Modeling and numerical analysis of the solid particle erosion in curved ducts (Q2015259)

Summary: This paper presents a modeling and computational study on particle erosion in curved ducts. It is found that the average erosion rates per impact range from \(4.2\times 10^{-7}\) to \(9.5\times 10^{-3}mm^{3}/g\) under current conditions. For each doubled inlet velocity, the increases of erosion rates per impact are 2-14 times. The erosion rate per impact varies with particle diameter with ``\(\surd\)'' shape through bends, which is similar to the particle deposition behavior in duct flows. The erosion rate curves per injected particle show the shapes of a 90-degree anticlockwise rotated ``S'' and a wide open ``V,'' respectively, for three larger and smaller inlet velocities. The average erosion rates per injected particle are 1.4-18.9 times those rates per impact due to huge amounts of impacting, especially for those depositing particles. It is obvious that the erosion rate distribution per impact is similar to a ``fingerprint'' with five clear stripes and a lower ``cloud'' along the bend deflection angle for the three largest particles; yet, for other smaller particles, the erosion rate distributions are much like an entire ``cloud.''