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CFDDEM simulation of the filtration performance for fibrous media based on the mimic
structure

Fuping Qian, Naijin Huang, Jinli Lu, Yunlong Han

School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan
243002, PR China
Article history:
Received 21 April 2014
Received in revised form 3 August 2014
Accepted 29 August 2014
Available online 13 October 2014
Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2014.09.018

ABSTRACT:

In order to obtain the comprehensive filtration information, such as the deposition

morphology of particles, evolutions of the instantaneous pressure drop and efficiency, 3-D mimic

models of fibrous media had been established using a stochastic algorithm and computational

fluid dynamics (CFD) - discrete element method (DEM) model was adopted to simulate the gas-

solid flow characteristics in fibrous media exposed to particle loading in this work. Meanwhile,

the simulation results had been validated by the macro-empirical model proposed in the previous

literature. In addition, the influence of various parameters including porosity, face velocity and

particle size on the filtration performance of fibrous media had also been investigated. It is

concluded that simulation results of the CFDDEM model are good agreement with predictive

values of the macro-empirical model. Moreover, the porosity of fibrous media, face velocity and

particle size have an important effect on the filtration performance of the fibrous media.
 This is a review of the journal CFDDEM simulation of the filtration performance for

fibrous media based on the mimic structure of Fuping Qian, Naijin Huang, Jinli Lu, and Yunlong

Han. The review is about what are the points, concepts, problems and others that the authors want

to share and prove.

The journal article journal CFDDEM simulation of the filtration performance for fibrous

media based on the mimic structure is a practical and educational article which discussed a

computer program or application that develops a method in solving pressure drop and filtration

efficiency in faster and efficient way. The main purpose of the article is to design a method of

solving filtration parameters using different computer application, algorithms and equations

available. This project was made to predict the quality of fibrous material to be used in designing

filtration devices. It is done to reduce the design time and product cost of fibrous media, it is critical

to explore an effective way to predict performance of fibrous media. As a convenient and\efficient

method, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) had been widely adopted to investigate the filtration

performance of fibrous media.

The main problem of the CFDs are the mesh generation, the structured grid methods are

not efficient in such cases like the computational costs and memory requirements are higher than

the structured grid counterparts. However, it should be noted that the geometric structure of fibrous

media is the basis of numerical simulation. But, it is very difficult to build a 3-D virtual model

which is similar to the actual fibrous media, due to the extremely complex of actual structure.

Therefore, the actual structure of fibrous media was simplified as model filter in the traditional

numerical simulation and most of all were confined to two-dimensional structure. And for the

author to deal with the challenges, with the rapid development of computer technology, some

researchers had carried out 3-Dnumerical simulations to investigate the filtration performance of
fibrous media based on the microstructure and had established the 3-Dmodels of woven fibrous

media based on the modeling software, and then used the direct numerical simulation (DNS),

Monte Carlo(MC) and fluid volume method (VOF) to simulate the characteristics of gassolid

flow in fibrous media, respectively. In addition, some researchers also developed 3-D models of

nonwoven fibrous media by a random algorithm to study its performance using the discrete phase

model (DPM) which was adopted to track the trajectories of particles in fibrous media.

The main objective of the author is to combine the advantages of the recent works about

the CFD and the DEM for computation of filtration parameters. The methods to achieve the

objectives are The Mimic 3-D models of fibrous media have been established based on the

stochastic algorithms in this work, and the CFDDEM coupled model was adopted to simulate the

gassolid flow.

The author cites theories, models and other approaches in this method such as Fluid phase

control equation, discrete model, and Numerical methods. There are strengths and weaknesses

presented in the article, such as the advantages and disadvantages of CFD compared to the present

work. As the CFD method has some advantages in dealing with the gas flow field, we could

combine DEM with CFD to exert their superiorities and compensate for their lacks, which could

also improve the computational accuracy of numerical solutions and expand its application scope.

The precedent of CFDDEM coupling model had been created by Tsuji et al., who had used this

model to solve the gas-solid flow of two-dimensional fluidized bed.

 In conclusion, the article is not mid-level type of read as for the methods and equations

used are too technical and advanced but the purpose is simple and understandable. The information

given in this article is very important for Chemical Engineering students because this type of

development in the field is a great addition to the many methods that can give results that efficient

not only in data gathered but also the time and cost invested in the method. I totally agree with the

major points and premises that the author presented, he tackled first the limitations of the present

works and then presented the solutions to these limitations and developed a new method. The one

idea the impressed me the most is that in this study, the authors had established the 3-D mimic

model of fibrous media which is more similar to the actual fibrous media based on the stochastic

control algorithm.

The CFDDEM coupled model was applied to investigate the dust loading filtration in the

fibrous media. The authors have selected three representative parameters, such as, the porosity of

fibrous media, face velocity and particle size, to study the effect of structural parameters, operating

parameters and particle properties on the filtration performance. In order to get more accurate

numerical results, the interactions of gasparticle, particlefiber and particle were considered in

this work, and the morphology of particle deposited in the fibrous media was also analyzed.

Moreover, the pressure drop and filtration efficiency of fibrous media variation with the particle

deposition mass were analyzed based on the calculation results. The results of this study have some

theoretical and practical significance for developing the filtration theories and optimizing the

filtration performance of fibrous media.

 Overall, the article is a very informative article that presented the development of a new

method in solving filtration parameters in selecting the best fit fibrous media in filtration. The

Mimic 3-D models of fibrous media have been established based on the stochastic algorithms in

this work, and the CFDDEM coupled model was adopted to simulate the gassolid flow. This

developed method was used for computations of the number of particles deposited on the surface

of fibers increases gradually with the filtration time. At the initial stage of filtration, the deposited

particles uniformly distribute on the surface of the fiber, and they would gradually form the more

distinct dendrites structure with the filtration process. At this moment, particles do not completely

deposit on the fibers, but most have been trapped by the dendrites. Meanwhile, the number of the

deposited particles increases with decreasing porosity at the same filtration moment. When the

filtration reaches a certain time, more dendrites would form with decreasing the porosity, so the

agglomeration phenomenon of deposited particles is more obvious. In addition, the number of

collisions increases with the filtration process at the same filtration moment. The filtration

efficiency of fibrous media increases with the porosity, face velocity and particle size in the dust

loading filtration, respectively. The filtration efficiency increases with the particle deposition mass

per unit area and the increasing amplitude has a decreasing trend when the porosity, face velocity

and particle size are constant values. The pressure drop increases with the porosity and face

velocity, respectively, but decreases with the particle size. Furthermore, the pressure drop

increases linearly with the particle deposition mass per unit area. The quality factor decreases with

the porosity, and the quality factor increases, firstly, and then decreases with the mass of deposited

particles per unit area. Additionally, there is the highest point for the quality factor in this study.