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. 2020 Jun 1;32(6):065107. doi: 10.1063/5.0013318

TABLE IV.

CFD simulations and boundary conditions.

Model type Single-port toilet Double-port toilet
Mesh number 17 708 19 135
Materials Water–liquid (primary phase), air (secondary phase)
Operating conditions Pressure: 101 325 Pa, air density: 1.225 kg/m3
Pressure-inlet αa = 1, gauge total pressure 0 Pa. Turbulence specification method:
Inlet intensity and hydraulic diameter, with turbulent intensity 5% and hydraulic diameter 0.18 m.
Inlets 1 and 2 have the same boundary conditions for both toilets
Pressure-outlet αa = 1. Backflow pressure specification:
Outlet 1 total pressure. Turbulence specification method: intensity and hydraulic diameter,
with turbulent intensity 5% and hydraulic diameter 0.4 m. Escape boundary type
Pressure-outlet αa = 1. Backflow pressure specification:
Outlet 2 total pressure. Turbulence specification method: intensity and hydraulic diameter,
with turbulent intensity 5% and hydraulic diameter 0.035 m. Escape boundary type
Bowl No-slip wall boundary, reflect boundary type
Aerosol particle14,34,35 Particle diameter 8.6 µm, total number 6000, particle density 1100 kg/m3