[HTML][HTML] Progress in CFD simulations of fluidized beds for chemical and energy process engineering

F Alobaid, N Almohammed, MM Farid, J May… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Gas-solid fluidized beds have drawn the attention of engineers and researchers as an
effective technology for a large variety of applications, and numerical simulations can play …

[HTML][HTML] Particle structure development during spray drying from a single droplet to pilot-scale perspective

NM Eijkelboom, AP van Boven, I Siemons… - Journal of Food …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Crucial for achieving premium agglomerated powder products through spray drying is that
the primary particle morphology and the degree of agglomeration can be controlled …

Dynamics and maximum spreading of droplet impact on a stationary droplet on the surface

Y Li, X Wu, Y Lin, Z Hu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In numerous applications related to droplet impact, impacting droplets often interact with
solid surfaces with adhesive droplets rather than dry surfaces, but the former is significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Airborne and aerosol pathogen transmission modeling of respiratory events in buildings: An overview of computational fluid dynamics

Y Sheikhnejad, R Aghamolaei, M Fallahpour… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Pathogen droplets released from respiratory events are the primary means of dispersion and
transmission of the recent pandemic of COVID-19. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has …

Droplet-droplet, droplet-particle, and droplet-substrate collision behavior

AG Islamova, SA Kerimbekova, NE Shlegel… - Powder Technology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the research findings on the collision outcomes of water droplets
with solid particles and substrates made of metal with variable surface wettability. We …

Experimental investigation of non-Newtonian droplet collisions: the role of extensional viscosity

G Finotello, S De, JCR Vrouwenvelder, JT Padding… - Experiments in …, 2018‏ - Springer
We investigate the collision behaviour of a shear thinning non-Newtonian fluid xanthan, by
binary droplet collision experiments. Droplet collisions of non-Newtonian fluids are more …

Advances in modelling of binary droplet collision outcomes in sprays: a review of available knowledge

M Sommerfeld, L Pasternak - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The present article summarises the requirements for modelling droplet binary collisions in
the frame of a Lagrangian point-particle tracking approach. The essential ingredients of such …

CFD simulation of agglomeration and coalescence in spray dryer

F Hussain, M Jaskulski, M Piatkowski… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Particle size distribution is of utmost importance in spray dryers. Controlling the degree of
agglomeration and coalescence is vital for manufacturing products that conform to the …

Influence of viscosity, surface and interfacial tensions on the liquid droplet collisions

NE Shlegel, PP Tkachenko, PA Strizhak - Chemical engineering science, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the results of experimental research into the influence of viscosity,
surface and interfacial tension of the liquid on the position of transition boundaries between …

Turbulent flows with drops and bubbles: what numerical simulations can tell us—Freeman scholar lecture

G Soligo, A Roccon, A Soldati - Journal of fluids …, 2021‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Turbulent flows laden withlarge, deformable drops or bubbles are ubiquitous in nature and a
number of industrial processes. These flows are characterized by physics acting at many …