Mesoscale modeling in chemical engineering. Part I

Content: Front Cover
 Mesoscale Modeling in Chemical Engineering Part I
 Copyright
 Contents
 Contributors
 Preface
 Opportunities and Challenges: Both at Mesoscales
 Chapter One: Unified Design Strategies for Particulate Products
 1. Introduction
 2. Hierarchical Products and Processes
 3. Product Properties
 4. Product Design
 4.1. Particle Formation
 4.1.1. Top-Down Approaches
 4.1.2. Bottom-Up Methods
 4.2. Interactions
 4.3. Structure Formation
 4.3.1. Equilibrium Structures
 4.3.2. Nonequilibirium Structures
 4.4. Characterization Along the Process Chain. 4.5. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MSS)4.6. Integration of Particles into Devices
 Case1: Particulate Thin Films
 Case2: Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
 5. Processes and Properties by Design
 5.1. Sensitivities of Parameter-Dependent Initial Value Problems
 5.2. General Model-Based Optimal Control Setting
 5.3. Examples of Optimization
 Example1: Synthesis of Si Nanoparticles in the Gas Phase
 Example2: Ripening of ZnO Quantum Dots in Liquid Phase
 Example3: Shape Optimization in Particle Technology
 6. Conclusions
 Acknowledgements
 References. Chapter Two: Multiscale Analysis of a Coating Process in a Wurster Fluidized Bed Apparatus1. Introduction
 2. Multiscale Simulation Framework
 2.1. Macroscale
 2.2. Mesoscale
 2.2.1. Modeling of Droplets as Discrete Elements
 2.2.2. Uniform Wetting Zone
 2.3. Microscale
 2.3.1. Discrete Particle Model
 2.3.2. Scaled Discrete Particle Model
 2.4. Submicroscale
 3. Experimental Estimation of the Material Parameters
 3.1. Studied Materials
 3.2. Compression Test of Particles
 3.2.1. Experimental Method
 3.2.2. Description of Elastic Contact Deformation with the Hertz Theory. 3.2.3. Results of the Compression Tests3.3. Shear Test of Particles
 3.4. Collision Tests of Particles
 4. Analysis of the Process Behavior
 4.1. Apparatus Geometry
 4.2. Process and Material Parameters
 4.3. Results of the Microscale Simulation
 4.3.1. Particle and Fluid Dynamics in the Wurster Tube and Annulus
 4.4. Mesoscale Model
 4.5. Macroscale Calculations
 5. Conclusions
 Acknowledgments
 References
 Chapter Three: Euler-Lagrange Modeling of the Hydrodynamics of Dense Multiphase Flows
 1. Introduction
 2. Governing Equations for the Continuous and Discrete Phases. 2.1. Balance Equations for the Continuous Phase2.2. Equations of Motion for the Discrete Phase
 2.3. Interphase Momentum Transfer
 2.4. From the Eulerian Grid to Lagrangian Positions and Back
 2.5. Numerical Techniques: Deterministic Approach
 2.6. Numerical Techniques: Stochastic Approach
 3. Dimensionless Numbers for Multiphase Flows
 4. Flows with Particles: Discrete Particle Models (CFD-DEM)
 4.1. Particle-Fluid Interactions
 4.2. Particle-Particle Interaction
 4.3. Application: Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds
 5. Flows with Bubbles: DBMs
 5.1. Bubble Interactions.