Can bump arrays separate particles from turbulent flows?

Leonard F. Pease; Jason Serkowski; Timothy G. Veldman; Jonathan Williams; Xiao Ying Yu; Michael J. Minette; Judith Ann Bamberger; Carolyn A. Burns

doi:10.1115/FEDSM2021-67696

Can bump arrays separate particles from turbulent flows?

Leonard F. Pease, Jason Serkowski, Timothy G. Veldman, Jonathan Williams, Xiao Ying Yu, Michael J. Minette, Judith Ann Bamberger, Carolyn A. Burns

Advanced Nuclear Materials

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Abstract

In this paper, we evaluate the hypothesis that bump arrays can be used to separate particles from turbulent flows entering the array. Microfluidic bump arrays are known for separating particles by size from laminar inlet flows. However, turbulent inlet flows have not been explored but become important as microfluidic bump arrays are scaled up to mesofluidic bump arrays. We find experimentally that particle separation is indeed effective at higher Reynolds numbers. These experimental findings portend industrial scale particle separation due to the higher flow rates they facilitate.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fluid Mechanics; Micro and Nano Fluid Dynamics; Multiphase Flow
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791885307
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2021-67696
State	Published - 2021
Event	ASME 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: Aug 10 2021 → Aug 12 2021

Publication series

Name	American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM
Volume	3
ISSN (Print)	0888-8116

Conference

Conference	ASME 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	08/10/21 → 08/12/21

Funding

A portion of this research was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program at PNNL, a multiprogram national laboratory operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Battelle Memorial Institute under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. We gratefully acknowledge fruitful conversations with several PNNL experts and generous staff support.

Keywords

Additive manufacturing
mesofluidic separation
nuclear waste
process intensification
slurries

Access to Document

10.1115/FEDSM2021-67696

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Pease, L. F., Serkowski, J., Veldman, T. G., Williams, J., Yu, X. Y., Minette, M. J., Bamberger, J. A., & Burns, C. A. (2021). Can bump arrays separate particles from turbulent flows? In Fluid Mechanics; Micro and Nano Fluid Dynamics; Multiphase Flow Article A008 (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM; Vol. 3). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2021-67696

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Pease, LF, Serkowski, J, Veldman, TG, Williams, J, Yu, XY, Minette, MJ, Bamberger, JA & Burns, CA 2021, Can bump arrays separate particles from turbulent flows? in Fluid Mechanics; Micro and Nano Fluid Dynamics; Multiphase Flow., A008, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, vol. 3, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2021, Virtual, Online, 08/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2021-67696

Can bump arrays separate particles from turbulent flows? / Pease, Leonard F.; Serkowski, Jason; Veldman, Timothy G. et al.
Fluid Mechanics; Micro and Nano Fluid Dynamics; Multiphase Flow. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021. A008 (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM; Vol. 3).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review