Project Descriptions

TUSAIL will be training 15 Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs). Each project involves substantial academic–industry collaboration with each ESR spending a minimum of 6 months in industry: either being hosted by an industrial partner or through secondments.

Projects

Project Descriptions

Projects list

DEM–CFD and PBM for dynamic process simulation of fluidized bed agglomeration

Multiscale models for reconstitution of compacted powders

CFD–DEM and PBM simulation of fluidized bed opposed jet mills for particle micronization

Mechanistic and predictive population balance models for particle comminution size reduction mill

Multi-scale modelling of particle agglomeration through sintering

Meso-scale particles for quantitative prediction of powder transfer by pneumatic conveying

Meso-scale description of wet powders for industrial-scale modelling

DEM and CFD–DEM meso-particle modelling of mixing processes

Meso-scale DEM for flowability assessment of weakly consolidated fine powders in industry

DEM (meso-)particle property calibration with powder rheometry and other flow characterization techniques

Mixed discrete–continuum modelling of dense granular flow

Continuum–DEM modelling of fluid–solid transition in weakly compacted systems of polydisperse particles of varying shapes

Fundamental development of structure and rotation-related coarse graining for micro-polar continuum theories

Discrete particle zoom in continuum Two Fluid Model (TFM) simulations of spout fluidized beds

Time-extrapolation of continuum Two Fluid Model (TFM) simulations of spout fluidized beds