1 Introduction
1.1 Adhesive Particle Flow
1.2 Example Systems
1.3 Collision and Agglomeration of Particles in Turbulence
1.4 Migration of Microparticles in an Electrostatic Field
1.5 Deposition of Microparticles and Clogging Phenomenon
1.6 Discrete Element Methods for Adhesive Particles
1.7 A Road Map to Chaps
References
2 A Fast Discrete Element Method for Adhesive Particles
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Discrete Element Method for Adhesive Particles
2.3 Critical Sticking Velocity for Two Colliding Particles
2.3.1 Temporal Evolution of the Collision Process
2.3.2 Prediction of the Critical Sticking Velocity
2.3.3 Effect of Particle Size
2.4 A Fast Adhesive DEM
2.4.1 Accelerating Adhesive DEM Using Reduced Stiffness
2.4.2 Modified Models for Rolling and Sliding Resistances
2.5 Determination of Parameters in Adhesive DEM
2.5.1 An Inversion Procedure to Set Parameters in Adhesive DEM
2.5.2 Comparison Between Experimental and DEM Results
2.6 Test on Packing Problem
2.6.1 Packing Fraction and Coordination Number
2.6.2 Local Structure of Packings
2.6.3 Interparticle Overlaps and Normal Forces
2.7 Summary
References
3 Agglomeration of Microparticles in Homogenous Isotropic Turbulence
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methods
3.2.1 Fluid Phase Calculation
3.2.2 Equation of Motion for Solid Particles
3.2.3 Multiple-time Step Framework
3.2.4 Simulation Conditions
3.2.5 Identification of Collision，Rebound and Breakage Events
3.2.6 Smoluchowski's Theory
3.3 Collision Rate， Agglomerate Size and Structure
3.4 Effect of Stokes Number
3.5 Exponential Scaling of Early-Stage Agglomerate Size
3.6 Agglomeration Kernel and Population Balance Modelling
3.7 Effect of Adhesion on Agglomeration
3.8 Effect of Adhesion on Breakage of Agglomerates
3.9 Formulation of the Breakage Rate
3.10 Agglomerate Size Dependence of the Breakage Rate
3.11 Role of Flow Structure
3.12 Conclusions
References
4 Migration of Cloud of Low-Reynolds-Number Particles with Coulombic and Hydrodynamic Interactions
4.1 Introduction
