Figures & data
FIG. 1 Schematic of the mouth-throats (a) the USP mouth-throat, (b) the idealized mouth-throat, (c) the highly idealized mouth-throat.
FIG. 2 Schematic of the highly idealized mouth-throat.
FIG. 3 Schematic of experimental setup.
TABLE 1 Grid properties for CFD simulation of the six highly idealized mouth-throats
FIG. 4 Magnitudes of the velocities and turbulent kinetic energy at the symmetric plane of the six highly idealized mouth-throat models (Q = 30 l/min).
FIG. 5 Magnitudes of the velocities and turbulent kinetic energy at the symmetric plane of the six highly idealized mouth-throat models (Q = 90 l/min).
FIG. 6 Total deposition predictions in the six highly idealized mouth-throat models (Q = 30 l/min) using CFD simulation.
FIG. 7 Total deposition predictions in the six highly idealized mouth-throat models (Q = 90 l/min) using CFD simulation.
FIG. 8 Total deposition efficiency as a function of inertial parameter in the six mouth-throat models at the flow rate of 90 l/min. Each point represents the average of three repeats and error bars refer to standard deviation.
FIG. 9 Total deposition efficiency as a function of inertial parameter in the six mouth-throat models at the flow rate of 30 l/min. Each point represents the average of three repeats and error bars refer to standard deviation.
FIG. 10 Total deposition efficiency as a function of the Stokes number of the six highly idealized mouth-throat models at flow rates of 30 and 90 l/min.
FIG. 11 Total deposition efficiency as a function of the Stokes number is replotted with x-axis including a Reynolds number correction.
FIG. 12 A comparison of experimental data and CFD calculation results in the d = 8.5 mm highly idealized mouth-throat.
