Articles producció científicaEnginyeria Química

Continuous droplets' charge method for the Lagrangian simulation of electrostatic sprays

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    Identifier:  PC:987
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC987
    Authors:  Rosell-Llompart, J.; Grifoll, J.
    Abstract:
    A main drawback of classical simulation of electrostatic sprays based on the Lagrangian description of droplet trajectories is the large number of droplet-to-droplet electrical interactions that must be computed. We present and assess a new methodology in which some of these interactions are computed using a mean electrical field due to the droplets space charge considered as a continuum. This method has been applied to two systems, comprising 26000 droplets and 3500 droplets, resulting in 112 and 9 times faster computation, without loosing accuracy, as demonstrated in the predictions of impinging flux, droplet number density, and local droplet diameter.

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    Link to the original source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304388614000564
    Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2014.06.011
    Journal publication year: 2014
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
    Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    First page: 357
    Department: Enginyeria Química
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Last page: 364
    Keyword in other language: Electrical interaction, Droplet trajectories, Classical simulation, Electrostatics, Computer simulation
    ISSN: 0304-3886
    Author, as appears in the article.: Rosell-Llompart, J., Grifoll, J.
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Journal volume: 72