Simulation of Swirling Gas-Particle Flows Using Different Time Scales for the Closure of Two-Phase Velocity Correlation in the Second-Order Moment Two-Phase Turbulence Model1

Abstract

Three different time scales—the gas turbulence integral time scale, the particle relaxation time, and the eddy interaction time—are used for closing the dissipation term in the transport equation of two-phase velocity correlation of the second-order moment two-phase turbulence model. The mass-weighted averaged second-order moment (MSM) model is used to simulate swirling turbulent gas-particle flows with a swirl number of 0.47. The prediction results are compared with the PDPA measurement results taking from references. Good agreement is obtained between the predicted and measured particle axial and tangential time-averaged velocities. There is some discrepancy between the predicted and measured particle axial and tangential fluctuation velocities. The results indicate that the time scale has an important effect. It is found that the predictions using the eddy interaction time scale give the right tendency—for example, the particle tangential fluctuation velocity is smaller than the gas tangential fluctuation velocity, as that given by the PDPA measurements.