Lattice Boltzmann simulations for wall-flow dynamics in porous ceramic diesel particulate filters

Da Young Lee, Gi Wook Lee, Kyu Yoon, Byoungjin Chun, Hyun Wook Jung

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    Abstract

    Flows through porous filter walls of wall-flow diesel particulate filter are investigated using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The microscopic model of the realistic filter wall is represented by randomly overlapped arrays of solid spheres. The LB simulation results are first validated by comparison to those from previous hydrodynamic theories and constitutive models for flows in porous media with simple regular and random solid-wall configurations. We demonstrate that the newly designed randomly overlapped array structures of porous walls allow reliable and accurate simulations for the porous wall-flow dynamics in a wide range of solid volume fractions from 0.01 to about 0.8, which is beyond the maximum random packing limit of 0.625. The permeable performance of porous media is scrutinized by changing the solid volume fraction and particle Reynolds number using Darcy's law and Forchheimer's extension in the laminar flow region.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)72-80
    Number of pages9
    JournalApplied Surface Science
    Volume429
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018 Jan 31

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science , ICT & Future Planning (MSIP) ( NRF-2016R1A5A1009592 ).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2017 Elsevier B.V.

    Keywords

    • Darcy-Forchheimer
    • Diesel particulate filter
    • Lattice Boltzmann method
    • Permeability
    • Pore-scale simulation
    • Porous media

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • General Physics and Astronomy
    • Surfaces and Interfaces
    • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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