Turbulent Aggregation and Deposition Mechanism of Respirable Dust Pollutants under Wet Dedusting using a Two-Fluid Model with the Population Balance Method

Pei Wang, Shuai Shen, Ling Zhou and Deyou Liu
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Pei Wang: Department of Renewable Energy, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Shuai Shen: Department of Renewable Energy, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Ling Zhou: College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Deyou Liu: College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 18, 1-20

Abstract: In this paper, a mathematical model based on the two-fluid (Euler–Euler) frame model for wet dedusting process is proposed. The model considers in detail the aggregation of particles and droplets caused by turbulence and Brownian diffusion as well as the gravitational deposition process. The population balance model (PBM) is used to describe the spatiotemporal evolution of particle size distribution (PSD) for the dust particle and the water droplet. The wet dedusting process under different conditions is simulated and compared with the detailed experimental data. The results show that the experimental data and simulation results are within the allowable range of error (about 32.3–61.2% in dedusting efficiency for respirable dust by experimental data and about 47.3–57.9% in it by simulation results). This model can be used to predict the effect of PSD of the dust particle, spray flow, and ventilation rate on dedusting efficiency of wet dedusting. The parameter analysis shows that dedusting efficiency decreases as particle size decreases. In order to ensure high capture efficiency of respirable dust, the diameter of droplets should be controlled to between 15 μm and 70 μm. The ratio of droplet volume flow to dust volume flow increases from 2.0 to 12.0, while dedusting efficiency only increases from 39.2% to 54.7%, so it is clear that for spray quantity to dedusting efficiency, larger is not necessarily better. Besides this, the speeds of both spray droplets and ventilation also have great influence on dedusting efficiency, and the related formulas are given.

Keywords: turbulence aggregation; deposition; wet dedusting; respirable dust; population balance model; multiphase flow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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