Characteristics of flow through randomly packed impermeable and permeable particles using pore resolved simulations

Ramanuj, Vimal; Starchenko, Vitalii; Sankaran, Ramanan; Kidder, Michelle

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2020.115969

Characteristics of flow through randomly packed impermeable and permeable particles using pore resolved simulations

Journal Article · Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Chemical Engineering Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.115969· OSTI ID:1649275

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Computational Sciences and Engineering Division
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Energy and Transportation Science Division

Pore resolved simulations are performed to study the mean flow characteristics in porous media formed by random distribution of impermeable and permeable particles. Here, permeability of the medium and reactive surface areas are analyzed for a range of solid fractions, packing patterns and flow rates. The results are compared with models presented in the literature and with simulations of flow through ordered packings. Permeability of a randomly packed porous medium is found to depend on the heterogeneous distribution of porosity which results from particle agglomeration and is typically ignored by simpler models. The reactive surface area is dependent on the flow field at pore scale in addition to geometry. Moreover, the wake formed downstream of the particles at moderately high flow rates also affects the reactive surface area. Similar analysis is also performed by assuming particles to be permeable to account for dual scale porosity relevant for various engineering applications.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1649275

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1775614

Journal Information:: Chemical Engineering Science, Journal Name: Chemical Engineering Science Vol. 228; ISSN 0009-2509

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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