Modelling dust particles in air

NewtonianGuy · June 25, 2020, 09:50

Hi everyone!

I am very new on OpenFOAM. I would like to model dust deposition on a surface (lets say PV panel). I saw that there is a variety of models that adress multiphase modelling. Is openFoam capable of doing that? What type of models : euler / lagrangian ? and solvers? Is it easy to model with a particle size distribution? and last if there is some references with similar projects on Openfoam, it would be great !

Thank you

geth03 · June 25, 2020, 10:22

you can use multiphaseEulerFoam.
multiple disperse phases with individual corn sizes for each phase.

with the lagrange approach, you won't be able to simulate volume
fraction > 10 %. there is the limitation.

dscian · June 25, 2020, 18:20

You can simulate it quite well using the MP-PIC which is an Eulerian-Lagrangian approach. There is no limitation in this approach with respect to solids ratio. I believe it's better approach than an EulerFoam solver for your case, especially for the particle size distribution.

June 25, 2020, 09:50	Modelling dust particles in air	#1
NewtonianGuy New Member NewtonianGuy Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 6	Hi everyone! I am very new on OpenFOAM. I would like to model dust deposition on a surface (lets say PV panel). I saw that there is a variety of models that adress multiphase modelling. Is openFoam capable of doing that? What type of models : euler / lagrangian ? and solvers? Is it easy to model with a particle size distribution? and last if there is some references with similar projects on Openfoam, it would be great ! Thank you

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June 25, 2020, 10:22		#2
geth03 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 369 Rep Power: 8	you can use multiphaseEulerFoam. multiple disperse phases with individual corn sizes for each phase. with the lagrange approach, you won't be able to simulate volume fraction > 10 %. there is the limitation.

June 25, 2020, 18:20		#3
dscian Member Utkan Caliskan Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 12	You can simulate it quite well using the MP-PIC which is an Eulerian-Lagrangian approach. There is no limitation in this approach with respect to solids ratio. I believe it's better approach than an EulerFoam solver for your case, especially for the particle size distribution.