Facility Details: DIANA

Organization / Localization: PSI / VTT
Facility Description: Air filled cubical cavity in which two opposing vertical walls are held at different isothermal temperatures, whereas all other walls are kept at close to adiabatic boundary conditions
Test Identification: Enumerated tests from 1 to 9
SA-Related Topics / Phenomena: Aerosol dynamics depletion in turbulent natural convection condition
Measured Parameters: Aerosol particle concentration, particle depletion through mass concentration and laser reflection techniques, gas temperature, flow velocity
Modelling: “stirred settling” model
Simulation Code: ANSYS Fluent
Experimental Research Program: PhD thesis of J. Kalilainen
Link to PIRT: ST-15 from PIRT
References: [1] J. Kalilainen et al., Experimental investigation of a turbulent particle-laden flow inside a cubical differentially heated cavity, Journal of Aerosol Science, 100, 73-87, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2016.06.001
[2] A. Dehbi et al., A large eddy simulation of turbulent particle-laden flow inside a cubical differentially heated cavity, Journal of Aerosol Science, 103, 67-82, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2016.10.003
[3] PhD thesis J. Kalilainen, Aalto University, doctoral dissertations 71/2015




Implemented as part of the Seaknot EU funded project (HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01 under Grant Agreement No. 101060327) - WP2.6 UNIPI (2024-2026)