Study on Numerical Simulation Method of Unsteady Deposition Characteristics of Particles in Surface Filtration

As an important part of the ventilation system of nuclear facilities, the performance of filter is of great significance to the environment and personnel safety. With the operation of the filter, the filtration mode will change from depth filtration to surface filtration. In this paper, a numerical simulation method is developed for the unsteady deposition characteristics of particles in the surface filtration. The parcel injection model is applied to accelerate the formation and growth process of dust cake on the surface of fiber filter. A series of subroutines running in FLUENT environment are developed to enhance the capabilities of computational fluid dynamics code in ANSYS. The Brownian force is added to the DPM model to calculate the particle trajectory more accurately. The function that aerosol particles are intercepted and deposited on the surface of fiber filter to form dust cake is added. The porous media model is used to simulate the fiber filter and dust cake. The porosity and resistance coefficient change with the unsteady deposition of particles. Combined with the subroutine with FLUENT software, a numerical simulation method which can be used to predict the unsteady deposition characteristics of particles in the surface filtration is formed. The numerical simulation results are compared with the experimental results, and they are basically consistent. So the developed numerical simulation method can be used to predict the unsteady deposition characteristics of particles in the surface filtration, and can also provide a theoretical basis for the structural design of pleated filter.