The use of solid particles as direct heat absorbance and storage media promises enhanced storage densities in concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies. The long-term optical performance of those particles, which aim to be operational over years, i...
This article presents a methodological approach to modeling the processes of changing the dispersed composition of solid phase particles, such as granulation, crystallization, pyrolysis, and others. Granulation is considered as a complex process cons...
Spherical particles based on bauxite-type raw materials, commonly referred to as proppants, are state-of-the-art for particle receivers of concentrated solar power plants. Particles are heated in a fluidized reactor by focused sunlight and are transp...
Autoantibodies are a hallmark of autoimmunity and, specifically, antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are the most relevant autoantibodies present in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs). Over the years, different methods from LE cell to HEp-2 ind...
Liquid–solid circulating fluidised beds (CFB) possess many qualities which makes them useful for industrial operations where particle–liquid contact is vital, e.g., improved heat transfer performance, and consequent uniform temperature, l...
A dual fluidized bed (DFB) reactor is the main operating system of various energy-efficient and clean utilization technologies. The gas-solid flow characteristics of the DFB reactor greatly affect the efficiency of various technologies. A large-scale...
Gas–solid separation fluidized bed is an efficient and clean coal separation technology with a good separation effect for coal particles. However, there is a lack of systematic research on the complex motion behavior of the feeding particles in...
In view of the current status of catalytic cracking flue gas treatment, it is necessary to study the flow environment of desulfurization ash particles, which are a type of Geldart C particle, in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) for semi-dry flue gas...
Solid circulation rate (Gs) represents the mass flux of circulating particles in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) systems and is a significant parameter for the design and operation of CFB reactors. Many measuring technologies for Gs have been propose...
Solids holdup as one of the main parameters in characterizing the performance of fluidized bed reactors is widely concerned. With its development and improvement, visualization technology has been applied in fluidization because of its little disturb...
Green electrospinning is a relatively new promising technology in which a polymer (latex) can be spun from an aqueous dispersion with the help of a template polymer. This method is a green, clean and safe technology that is able to spin hydrophobic p...
Dual fluidized bed (DFB) reactor systems are widely used in gas–solid two-phase flow applications, whose gas–solid flow characteristics have a significant effect on the performance of many kinds of technologies. A numerical simulation mod...
The problem of particle clogging in a conveying pipeline in thin-phase pneumatic transportation is essentially the effect of the particle-deposition mechanism in gas–solid two-phase flow. This paper presents a particle-deposition model of gas&n...
Up to now, minimizing segregation of free-flowing, microscale metal powder mixtures driven by different mass density is an open challenge. In this work, effects of particle size variation on homogeneity of Al-Cu mixtures, with a density ratio of 3.3,...
Pneumatic conveying technology is an efficient, energy-saving and environmentally friendly means of solid feed conveying. In the process of pneumatic conveying, wind speed has a decisive influence on conveying characteristics. Here, computational flu...
Direct reduction of iron (DRI) technology in fluidized beds has been identified as a promising approach due to its environmental benefits over other methods. Nevertheless, the process of iron particle sintering in the DRI approach poses a significant...
Many drugs have a propensity for agglomeration, resulting in poor flowability. Spherical crystallization can be used to improve product properties including flowability and particle size. In this work, two methods were developed and utilized to succe...
Spain’s energy transition poses the dual challenge of managing renewable curtailment and enhancing the competitiveness of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies. This study evaluates the suitability of replacing molten salts with solid par...
In this paper, the improvement of the characteristics of different steels that are subjected to extreme operating conditions, including the steels used in the manufacture of various military components, the AISI 52100, the manufacture of bearings, an...
The use of ceramic solid particle technology in TES-integrated CSP plants offers a high solar-to-electricity ratio and enhanced storage densities, thanks to their high operational temperatures and wide temperature ranges. Metallurgical slags with com...
In this paper, an intensified spray-drying process in a novel Radial Multizone Dryer (RMD) is analyzed by means of CFD. A three-dimensional Eulerian–Lagrangian multiphase model is applied to investigate the effect of solids outlet location, relative...
When transplanting the gas–solid fluidized bed technology to the offshore floating platform, the gas–solid flow characteristics in the bed will be affected by the rolling of the platform. In this paper, the flow field, especially the dyna...
There is a fundamental issue in the launching system with the modular charge technology, which is an unsteady gas–solid flow in the sequence-change space within a short period of time. It leads to complex particle behavior, causing the strong p...
Centrifugal contactors (CCs) are a technology candidate for the development of advanced reprocessing flowsheets. While they offer many advantages, such as process intensification, there are still uncertainties regarding their industrial deployment. T...
This paper presents a 1.5D model of a fluidized bed chemical looping combustion (CLC) built with the use of a comprehensive simulator of fluidized and moving bed equipment (CeSFaMB) simulator. The model is capable of calculating the effect of gas vel...
Cold-spraying technology is a solid-state, powder-based coating deposition and additive manufacturing (AM) technology, which utilises a high-pressure gas stream to accelerate micron-sized particles through a de-Laval nozzle for supersonic speed and i...
Biomass gasification is nowadays considered a viable option for clean energy production. Furthermore, still more efforts need to be spent to make this technology fully available at commercial scale. Drawbacks that greatly limit the full-time plant av...
Pickering emulsions (PEs) have attracted attention in different fields, such as food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, mainly due to their good physical stability. PEs are a promising strategy to develop functional products since the particles’ o...
Solid particle erosion of gas turbine blades in the aerospace sector results in increased maintenance costs, high pollution, reduced engine efficiency, etc. Gas turbines in aircraft are usually operated at high temperatures. Based on the compressor s...
The solid particles in the produced fluids from the oil wells treated by compound flooding can greatly stabilize the strength of the interfacial film and enhance the stability of the emulsion, increasing the difficulty of processing these produced fl...
Here, we report a novel technology for the fabrication of copper-electroplating-modified liquid metal microelectrodes. This technology overcomes the complexity of the traditional fabrication of sidewall solid metal electrodes and successfully fabrica...
The increasing demand for novel drug formulations has caused the introduction of the supercritical fluid technology, CO2 in particular, into pharmaceutical technology as a method enabling the reduction of particle size and the formation of inclusion...
Hydrate-based technology has yet to find its way to commercial applications due to several issues, including formation conditions and slow kinetics. Several solid particles were introduced to speed up hydrate formation. However, these solid compounds...
This paper reports a novel sensor effect in solid non-regular materials with the following formula: a previously unknown phenomenon in solid disordered structures, such as rocks and building concrete, has been experimentally established, which is exp...
The dispersion stability of carbon-based solid lubricants/lubricating oils remains a challenge to overcome. Recently, novel processing routes were developed to obtain 2D turbostratic graphite particles via solid-state reactions between B4C and Cr3C2...
The characteristics of the collisions of droplets with the surfaces of particles and substrates of promising oil–water slurry components (oil, water and coal) were experimentally studied. Particles of coals of different ranks with significantly...
The impact phenomena of solid micro-particles have gathered increasing interest across a wide range of fields, including space debris protection and cold-spray additive manufacturing of large, complicated structures. Effective motion monitoring is es...
Multiphase flow in annular channels is complex, particularly in the region where the flow direction abruptly changes between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, as the cases in horizontal drilling and pneumatic conveying. Simplified models and experie...
The optimization design of the double-layered material tank is essential to improve the material mixing efficiency and quality in chemical engineering and lithium battery production. The draft tube structure and double-layered impellers affect the fl...
The current state of the rheology of various polymeric and other materials containing a high concentration of spherical solid filler is considered. The physics of the critical points on the concentration scale are discussed in detail. These points de...
In solid biofuel manufacture technological and material variables influence the densification process and thus also the final briquette quality. The impact of these technological variables, especially compression pressure and compression temperature,...
It is well established that currently available inhaled drug formulations are associated with extremely low lung deposition. Currently available technologies alleviate this low deposition problem via mixing the drug with inert larger particles, such...
Copper oxide is one of the promising oxygen carrier materials in chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) technology, cycling between Cu2O and CuO. In this study, a multiscale model was developed to describe the oxidation kinetics of the Cu-bas...
Semi-solid metal (SSM) processing has been an attractive method for manufacturing near-net-shape components with high integrity due to its distinct advantages over conventional forming technologies. SSM processing employs a mixture of solid phase and...
Airlifting technology utilized in deep-sea mining (DSM) industry was proposed in the 70s of last century, which was triggered by the discovery of vast amounts of mineral resources on the seabed. The objective of this paper is to assess the technologi...
Statistical equations are widely used to describe the laws of various chemical technological processes. The values of constants and parameters included in these equations are determined by various methods. Methods that can determine the values of equ...
Solid particle thermal energy storage technology demonstrates extraordinary thermal stability across wide temperature ranges and possesses significant cost-effectiveness that meets stringent economic requirements for long-duration energy storage. The...
Spray drying is a promising technology for drying lipid nanodispersions. These formulations can serve as carrier systems for poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that are loaded into the lipid matrix to improve their bioavail...
The main barrier to the wide use of composite liquid fuels in the energy sector is the significant sedimentation of solid particles during fuel storage and transportation. As a result, the composition of fuel slurries changes quite fast and considera...
Particle adsorbents have gained significant traction in flue gas desulfurization applications, primarily attributed to their high structural homogeneity and large specific surface area. To address the multifaceted requirements of industrial sectors r...
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