Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en14123523
Keywords
particle breakdown; direct quadrature method of moment; impellers; computational fluid dynamics; titanium dioxide
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- ICHEMAD-Profarb sp. z o. o
- European Regional Development Fund
- Warsaw University of Technology
- IDUB project
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This study demonstrated that changing impeller geometry can improve the process of solid particle breakage. Numerical simulations using computational-fluid-dynamics methods were used to calculate flow field, hydrodynamic stresses, and other parameters. A mechanistic model of suspension flow was developed based on simulation results, showing good agreement with experimental data.
The deagglomeration of titanium-dioxide powder in water suspension performed in a stirring tank was investigated. Owing to the widespread applications of the deagglomeration process and titanium dioxide powder, new, more efficient devices and methods of predicting the process result are highly needed. A brief literature review of the application process, the device used, and process mechanism is presented herein. In the experiments, deagglomeration of the titanium dioxide suspension was performed. The change in particle size distribution in time was investigated for different impeller geometries and rotational speeds. The modification of impeller geometry allowed the improvement of the process of solid particle breakage. In the modelling part, numerical simulations of the chosen impeller geometries were performed using computational-fluid-dynamics (CFD) methods whereby the flow field, hydrodynamic stresses, and other useful parameters were calculated. Finally, based on the simulation results, the population-balance with a mechanistic model of suspension flow was developed. Model predictions of the change in particle size showed good agreement with the experimental data. Using the presented method in the process design allowed the prediction of the product size and the comparison of the efficiency of different impeller geometries.
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