Bivariate extension of the quadrature method of moments for modeling simultaneous coagulation and sintering of particle populations

被引:151
作者
Wright, DL
McGraw, R [1 ]
Rosner, DE
机构
[1] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Dept Environm Sci, Div Atmospher Sci, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[2] Yale Univ, Dept Chem Engn, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
moment methods; coagulation; sintering; aerosol dynamics; combustion aerosols;
D O I
10.1006/jcis.2000.7409
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We extendthe application of moment methods to multivariate suspended particle population problems-those for which size alone is insufficient to specify the state of a particle in the population. Specifically, a bivariate extension of the quadrature method of moments (QMOM) (R. McGraw, Aerosol Sci. Technol. 27, 255 (1997)) is presented for efficiently modeling the dynamics of a population of inorganic nanoparticles undergoing simultaneous coagulation and particle sintering. Continuum regime calculations are presented for the Koch-Friedlander-Tandon-Rosner model, which includes coagulation by Brownian diffusion (evaluated for particle fractal dimensions, D-f, in the range 1.8-3) and simultaneous sintering of the resulting aggregates (P. Tandon and D. E. Rosner, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 213, 273 (1999)). For evaluation purposes, and to demonstrate the computational efficiency of the bivariate QMOM, benchmark calculations are carried out using a high-resolution discrete method to evolve the particle distribution function rt(nu, a) for short to intermediate times (where nu and a are particle volume and surface area, respectively). Time evolution of a selected set of 36 low-order mixed moments is obtained by integration of the full bivariate distribution and compared with the corresponding moments obtained directly using two different extensions of the QMOM. With the more extensive treatment, errors of less than 1% are obtained over substantial aerosol evolution, while requiring only a few minutes (rather than days) of CPU time. Longer time QMOM simulations lend support to the earlier finding of a self-preserving limit for the dimensionless joint (nu, a) particle distribution function under simultaneous coagulation and sintering (Tandon and Rosner, 1999; D. E. Rosner and S, Yu, AIChE J., 47 (2001)). We demonstrate that, even in the bivariate case, it is possible to use the QMOM to rapidly model the approach to asymptotic behavior, allowing an immediate assessment of when previously established asymptotic results can be applied to dynamical situations of current/future interest. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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