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... Accurate assessment of three-dimensional (3D) particle characteristics, such as particle shape and size distribution, is a basic requirement in various fields. In practice, however, two-dimensional (2D) characteristics are often measured instead of 3D, due to limitations of cost, speed, and so on. A conversion method which simultaneously estimates multiple 3D characteristics from measurable multip ...
... Surface texture plays an important role in understanding the mechanical and hydraulic behavior of a soil but has drawn little attention, especially for three dimensional parameters. Currently, the few studies on measurements and quantification of surface texture are limited to sand sized particles. To date, the surface texture of sand has been successfully obtained by using a high-resolution optic ...
... This work presents an accelerated simulation of heat and mass transfer by coupling Discrete Element Methodologies (DEMs) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), utilising Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) technology. The presented model is a continuation of previous work from Hobbs (2009) [1] and focuses on demonstrating the capabilities and effectiveness of implementing the GPU combined with the Cen ...
... This study is based on high-temperature flue gas containing condensed dust and the dust removal of granular bed. The effects of adhesion temperature, filter plate material (99% and 85% corundum), and dust materials (tin, ferric oxide, and fly ash mixed with sodium chloride) on the desorption stress of dust on the filter surface are explored through desorption stress tests. Results show that the de ...
... Lead (Pb) ions are chronically detected in soil, underground and natural water, there is a need for low-cost in situ remediation techniques. A novel mineral based magnetic adsorbent, consisting of natural vanadium, titanium-bearing magnetite particles coated by humic acid (abbr. VTM-HA), was developed for removing Pb(II) from wastewater. In this study, adsorption-desorption characteristics and mec ...
... This paper reports the use of micro-computed tomography (CT) to measure changes in aggregate density in sediments of flocculated silica as a function of applied pressure over the course of a step-wise compression experiment. A micro-CT calibration method was developed that uses polymer-stabilized silica suspensions of varying solids concentration to permit the calculation of aggregate density and ...
... By the addition of isobutylene-maleic anhydride copolymer, Al₂O₃ aqueous suspensions retain fluidity for approximately 1 h and then gelation occurs. The bi-functionality mechanism as dispersant and gelling-agent of the copolymer was investigated by colloidal probe atomic force microscopy. The time-dependent surface interaction between Al₂O₃ particles and sapphire substrates were compared to those ...
... The alumina-silica nano-sorbent with different alumina-silica ratio were synthesized from thermal power plant fly ash and scrap aluminium foil by alkali extraction, followed by precipitation and calcination. The adsorbent were used successfully for Ni(II) adsorption. The nano-sorbent was characterized by X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrare ...
equipment performance; mathematics and statistics; porosity; powders
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... In this paper methodologies are described for the analysis of the porous structure of cylindrical and annular packed beds consisting of spheres when the coordinates and sizes of the spheres are known. Methodologies to determine the overlap between adjacent spheres and between the spheres and the walls of the container; axial variation in the porosity and hydraulic diameter; and the radial variatio ...
... Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations of elongated (i.e. needle-shaped) particles breakage in a shear field confined between two parallel plates, in analogy with processes occurring in a powder shear cell tester, were carried out. Effects of particle strength, shear rate and the compressive stress were investigated. The breakage patterns occurring in a layer of particles due to compressive and ...
hydraulic rams; laboratory experimentation; models; powders; prediction; rolling
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... The University of Newcastle has designed and built a large test facility to measure the combined indentation rolling resistance and belt flexure resistance. This test facility allows tests to be conducted on a full-sized conveyor belt over a range of tensions and belt velocities and is designed in accordance with an Australian standard [1]. The test facility applies tension to the conveyor belt us ...
... In this study, based on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) and Discrete Element Method (DEM), a multiphase fluid-solid coupling algorithm of SPH-DEM is provided, and a high performance coupling module is developed based on two open-source software platforms, namely: DualSphysics for SPH and Blaze-DEM for DEM. With a comparative analysis of three typical tests, it is systematically proved that t ...
... Anchovy oil was successfully encapsulated into multi-core microcapsule powder using a two-step microencapsulation method. The inner and outer shells of the microcapsules were created separately using gelatin-SHMP complex coacervates as shell materials. Fucoidan extract was used to crosslink these complex coacervates shells of microcapsules before spray drying. The spray dried microcapsules produce ...
Ana Gabriela da Silva Carvalho; Mariana Teixeira da Costa Machado; Helena Dias de Freitas Queiroz Barros; Cinthia Baú Betim Cazarin; Mário Roberto Maróstica Junior; Miriam Dupas Hubinger
... In order to take advantage of the functional properties of the jussara (Euterpe edulis Martius) extract, this study aimed at producing alginate hydrogel beads by ionic gelation process to carry jussara extract, increase its stability and to protect the anthocyanins from environmental conditions that interfere in stability and color of these compounds, such as the pH of the medium. Anthocyanins enc ...
... The cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are heteropolysaccharides that possess characteristics suitable for food and pharmaceutical applications. In this work, an extracellular carbohydrate polymer isolated from the marine cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. CCY 0110, alone or combined with arabic gum, was tested for the microencapsulation of the vitamin B12, the most chemically comp ...
... Belt deflection due to the belt weight and bulk solid loads is essential not only for reducing the flexure resistance but also for extending the service life of belt conveyors. Current theoretical analysis and numerical modelling have failed to fully consider the interaction between a belt and bulk solid and therefore are not suitable to investigate belt deflection under dynamic conditions. The ai ...
... The paper shows how the equations developed for modeling the fluidization process of two-solid mixtures, originally tested on mixtures of spherical particles, can successfully be extended to segregating fluidization of beds of irregular solids. The influence of particle shape on bed voidage at varying component concentration is analysed and it is demonstrated, in particular, that the relationship ...
energy; engineering; models; powders; progeny; specific energy
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... Single particle breakage characterisation at fine sizes for use in mill modelling has been addressed by only a few researchers and is not utilised in engineering design. This is mainly due to the challenge of accurately imparting a range of impact energies to sub-millimetre particles and then measuring the progeny size distribution for the tiny resultant mass. In order to fill this gap, a disperse ...
... A powder rheometer equipped with a cylindrical impeller was studied to assess whether it could be suitable to derive quantitative physical parameters of powder flow properties. The equipment used in was the Powder Cell unit purposely developed by Anton Paar to fit on Anton Paar MCR Rheometers and to carry out torque measurements on aerated and not aerated powders. In this instrument, the state of ...
adhesion; electric field; particle size; polymethylmethacrylate; powders
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... The purpose of this work is to investigate the transport mechanism of fine dielectric particles using a traveling-wave electric field conveyor. In the first part of this study, an experimental bench is set up to evaluate the efficiency of particle displacement according to their size and to visualize their motion. The displacement efficiency is evaluated based on the ratio of the mass of transport ...