3-D numerical analysis of EHD turbulent flow and mono-disperse charged particle transport and collection in a wire-plate ESP

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 513-522

  Farnoosh, Niloofar ^a   Adamiak, K ^a   Castle, G S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamics; Electrostatic precipitation; Numerical simulation; Particle charging; Particle transport and deposition

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; CFD CODES; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGED PARTICLE TRANSPORT; CORONA DISCHARGES; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DEVELOPED MODEL; DISCRETE PHASE MODEL; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; FINITE VOLUME; FLUX CORRECTED TRANSPORTS; GAIN INSIGHT; GAS FLOWS; HYBRID FINITE ELEMENTS; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARALLEL-PLATE CHANNELS; PARTICLE CHARGING; PARTICLE COLLECTION; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PARTICLE PHASE; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; SIMULATION PROCEDURES; SOURCE TERMS; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; TURBULENCE MODELS; WIRE;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 78549241227     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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