Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4993043 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2016 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
Particle deposition morphology on the circular and the elliptical tubes were obtained with the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The particle deposition mechanism has been investigated. The dominating mechanism of particle deposition on the circular tube is Brownian diffusion for the Stokes number of 0.002, whereas the dominating mechanism of particle deposition is drag inertia for the Stokes number larger than 0.031. When the long axis of the elliptical tube is parallel to the flow, both the collision efficiency and the deposition efficiency for the elliptical tube are fewer than those of the circular tube which means less particle deposition. It also can be concluded that both ratios of the collision efficiency and the deposition efficiency decrease with increasing axial length ratio of the elliptical tube. The elliptical tube is better than the circular tube as heat transfer surface in the aspect of preventing ash particle deposition.
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