Cluster Kinetics of Granular Mixing

McCoy, Benjamin J and Madras, Giridhar (2005) Cluster Kinetics of Granular Mixing. In: AIChE Journal, 51 (2). pp. 406-414.

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Abstract

Granular mixing of identical particles that cluster together is a challenging and important engineering problem. Mixing requires the breakup of clusters, both by individual particle detachment and cluster fragmentation. We apply a population balance distribution kinetics) approach to describe such size-distributed cluster processes. Expressions for mixing effectiveness and segregation measures are derived and expressed terms of the rate coefficients for reversible cluster distribution kinetics. Analytical and numerical moment solutions illustrate how the novel method is implemented and also provide some realistic results. The method allows straightforward derivation of experimentally observed long-time power law or exponential asymptotic behavior of segregation metrics for various rate coefficient expressions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	AIChE Journal
Publisher:	American Institute of Chemical
Additional Information:	The copyright belongs to American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Keywords:	granular mixing;cluster distribution;population balance;fluid flow;fragmentation;aggregation
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Chemical Engineering
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2005
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:20
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/3757

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