling and Effects of Particle Reynolds Number and Initial Positions of Particles," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-20, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:9:p:3297-:d:806736
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