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Old   December 29, 2009, 10:49
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I stumbled in to an interesting case where I would need to get most of the small particles in oil to collide with pipe wall (or other obstruction). In order to look into this I need to simulate how small oil particles (10 - 100 microns) flow in oil. What would be the preferred solver for this case?
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You should give some indication of how many particles (concentration, volume fraction) you want to consider if you want a reliable answer.

If the flow is relatively dilute (particle volume fraction < 10%), you can use a lagrangian solver, while for higher volume fractions you need other approaches (Euler-Euler, for example).

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