A computational fluid dynamics-discrete element modeling study on flow field and particle sedimentation processes in a disk-stack centrifuge settler

Orçun Ekın; Yunus Çerçı

A computational fluid dynamics-discrete element modeling study on flow field and particle sedimentation processes in a disk-stack centrifuge settler

Abstract

One aspect of centrifugal disk settlers comes forward when assessing the sedimentation capability of a unit separation volume, i.e., a single disk interval. Although laboratory analyses of discharged effluent give an approximation as to sediment radii and quantity in unit volume, the fraction of sedimentation at different process parameters such as disk angular velocity, particle diameters of interest, throughput rates etc. stand obscure. Towards revealing how centrifugal forces act on the sedimentation process alongside the settler geometry and fluid-particle characteristics, a CFD-DEM model of flow fi eld be tween two adjacent disks at an arbitrary position in disk-stack is presented in this study. Simulations, comprised of particular sediment diameters are conducted at different angular velocities, hence centrifugal forces. Particle sedimentation percentages, also trajectories of each injected particle in different categories are extracted and summarized with an insight on pressure and velocity distributions in the flow field.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Orçun Ekın ^* This is me
0000-0002-6779-885X
Türkiye

Yunus Çerçı This is me
0000-0002-4462-5366
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 6, 2022

Submission Date

December 1, 2021

Acceptance Date

July 10, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 40 Number: 2

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https://izlik.org/JA89LN49DY

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Ekın, O., & Çerçı, Y. (2022). A computational fluid dynamics-discrete element modeling study on flow field and particle sedimentation processes in a disk-stack centrifuge settler. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 40(2), 356-369. https://izlik.org/JA89LN49DY

AMA

1.Ekın O, Çerçı Y. A computational fluid dynamics-discrete element modeling study on flow field and particle sedimentation processes in a disk-stack centrifuge settler. SIGMA. 2022;40(2):356-369. https://izlik.org/JA89LN49DY

Chicago

Ekın, Orçun, and Yunus Çerçı. 2022. “A Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Modeling Study on Flow Field and Particle Sedimentation Processes in a Disk-Stack Centrifuge Settler”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40 (2): 356-69. https://izlik.org/JA89LN49DY.

EndNote

Ekın O, Çerçı Y (June 1, 2022) A computational fluid dynamics-discrete element modeling study on flow field and particle sedimentation processes in a disk-stack centrifuge settler. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40 2 356–369.

IEEE

[1]O. Ekın and Y. Çerçı, “A computational fluid dynamics-discrete element modeling study on flow field and particle sedimentation processes in a disk-stack centrifuge settler”, SIGMA, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 356–369, June 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA89LN49DY

ISNAD

Ekın, Orçun - Çerçı, Yunus. “A Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Modeling Study on Flow Field and Particle Sedimentation Processes in a Disk-Stack Centrifuge Settler”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40/2 (June 1, 2022): 356-369. https://izlik.org/JA89LN49DY.

JAMA

1.Ekın O, Çerçı Y. A computational fluid dynamics-discrete element modeling study on flow field and particle sedimentation processes in a disk-stack centrifuge settler. SIGMA. 2022;40:356–369.

MLA

Ekın, Orçun, and Yunus Çerçı. “A Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Modeling Study on Flow Field and Particle Sedimentation Processes in a Disk-Stack Centrifuge Settler”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, vol. 40, no. 2, June 2022, pp. 356-69, https://izlik.org/JA89LN49DY.

Vancouver

1.Orçun Ekın, Yunus Çerçı. A computational fluid dynamics-discrete element modeling study on flow field and particle sedimentation processes in a disk-stack centrifuge settler. SIGMA [Internet]. 2022 Jun. 1;40(2):356-69. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA89LN49DY