Industrial Dense Granular Flows
The Industrial Dense Granular Flows (IDGF) project, a collaboration between three academic and four industrial partners, pursues its main goal: the development of experimentally validated computational tools for complex dense granular flows in industrial settings. The project follows a comprehensive approach through four interconnected PhD sub-projects, addressing critical challenges in diverse industrial applications.
Sahar Pourandi’s PhD Project focuses on DEM modelling of powder mixing systems within horizontal stirred bed reactors for polypropylene production. She simulates powder mixing and flowability, calibrates Discrete Particle Method (DPM) parameters for both dry and wet industrial polypropylene powders, and analyses mixing quality using metrics such as cycle time and axial dispersion. The project also contributes to MercuryDPM software enhancements for spray nozzles and rigid clumps.
DEM-simulated rotating drums, illustrating the effect of increasing liquid content. Particles coloured by size.
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