/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ ========= | \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox \\ / O peration | \\ / A nd | www.openfoam.com \\/ M anipulation | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 2019 OpenFOAM Foundation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- License This file is part of OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenFOAM. If not, see . Class Foam::diameterModels::coalescenceModels::LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence Description Model of Lehr et al. (2002). The coalescence rate is calculated by \f[ \frac{\pi}{4} (d_i + d_j)^2 \mathrm{min}(u^{\prime}, u_{\mathrm{crit}}) \mathrm{exp} \left[ - \left(\frac{\alpha_{\mathrm{max}}^{1/3}}{\alpha^{1/3}} - 1\right)^2 \right]\,, \f] where \f[ u^{\prime} = \mathrm{max} \left( \sqrt{2} \epsilon_c^{1/3} \sqrt{d_i^{2/3} + d_j^{2/3}}, |\vec{u}_i - \vec{u}_j| \right) \f] is the characteristic velocity for coalescence. Note that a velocity difference between bubble i and j is only present if the corresponding size groups are assigned to different velocity groups. \vartable d_i | Diameter of bubble i [m] d_j | Diameter of bubble j [m] \epsilon_c | Turbulent dissipation rate of continuous phase [m2/s3] \alpha | Total void fraction of the bubbles [-] \alpha_{max} | Maximum packing density of the bubbles [-] u_{crit} | Critical velocity for coalescence [m/s] \vec{u}_i | Velocity vector of bubble i [m/s] \vec{u}_j | Velocity vector of bubble j [m/s] \endvartable Reference: \verbatim Lehr, F., Millies, M., & Mewes, D. (2002). Bubble‐size distributions and flow fields in bubble columns. AIChE Journal, 48(11), 2426-2443. \endverbatim Usage \table Property | Description | Required | Default value uCrit | Crit. coalescence velocity | no | 0.08 alphaMax | Maximum packing density | no | 0.6 \endtable SourceFiles LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence.C \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence_H #define LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence_H #include "coalescenceModel.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // namespace Foam { namespace diameterModels { namespace coalescenceModels { /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ class LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence : public coalescenceModel { // Private data //- Critical velocity for coalescence, defaults to 0.08 m/s dimensionedScalar uCrit_; //- Maximum packing density of the bubbles, defaults to 0.6 dimensionedScalar alphaMax_; public: //- Runtime type information TypeName("LehrMilliesMewes"); // Constructor LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence ( const populationBalanceModel& popBal, const dictionary& dict ); //- Destructor virtual ~LehrMilliesMewesCoalescence() = default; // Member Functions //- Add to coalescenceRate virtual void addToCoalescenceRate ( volScalarField& coalescenceRate, const label i, const label j ); }; // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // } // End namespace coalescenceModels } // End namespace diameterModels } // End namespace Foam // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // #endif // ************************************************************************* //