Numerical investigation of SVOC mass transport in a tube by an axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann method

Publication date: 15 January 2018
Source:Building and Environment, Volume 128
Author(s): Yun-Feng Mao, Zhuo Li, Yu-Tong Mu, Ya-Ling He, Wen-Quan Tao
This paper presents an adsorption boundary condition based on linear adsorption isotherm for Lattice Boltzmann (LB) model. An axisymmetric 2-D LB model is built for an axisymmetric device. The model is used to study the effects of surface adsorption and airflow on SVOC mass transport in the device. In terms of surface adsorption, the research is divided in two parts: pure diffusion and convection-diffusion. The results show that the simulated data based on the presented adsorption boundary agree well with experimental data. In both the pure diffusion and advection-diffusion process, surface adsorption has no impact on the steady-state concentration, but it affects the time to reach steady state. Airflow greatly reduces both the time to reach steady state and the steady-state concentration. An exponential relationship involving h m , ACH and velocity is proposed and verified experimentally. Discussion on the parameter n in the exponential relation is conducted.