General Information

Textbook:  None
Instructor:  G. Ahmadi  (CAMP 267, 268-2322)
Office Hours:  TT 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Course Website:   http://www.clarkson.edu/projects/crcd/me637/
Prerequisites:  ME326, ME437 or ME 537, or consent of Instructor

Course Objectives

1. To provide a fundamentals of aerosol transport deposition and removal in turbulent flows.
2. To familiarize students with the computational modeling of dilute two-phase flows.
3. To familiarize students with the industrial applications of dilute multiphase flows.
4. To familiarize students with the modern experimental techniques in aerosol transport analysis.
5. To familiarize students with the industrial applications of aerosols.

Course Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1:

• Students will be able to solve aerosol tranport and deposition in turbulent flows.

Outcome 2:

• Students will be able to formulate and analyze problems involving charged particle transport and deposition.

Outcome 3:

1. Students will be able to perform computational fluid dynamics and particle trajectory analysis in turbulent flows.
2. Students will demonstrate using the FLUENT Code for solving particle transport in turbulent flows.
3. Students will be able to perform an experimental study of aerosol transport and deposition processes.

Outcome 4:

1. Students will become familiar with industrial gas cleaning and separation processes.
2. Students will become familiar with pollution transport and lung deposition.

Evaluation Methods

• Exam 1:   25%   (March 9, CAMP 175, 11:00-12:15)
• Final Exam: 35%   (Final Exam week)
• Computational Projects and Laboratory Project   30%
• Homework   10%

Course Description

ME 637 (ES 637) Partical Transport, Deposition and Removal II R-3, C-3.

Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor.

Introduction to turbulent flows and turbulent modelings. One and several equation models. Drag, lift, virtual mass, and Basset forces acting on particles. Wall effects and nonspherical particles. Aerosol transport and dispersion in turbulent flows. Turbulent diffusion and wall deposition of aerosols. Particle charging mechanics and electrostatics forces. Thermophoretic and electrophoretic effects. Introduction to colloids and electrokinetic phenomena. Computational aspects of aerosol dispersion and deposition in turbulent flows. Sublayer model approach. Approximate simulation of turbulence and turbulence transport. DNS simulation methods. Nonspherical particle transport in turbulent flows. Coagulation of aerosols due to shear and tubulence. Experimental techniques for turbulent flow measurements. Hot-wire anemometry, Isokinetic sampling. Particle concentration and velocity measurements with phase-doppler, and PIV. Applications to microcontamination control, air pollution, combustor, spray, and particle deposition in human lung. (Spring)

Exam and Homework Policies

Exam Policy

Exams will be open handout. The students are permitted to bring their handout notes to the exams.  Other notes and homework solutions are not allowed.

Homework Policy

Homeworks will be collected on every Monday. The homework will be graded and returned to the students.

References

1. W.C. Hinds, Aerosol Science and Technology, Wiley (1983, 1999).
2. J. Happel and H. Brenner, Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics, Martinus Nijhoff (1983).
3. N.A. Fuchs, The Mechanics of Aerosols, Dover (1989).
4. V.G. Levich, Physicochemicals Hydrodynamics, Prentice-Hall (1962).
5. P.A. Baron and K.W. Willeke, Aerosol Measurement, Principles, Techniques, and Application, Wiley, Interscience, New York (2001).
6. F. White, Viscous Flow, McGraw Hill (1974).
7. R.L. Panton, Incompressible Flow, John Wiley (1984).
8. H. Schlichting, Boundary Layer Theory, McGraw Hill (1979).
9. J.O. Hinze, Turbulence, McGraw Hill (1975).
10. H. Tennekes and J.L. Lumley, A First Course in Turbulence, MIT Press (1981).
11. G.M. Hidy, Aerosols, Academic Press (1984).
12. G.M. Hidy and J.R. Brook, The Dynamics of Aerocolloididal Systems, Pergamon Press (1970).
13. Papavergos and Hedley, Chem. Eng. Rs. Des., Vol. 62, September 1984, pp. 275-295.
14. S.K. Friedlander, Smoke, Dust and Haze, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2000).
15. J. H. Vincent, Aerosol Science for Industrial Hygienists, Pergamon Press (1995).
16. D.J.Quesnel, D.S. Rimai and L.H.Sharpe, Particle Adhesion: Application and Advances, Taylor and Francis, New York (2001).
17. G. Ahmadi, Overview of Digital Simulation Procedures for Aerosols Transport in Turbulent Flows, in "Particles in Gases and Liquids 3: Detection, Characterization, and Control," Ed. by K.L. Mittal, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 1 21 (1993).
18. G. Ahmadi, Overview of Computational and Analytical Modeling of Particle Transport and Deposition in Turbulent Flows, Scientia Iranica Vol. 1, 1 23 (1994).
19. H. Zhang and G. Ahmadi, Aerosol Particle Transport and Deposition in Vertical and Horizontal Turbulent Duct Flows, J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 406, pp. 55 80 (2000).
20. M. Soltani, H. Ounis, G. Ahmadi, and J.B. McLaughlin, Direct Numerical Simulation of Charged Particle Deposition in a Turbulent Flow, Int. J. Multiphase Flow, Vol. 24, pp. 77 94, (1988).
21. M.R. Spina and W.W. Nazaroff, Particle deposition from turbulent flow: Review of published research and its applicability to ventilation ducts in commercial buildings, http://repositories.cdlib.org/lbnl/LBNL-51432/
22. Web Based Educational Workshop
23. Aerosol Acience and Engineering
24. Aerosol Mechanics
25. Aerosol Instrumentation
26. Atmospheric Aerosols
27. Health Related Aerosols
28. Aerosol Calculator Software
29. Aerosol Educational Network
30. Aerosols Educational materials