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Amirabbas Ghorbanpour-Arani1, Mohammad-Hassan Rahimian1, Reza Haghani-Hassan-Abadi1
1School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
In this paper, the behavior of a bubble and droplet rising in a system, namely, a dissolved air flotation system, is investigated under different conditions. A lattice Boltzmann model which is based on the Cahn-Hilliard equations for ternary flows is implemented. This model can handle high density and viscosity ratios, remove parasitic currents, and capture partial and total spreading conditions. Two classical problems, such as spreading of a liquid lens and the Rayleigh-Taylor instability are used to determine the accuracy of the model. As a practical application, three-component flow in a tank is studied and the dynamics of bubble and droplet under different conditions is investigated. We then concentrate on the dimensionless average velocity and locations of bubble and droplet at different density ratios, viscosity ratios, and diameter ratios. Also, total spreading and partial spreading conditions are compared. The numerical results are justifiable physically and show the ability of this model to simulate three-component flows.
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