With the advancement of renewable energy, the processing and handling of biomass
feedstocks has drawn enormous research interest. The key to economically viable and …

A modelling and simulation method was developed to comprehensively describe and
quantify the unmeasurable dynamic threshing process based on the discrete element …

ABSTRACT A discrete element model has been developed to simulate the packing process
of fibre/polymer composite powder for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The …

Biomass is a renewable and sustainable energy resource. Current design of biomass
handling and feeding equipment leverage both experiments and numerical modeling. This …

A discrete element method (DEM) based approach is used to study the relationships
between material attributes (MAs), processing parameters (PPs), and quality attributes (QAs) …

The design of efficient lignocellulosic biomass feedstock systems is challenging, as current
laboratory characterization and design methods were developed primarily for fine powders …

The structure of photoreactors plays a key role in the photocatalysis by affecting the catalyst
loading, mass and light transport properties. Nowadays it has become increasingly …

Pneumatic conveying is widely used for the transportation of granular materials, where the
flow of a gas is used to drive particles along pipes. While many granular materials comprise …

Switchgrass is a perennial herbaceous plant regarded as a biomass energy crop in the
United States for its high adaptability and yield potential. Processing and handling of …

Bonded contact models have been increasingly used in the discrete element method (DEM)
to study cemented and sintered particulate materials in recent years. Several popular DEM …