Modeling the agglomeration of settling particles in a dewatering process

Amin Rahmat; Daniel Weston; Daniel Madden; Shane Usher; Mostafa Barigou; Alessio Alexiadis

doi:10.1063/5.0029213

Modeling the agglomeration of settling particles in a dewatering process

Amin Rahmat, Daniel Weston, Daniel Madden, Shane Usher, Mostafa Barigou, Alessio Alexiadis

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In this study, the agglomeration of settling particles in a dewatering process is studied numerically. The numerical model is based on the smoothed particle hydrodynamic method. The interaction between solid particles is governed by the Lennard-Jones potential. This paper presents a systematic study for evaluating the influence of various important parameters on the dewatering process, i.e., the Reynolds number, inter-particle pair potential, and phase loading. Several quantitative parameters are introduced to characterize the structure and behavior of agglomerates. It is observed that based on the interplay between the Reynolds number and the pair potential, the agglomerates form four different structures

Original language	English
Article number	123314
Journal	Physics of Fluids
Volume	32
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029213
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2020

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This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under Grant No. EP/N033698/1.

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