Quantitative prediction of distribution function and adhesionefficiency of particles around a rising bubble in slurry systems ispresented in this work. By solving the convection-diffusion equation(Fokker-Planck equati...Quantitative prediction of distribution function and adhesionefficiency of particles around a rising bubble in slurry systems ispresented in this work. By solving the convection-diffusion equation(Fokker-Planck equation), the influence of Brownian diffusivity offine particles on concentration distribution and adhesion efficiencyis demonstrated with the hydrodynamic force and van der Waalsattractive potential between particles and bubble considered. It isfound that two kinds of mechanism dominate the adhesion process ofparticles on bubble according to different Peclet number or size ofparticles and bubble, as well as other properties of the slurrysystems. In addition, the viscosity ratio of bubble to the suspendingfluid was found to have obvious influence on particle adhesion.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20126010).
文摘Quantitative prediction of distribution function and adhesionefficiency of particles around a rising bubble in slurry systems ispresented in this work. By solving the convection-diffusion equation(Fokker-Planck equation), the influence of Brownian diffusivity offine particles on concentration distribution and adhesion efficiencyis demonstrated with the hydrodynamic force and van der Waalsattractive potential between particles and bubble considered. It isfound that two kinds of mechanism dominate the adhesion process ofparticles on bubble according to different Peclet number or size ofparticles and bubble, as well as other properties of the slurrysystems. In addition, the viscosity ratio of bubble to the suspendingfluid was found to have obvious influence on particle adhesion.
