A Formal Derivation of the Thick Spray Model from the Enskog-Boltzmann System

Abstract: We propose a specific scaling that formally derives the Euler-Vlasov model for thick sprays which is widely adopted in engineering from the Boltzmann-Enskog model. Beyond validating the kinetic-fluid equations underlying this model, we also identify higher-order corrections of the viscous force (of the order of the volume of the dispersed phase), which is neglected due to the incorporation of the volume fraction (void) function. Our approach builds on the work [Laurent Desvillettes, Fran\c{c}ois Golse, and Valeria Ricci. A formal passage from a system of Boltzmann equations for mixtures towards a Vlasov-Euler system of compressible fluids. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, English Series, 35(1):158-173, Jan 2019.], who formally connected a system of coupled Boltzmann equations for binary mixtures to a Vlasov-Euler system for thin sprays.