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Study on the evolution of nanoparticle size distribution due to continuous injection using the sectional method

Liu Huijie (Institute of Fluid Measurement and Simulation, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China)
Yu Mingzhou (Department of Physics, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China)
Yin Zhaoqin (Institute of Fluid Measurement and Simulation, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China)
Jiang Ying (Department of Physics, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China)
Chen Miaogen (Department of Physics, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China)

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow

ISSN: 0961-5539

Article publication date: 28 October 2014

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate competitive effect of source strength and coagulation on the evolution of aerosol size distribution with a continuous source.

Design/methodology/approach

A theoretical model was proposed in which the nanoparticle population balance equation with respect to particle size was solved by the sectional method.

Findings

It was found two modes appear when a nanoparticle system was injected by a continuous source.

Originality/value

Through tracing the evolution of particle size distribution with different source strength, the characteristics of two modes as well as their lag-time to approach steady state were deeply investigated.

Keywords

Acknowledgements

This work is supported by the fund of 151 Second Talent Program of Zhejiang Province, open fund from State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, China, ZJNSF LQ3A040002, and ZJNSF LY13E080007. Dr Yu Mingzhou would like to thank the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China with No. 11372299.

Citation

Huijie, L., Mingzhou, Y., Zhaoqin, Y., Ying, J. and Miaogen, C. (2014), "Study on the evolution of nanoparticle size distribution due to continuous injection using the sectional method", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 24 No. 8, pp. 1803-1812. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-04-2013-0153

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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