Numerical investigation on particle inertial migration in circular Poiseuille flow with thermal convection

A numerical study on the inertial migration of particle suspension in a circular pipe with thermal effect is performed by means of the Lattice Boltzmann method coupled with the discrete element method (LBM-DEM). The particle position and heat transfer for single particle as well as particle suspensions are discussed. Then, we extend the work to varied temperature conditions. It is shown that the variation of the circumferential equilibrium position can be well regressed by the Richardson number. A nonmonotonic variation of the radial equilibrium position as well as the Nusselt number is discovered, which is attributed to the particle crowding effect.