Modeling particle filtration in disordered 2-D domains: A comparison with cell models

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Hosseini, S A ^a   Tafreshi, H Vahedi ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol filtration; CFD simulation; Disordered fibrous media; Particle tracking

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; 3D SIMULATIONS; AEROSOL FILTRATION; BROWNIAN DIFFUSION; BROWNIAN MOTION; CELL MODEL; CFD CODES; CFD SIMULATIONS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CPU TIME; D FIBER; DISCRETE PHASE MODEL; FIBROUS FILTERS; FIBROUS MEDIA; FILTER MEDIA; FILTER MEDIUMS; FLUENT CODE; LAGRANGIAN METHODS; PARTICLE COLLECTION; PARTICLE FILTRATION; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SIMULATION DATA; STOKES EQUATIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FORECASTING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77955511681     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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