Balancing the accuracy and efficiency is critical when employing the discrete particle
method to simulate particle-fluid systems in industrial reactors. This article systematically …

Microfluidic technology, known for its efficiency, safety, and precise control, has been
extensively utilized in chip channel manufacturing and high-throughput drug screening. The …

Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Method (CFD-DEM) is a
numerical tool used for detailed fluidized bed studies. However, CFD-DEM is …

Numerical modelling offers the opportunity to better understand, predict, and optimise the
behaviours of industrial systems, and thus provides a powerful means of improving …

Based on a semi-resolved CFD-DEM coupling method, this study proposed a method that
uses the minimum distance between the fluid grid and the particle boundary as a reference …

Biomass is gradually perceived as an important carbon neutral and renewable energy
source. Generally, the pretreatment dehydration of non-spherical biomass particles is a …

The fluidisation of spherocylindrical particles is often involved in the fields of biomass
combustion, drug delivery and food drying. By spherocylindrical particles, we mean …

Biomass fast pyrolysis is a promising technology to produce available char and high‐value
gas due to its green and sustainable ability. In the current work, the biomass fast pyrolysis in …

Fluidized beds are commonly applied to industrial drying applications. Modeling using the
computational fluid dynamics-discrete element method (CFD-DEM) can be employed to …

Tablets are usually spray-coated in the pharmaceutical industry, and coating uniformity is
important for the coating process. In this study, discrete element method-discrete droplet …