Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of liquid aerosol coalescing filters

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-49

  Mead Hunter, Ryan ^a,b   King, Andrew J C ^a   Kasper, Gerhard ^c   Mullins, Benjamin J ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Computational fluid dynamics; Fibrous filter; OpenFOAM; Single fibre efficiency

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BANDPASS FILTERS; COALESCENCE; COMPUTATION THEORY; DROPS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLOCCULATION; GEOMETRY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIQUIDS;

COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; FIBROUS FILTERS; LAGRANGIAN METHODS; LIQUID AEROSOLS; OPENFOAM;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FILTER; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FILTER; FILTRATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 84876392736     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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