Garrick, et al., 2006-FLUENT-balance-on

Garrick, et al., 2006 simulate the evolution of the particle (nano) field by a Nodal model to approximate the aerosol GDE by direct numerical simulation (DNS) . The GDE is written in discrete form as a population balance on each particle size and describes particle dynamics under the influence of various physical phenomena: convection, diffusion, and coagulation. The fluid and particle fields are coupled together and solved in a manner which provides the particle field as a function of space, time and size without the use of turbulence, or other models. Simulations are performed at two different initial volume fractions, and the particles range in diameter from 1 to 12 nm. The fluid field was obtained by solving the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations while a nodal representation was employed to approximate the aerosol (GDE).