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Parallel latice-Boltzmann simulation of fluid flow in centrifugal elutriation chambers

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We present parallel lattice-Boltzmann simulations of fluid flow in a centrifugal elutriation chamber, a cell separation device for human blood cells. The critical factor in this separation technique is the hydrodynamic flow field. Understanding the influence of design parameters of a chamber on the flow field is important in optimizations of this process. Two different issues are considered in this paper: load balancing of the parallel lattice-Boltzmann simulations and preliminary simulations of fluid flow for a range of Reynolds numbers. It is shown that by exploiting appropriate load balancing strategies, such as the orthogonal recursive bisection method, the lattice-Boltzmann scheme is an efficient method for this application. Furthermore, 2D simulations confirm that the quality of separation degenerates above certain Reynolds numbers.

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  1. Faculty for Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, and Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    D. Kandhai, D. Dubbeldam, A. G. Hoekstra & P. M. A. Sloot

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Kandhai, D., Dubbeldam, D., Hoekstra, A.G., Sloot, P.M.A. (1998). Parallel latice-Boltzmann simulation of fluid flow in centrifugal elutriation chambers. In: Sloot, P., Bubak, M., Hertzberger, B. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1401. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037144

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