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Particle Technology and Engineering

by Jonathan P.K. Seville, Chuan-Yu Wu

May 2016

Beginner

294 pages

English

Butterworth-Heinemann

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1.1. What Are Particles?1.2. What Is Known?1.3. Computational Modeling1.4. What Are the Applications?
2.1. Density2.2. Surface Area2.3. Flowability2.4. Compressibility2.5. Compactibility
3.1. Particle Shape3.2. Particle Size3.3. Sampling for Shape and Size Characterization
4.1. Settling of a Single Isolated Particle in a Continuous Fluid4.2. Drag Force on an Isolated Particle (Seville et al., 1997)4.3. Calculation of the Terminal Velocity4.4. Other Shapes4.5. Acceleration and Unsteady Motion24.6. Curvilinear Motion4.7. Assemblies of Particles
5.1. Gas–Solid Contact Regimes—The Whole Picture5.2. Flow Through a Packed Bed5.3. Fluidization5.4. Pneumatic Conveying5.5. Gas–Solid Separation∗

6.1. Rheology of Suspensions6.2. Pastes6.3. Agglomeration
7.1. Friction and the Coulomb Model7.2. Stress Analysis in Storage Vessels7.3. Stress Analysis for Compression of a Powder Bed7.4. Discharge Dynamics—Hopper Flow
8.1. Interaction of Elastic Particles
9.1. Hard-Sphere and Soft-Sphere DEMs9.2. The Principle of DEM9.3. Data Analysis9.4. Applications
10.1. Modeling of Particle–Particle Interaction10.2. Multiple Particle Finite Element Modeling10.3. Continuum Modeling of Powder Compaction

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Chapter 3

Particle Characterization

Abstract

Many properties of bulk solids are determined by characteristics of constituent particles, which also influence the behavior of bulk solids during handling and processing. The important characteristics of particles are shape, size, and mechanical properties, such as Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio. From a practical point of view, characterization of particle properties is necessary for product quality control and process monitoring purposes, as the quality of many products is determined by them. In addition, particle characterization also enables a better understanding of the correlation among particle characteristics, process performance, and product quality and also enables improvement in manufacturing ...