A technique is presented for creating surface-adhering dust layers under defined conditions, and characterizing and stressing the layers created. The procedure described is shown to be suitable for the quantitative ev...A technique is presented for creating surface-adhering dust layers under defined conditions, and characterizing and stressing the layers created. The procedure described is shown to be suitable for the quantitative evaluation of the effects of different parameters such as particle size, porosity and surface roughness etc. on the stability of particle layers.展开更多
Handling industrial powders leads to dust emissions. These emissions tend to generate human diseases or cause other environmental effects. A multitude of apparatus has been developed to estimate this dustiness behavio...Handling industrial powders leads to dust emissions. These emissions tend to generate human diseases or cause other environmental effects. A multitude of apparatus has been developed to estimate this dustiness behaviour of powders. Two of these well-known methods are presented and compared with each other. A third recently developed method is also introduced.展开更多
A basic method to calculate van der Waals dispersion force distributions for submicron superquadric particles in particle-wall systems is presented. The force distribution is achieved by rotating particles through a l...A basic method to calculate van der Waals dispersion force distributions for submicron superquadric particles in particle-wall systems is presented. The force distribution is achieved by rotating particles through a large number of arbitrary spatial orientations, each time keeping constant the contact distance to the wall surface while calculating the dispersion force. To accomplish this, the use of 2D particle shape suffices, that is, through using an inter-dimensional function, which has been determined previously. A further development of the method within digital image analysis may lead to possible applications to forecasting the macroscopic properties of particle systems, for example, flowability, agglomeration behavior or dispersibility. For small ranges of superquadric particle shapes, each with a different size, the way from determining the inter-dimensional function up to applying image analysis is shown in an example.展开更多
文摘A technique is presented for creating surface-adhering dust layers under defined conditions, and characterizing and stressing the layers created. The procedure described is shown to be suitable for the quantitative evaluation of the effects of different parameters such as particle size, porosity and surface roughness etc. on the stability of particle layers.
文摘Handling industrial powders leads to dust emissions. These emissions tend to generate human diseases or cause other environmental effects. A multitude of apparatus has been developed to estimate this dustiness behaviour of powders. Two of these well-known methods are presented and compared with each other. A third recently developed method is also introduced.
文摘A basic method to calculate van der Waals dispersion force distributions for submicron superquadric particles in particle-wall systems is presented. The force distribution is achieved by rotating particles through a large number of arbitrary spatial orientations, each time keeping constant the contact distance to the wall surface while calculating the dispersion force. To accomplish this, the use of 2D particle shape suffices, that is, through using an inter-dimensional function, which has been determined previously. A further development of the method within digital image analysis may lead to possible applications to forecasting the macroscopic properties of particle systems, for example, flowability, agglomeration behavior or dispersibility. For small ranges of superquadric particle shapes, each with a different size, the way from determining the inter-dimensional function up to applying image analysis is shown in an example.
