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Old   February 13, 2014, 23:08
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Hello Fluent users,

My problem has gas and liquid phases with gas as my secondary phase in a stirred tank and I am using PBM to investigate the size distribution. What the three DQMOM phases to be used in the DQMOM and how are they defined? Does the three phase have to do with the initial particle or bubble size distribution? Is it necessary to define three phases? (Fluent throws a pop up window saying three DQMOM phases must be selected). I could not find much information on model setup in the theory and user guide.

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Old   August 25, 2014, 05:15
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Hello Fluent users,

My problem has gas and liquid phases with gas as my secondary phase in a stirred tank and I am using PBM to investigate the size distribution. What the three DQMOM phases to be used in the DQMOM and how are they defined? Does the three phase have to do with the initial particle or bubble size distribution? Is it necessary to define three phases? (Fluent throws a pop up window saying three DQMOM phases must be selected). I could not find much information on model setup in the theory and user guide.

Thanking for the help in advance.

Regards,
Manjunath
Hi Manjunath!

I intend to use eulerian approach coupling with PBM model to obtain local BSD in a tank, but i am running into issues on QMOM/DQMOM setup in fluent too. Could you tell me the specific mean on setting three DQMOM phases and how to initial the moments on inlet boundary if you have solved your problems.

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Old   September 29, 2014, 21:10
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Hi Manjunath!

I intend to use eulerian approach coupling with PBM model to obtain local BSD in a tank, but i am running into issues on QMOM/DQMOM setup in fluent too. Could you tell me the specific mean on setting three DQMOM phases and how to initial the moments on inlet boundary if you have solved your problems.

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Hi Ouyouy! Did you solve that problem? I have the same problem.

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Old   October 16, 2014, 06:38
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Hi Ouyouy! Did you solve that problem? I have the same problem.

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Hi Eduardo, sorry for replying so late!
I have adopted QMOM method for PBM solution, and from the postprocessing, some unexpected results were acquired. Reasons account for that situation i guess show as follows:
first, values of the gas inlet boundary initial moments may set incorrectly(i set these values based on the volume fraction(0.03) of gas phase and bubble mean size(0.003m), such as, m3 = 0.03, m2 = 10, m1= 3333, ... );
secondly, the sequence of caculation: 1, single phase flow field; 2, coupling PBM. however, i am not sure it is correct or not.
thirdly, models for breakage and aggregation are crucial for the results.
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i hope we can discuss and learn about PBM together!
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Old   October 16, 2014, 14:35
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Hi Eduardo, sorry for replying so late!
I have adopted QMOM method for PBM solution, and from the postprocessing, some unexpected results were acquired. Reasons account for that situation i guess show as follows:
first, values of the gas inlet boundary initial moments may set incorrectly(i set these values based on the volume fraction(0.03) of gas phase and bubble mean size(0.003m), such as, m3 = 0.03, m2 = 10, m1= 3333, ... );
secondly, the sequence of caculation: 1, single phase flow field; 2, coupling PBM. however, i am not sure it is correct or not.
thirdly, models for breakage and aggregation are crucial for the results.
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i hope we can discuss and learn about PBM together!
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Thank you for you reply! Actually my difficulty now is find models for breakage and aggregation.

Are you using granular theory to characterize the bubbles?
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Old   October 17, 2014, 10:03
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Thank you for you reply! Actually my difficulty now is find models for breakage and aggregation.

Are you using granular theory to characterize the bubbles?
no, i think granular theory may not suit for describing bubbles.
in addition, do you think the initial moments i defined above on gas inlet are correct?
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no, i think granular theory may not suit for describing bubbles.
in addition, do you think the initial moments i defined above on gas inlet are correct?
Yes, I think it can be correct. What unexpect results did you get?
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Yes, I think it can be correct. What unexpect results did you get?
problems were the distribution of bubble size:
i use the steady state for simulation, and with the calculation going on, more and more bubbles are reach the max size which set in the pop model; at last, this situation will be spread to the whole tank.(see the pictures attached)
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apparently, this is nonphysical, but still i can not find the solution. so do you have some suggestions?
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problems were the distribution of bubble size:
i use the steady state for simulation, and with the calculation going on, more and more bubbles are reach the max size which set in the pop model; at last, this situation will be spread to the whole tank.(see the pictures attached)
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Attachment 34448

apparently, this is nonphysical, but still i can not find the solution. so do you have some suggestions?
Hey! Sorry for replying so late. In this case I would try a transient state with a slow step to observe how the system behave in the beginning of operation. In some cases in steady state the model converges to a wrong result or even doesn't converge. Let me know if it changes in transient formulation, I always like to learn more and more.

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Hey! Sorry for replying so late. In this case I would try a transient state with a slow step to observe how the system behave in the beginning of operation. In some cases in steady state the model converges to a wrong result or even doesn't converge. Let me know if it changes in transient formulation, I always like to learn more and more.

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Okay, i will try it again using transient state,
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Hi, waouyouy.

Did you use 4 moments instead of 6 moments?

Can you explain why do you use it?

and the values,(m3,.....m0), are initial conditions or boundary condition value??
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hi, waouyouy:
I am new to DQMOM. And I don't know how to set this model in fluent. Could you send you case to me? my email: nel86@qq.com.
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problems were the distribution of bubble size:
i use the steady state for simulation, and with the calculation going on, more and more bubbles are reach the max size which set in the pop model; at last, this situation will be spread to the whole tank.(see the pictures attached)
Attachment 34446

Attachment 34447

Attachment 34448

apparently, this is nonphysical, but still i can not find the solution. so do you have some suggestions?
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Hello everyone, I have a problem with the definition of DQMOM and QMOM. Could you please send me the different step to define this model. thank you.
my email : khaled87walha@gmail.com
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problems were the distribution of bubble size:
i use the steady state for simulation, and with the calculation going on, more and more bubbles are reach the max size which set in the pop model; at last, this situation will be spread to the whole tank.(see the pictures attached)
Attachment 34446

Attachment 34447

Attachment 34448

apparently, this is nonphysical, but still i can not find the solution. so do you have some suggestions?
Hi
I need tutorial for step of config and solve Population Balance Model .

Thanks for help

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