Concentration and velocity profiles of sediment-water mixtures using the drift flux model

Joep Goeree, Geert Keetels, EA Munts, HH Bugdayci, Cees van Rhee

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Abstract

In this paper, the concentration and velocity profiles of sediment water mixtures for open-channel flows are modelled numerically and validated with experimental results. A continuum approach, the drift flux model, is used. The mixture consists of volume fractions with different particle sizes. Hindered settling is taken into account with the closure relation of Richardson and Zaki. Transport equations are used for sediment transport. Turbulence is modelled with the LES (large eddy simulation) WALE model. The discretization of the transport and Navier-Stokes equations is done with the finite volume method. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved using a fractional step method. The numerical results are compared with experimental results concerning open-channel flows.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1048-1058
JournalCanadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume94
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • computational fluid dynamics
  • fluid-particle dynamics
  • modelling
  • simulation
  • multi-phase systems

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