Suppression and Control of Bipolar Powder Charging by Turbulence

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jantač, Simon, Grosshans, Holger
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866916112361324544
author Jantač, Simon
Grosshans, Holger
author_facet Jantač, Simon
Grosshans, Holger
contents Current models predict particles of the same material but different sizes to charge bipolar upon contacts; the resulting charge peaks endanger process safety. However, we found wall-bounded turbulence to suppress the powder's electrostatic charging. Aerodynamic forces skew the collision frequency and narrow the charge distribution's bandwidth. Bipolar charging reduces, especially in moderately polydisperse systems of a low Stokes number. Not the smallest but mid-sized particles charge most negatively. Moreover, turbulence separates charge, producing pockets of high electric potential in low-vorticity regions.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2303_13882
institution arXiv
publishDate 2023
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Suppression and Control of Bipolar Powder Charging by Turbulence
Jantač, Simon
Grosshans, Holger
Fluid Dynamics
Current models predict particles of the same material but different sizes to charge bipolar upon contacts; the resulting charge peaks endanger process safety. However, we found wall-bounded turbulence to suppress the powder's electrostatic charging. Aerodynamic forces skew the collision frequency and narrow the charge distribution's bandwidth. Bipolar charging reduces, especially in moderately polydisperse systems of a low Stokes number. Not the smallest but mid-sized particles charge most negatively. Moreover, turbulence separates charge, producing pockets of high electric potential in low-vorticity regions.
title Suppression and Control of Bipolar Powder Charging by Turbulence
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.13882