(213h) Effect of Collision Angle on Particle-Particle Adhesion of Colliding Particles through Liquid Droplet | AIChE

(213h) Effect of Collision Angle on Particle-Particle Adhesion of Colliding Particles through Liquid Droplet

Authors 

Nakamura, H. - Presenter, Osaka Prefecture University
Kan, H., Osaka Prefecture University
Watano, S., Osaka Prefecture University
In powder handling, a particle adhesion mediated by a liquid bridge is one of the quite important phenomena. In an actual process, the liquid bridge shows dynamic motion due to continuous motion of the particles. Therefore, understanding of the particle adhesion phenomenon by a dynamic liquid bridge is essential to adequately and precisely control powder handling processes. This study presents a direct numerical simulation of the particle–particle adhesion by a dynamic liquid bridge. Collision of a dry particle and a wet particle was simulated at various collision angles. In particular, translational and rotational motions of the particle at different collision angles were discussed through comparison with a conventional static liquid bridge force model. As a result, it was found that both translational and rotational motions were largely different between simulation results of the direct numerical simulation and static liquid bridge force model, especially at the tangential collision. To understand these results, we focused on the rotational behavior of the particle and deformation of the liquid bridge. It was concluded that the non-slip behavior of the liquid bridge on the particle surface is a key phenomenon for the particle-particle adhesion by the dynamic liquid bridge at the tangential collision.

Reference: H. Kan, H. Nakamura, S. Watano. Adv. Powder Technol., in press.