• AUTHOR'S DECLARATION (3)
• Abstract (4)
• Acknowledgements (5)
• Dedication (6)
• List of Figures (11)
• List of Tables (16)
• Chapter 1 Introduction (17)
  • 1.1 Granular Filters (17)
    • 1.1.1 Granular Filtration (18)
    • 1.1.2 Granular Filtration Versus Fibrous Filtration (20)
    • 1.1.3 Granular Filtration for Gas Cleaning (22)
    • 1.1.4 Savannah River Plant (SRP) Sand Filters (22)
    • 1.1.5 Ducon Filter (23)
    • 1.1.6 Wet Scrubber Filters (24)
  • 1.2 Aerosol Filtration Mechanisms (26)
  • 1.3 Evaluation of Filtration Performance (28)
  • 1.4 Existing Theories of Filtration (30)
  • 1.5 Pressure Drop and Slipping Effect (32)
  • 1.6 Regimes of Two-Dimensional Flow Around a Bluff-Body (36)
    • 1.6.1 Laminar Vortex Shedding, 40(38)
    • 1.6.2 Subcritical Regime, 350(39)
    • 1.6.3 Summary of Flow Regime (40)
  • 1.7 Vortex Shedding (40)
  • 1.8 The Mechanism of Vortex Shedding (41)
  • 1.9 Vortex-Shedding Frequency (42)
  • 1.10 Dependence of Pressure and Force on Flow Characteristics (44)
  • 1.11 Lift and Drag Concepts (48)
    • 1.11.1 Drag (52)
  • 1.12 Multi-phase Flow (53)
    • 1.12.1 Multiphase Flow Models (54)
    • 1.12.2 Conservative Level Set Method for Two Phase Flow (56)
    • 1.12.3 Incompressible Two-Phase Flow (57)
  • 1.13 Electrostatics and Electromagnetics (59)
    • 1.13.1 Electrostatics (59)
      • 1.13.1.1 Maxwell`s First Equation (Electrostatics) (62)
    • 1.13.2 Electromagnetics (63)
      • 1.13.2.1 Maxwell Equations (64)
  • 1.14 Wetting and Surface Force (65)
  • 1.15 Thesis Overview (70)
  • 1.16 Literature Review (71)
• Chapter 2 Governing Equations and Numerical Scheme (75)
  • 2.1 Two- Phase Flow (75)
    • 2.1.1 The Two-Phase Flow, Level Set, and Phase Field Interfaces (75)
      • 2.1.1.1 Level Set and Phase Field Equations (75)
      • 2.1.1.2 Using the Level Set Method (76)
      • 2.1.1.3 The Surface Tension Force for the Level Set Method (76)
      • 2.1.1.4 Conservative and Non-Conservative Formulations (77)
      • 2.1.1.5 Phase Initialization (77)
  • 2.2 Particle Tracking Methodology (78)
    • 2.2.1 Particle Capture Mechanism (78)
      • 2.2.1.1 Direct Interception (79)
    • 2.2.2 Inertia Impaction (80)
      • 2.2.2.1 Brownian Diffusion (82)
      • 2.2.2.2 Other Mechanisms (85)
    • 2.2.3 Lagrangian Particle Tracking Technique (86)
      • 2.2.3.1 Equation of Particle Motion (EOM) (87)
      • 2.2.3.2 Drag Force (87)
      • 2.2.3.3 Brownian Force (89)
      • 2.2.3.4 Staffman Lift Force (90)
      • 2.2.3.5 Gravity Force (92)
      • 2.2.3.6 Dielectrophoretic Force (92)
      • 2.2.3.7 Magnetophoretic Force (93)
  • 2.3 Numerical Scheme (93)
    • 2.3.1 Grid’s Quality (93)
    • 2.3.2 Numerical Method (94)
      • 2.3.2.1 Finite Element Method (94)
  • 2.4 Flow Field Validation (96)
    • 2.4.1 A Single Square Fiber without Particle Tracking (96)
  • 2.5 Simulation Setups with Particle Tracking (98)
    • 2.5.1 Flow Field Calculation (98)
    • 2.5.2 Solution Algorithm (100)
    • 2.5.3 Boundary Conditions (102)
    • 2.5.4 Particle Tracking Validation (102)
  • 2.6 Geometry of the Study (105)
  • 2.7 Mesh Quality (106)
• Chapter 3 Results (108)
  • 3.1 On the Importance of Reynolds Number on Particle Deposition Efficiency without Electrophoretic and Magnetophoretic Force (108)
    • 3.1.1 Dry Cylinder (108)
    • 3.1.2 Wet Cylinder (113)
  • 3.2 On The Importance of Electrostatic on Particle Deposition (120)
  • 3.3 On The Importance of Electromagnetic Field on Particle Deposition (121)
  • 3.4 On the Importance of Electromagnetic and Electrostatic Fields on Particle Deposition (122)
• Chapter 4 Conclusion (127)
• Refrences (130)