Abstract
A detailed calculation of the coagulation kinetics of a soot aerosol has been performed by simulating numerically the coagulation kinetics with the inclusion of van der Waals forces. The van der Waals forces between two soot particles at 1600 K and 1 atmosphere give rise to a collision rate enhancement which varies between a maximum of about 2.4 for 1 nm diameter particles to just over 1 for particles of dissimilar sizes. The total coagulation rate with the estimated enhancement factors was about twice the unenhanced rates; this compares favorably with experiment. Over the duration of the computation the soot aerosol size distribution approaches closely the self-preserving form, whether or not the collisional enhancement factors are included.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 443-454 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Combustion Science and Technology |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 4-6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 1988 |
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The Coagulation of Soot Particles with van der Waals Forces. / Harris, Stephen J.; Kennedy, Ian M.
In: Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 59, No. 4-6, 01.06.1988, p. 443-454.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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