Mise en suspensión de particules de tungstene poly-dispersees par des ecoulements d?air turbulents: Effets de la concentración surfacique et des collisions inter-particules

PEILLON, SAMUEL; VIDALES, A.M.; BENITO, J.G.; UÑAC, R.O.; GENSDARMES, F.

Paris

Congreso; 35 Congrès Français sur les Aérosols; 2022

Poly-dispersed particle resuspension by turbulent airflow was experimentally studied in a wind tunnel called BISE. The set-up was carefully validated to produce reference airflows with different friction velocities values. Monolayer deposits of poly-dispersed tungsten particles on tungsten surfaces were used for the experiments. The fraction of detached particles by size bin from 1 μm to 50 μm was quantified to analyze the effects of friction velocity and particles concentration on surface. Comparison of the results with resuspension modeling revealed discrepancies for particles behavior with diameter below 4.5 μm. These discrepancies could not be understood by assessment of particle-surface adhesion force distributions carried out with Atomic Force Microscopy analysis. For particle surface concentrations ranging from 47 to 85 mm-2, a collision effect was identified due to the concentration and poly-dispersion of particles deposited on the surface. Indeed, when analyzing the experimental data, a good linear correlation is obtained between the fraction of the small particles detached and a collision parameter, demonstrating that collisions could be responsible for the unexpectedly high resuspended fraction observed for particle size below 4.5 μm in diameter. The experimental data and the analysis presented in the paper show that particle surface concentration and collision effects are clearly relevant and should be considered in resuspension models, especially for poly-dispersed particles assessment.