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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
The boundary effect on the moving of a porous, nonhomogeneous, spherical floc normal to a rigid plate is analyzed theoretically for the case of low to medium Reynolds number. In particular, the drag force acting on the floc under various conditions is evaluated. A two-layer structure is adopted to simulate the nonhomogeneous nature of a floc. We show that if a floc is away from the plate, the streamlines surrounding the floc are distorted, but the degree of distortion becomes less significant if the floc is near the plate. The modified drag coefficient of a porous floc is orders of magnitude smaller than that of the corresponding rigid particle. For a fixed volume-averaged permeability, the effect of the presence of the plate on the behavior of a nonhomogeneous floc is more significant than that of a homogeneous floc, and this effect depends largely on the structure of a floc. The nonhomogeneous structure of a floc leads to a positive deviation from a Stokes-law-like correlation in the modified drag coefficient, and the smaller the volume-averaged permeability of a floc the greater the deviation. The presence of the plate has the effect of reducing this deviation. The nonhomogeneous structure of a floc on its modified drag coefficient is pronounced when it is close to a boundary.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
309-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Moving of a nonhomogeneous, porous floc normal to a rigid plate.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. jphsu@ntu.edu.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article