Mesoscale Modeling in Chemical Engineering Part I, Volume 46

• Preface
  • Opportunities and Challenges: Both at Mesoscales
• Chapter One: Unified Design Strategies for Particulate Products
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Hierarchical Products and Processes
  • 3 Product Properties
  • 4 Product Design
  • 5 Processes and Properties by Design
  • 6 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
• Chapter Two: Multiscale Analysis of a Coating Process in a Wurster Fluidized Bed Apparatus
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Multiscale Simulation Framework
  • 3 Experimental Estimation of the Material Parameters
  • 4 Analysis of the Process Behavior
  • 5 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
• Chapter Three: Euler–Lagrange Modeling of the Hydrodynamics of Dense Multiphase Flows
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Governing Equations for the Continuous and Discrete Phases
  • 3 Dimensionless Numbers for Multiphase Flows
  • 4 Flows with Particles: Discrete Particle Models (CFD–DEM)
  • 5 Flows with Bubbles: DBMs
  • 6 Flows with Droplets: DSMC
  • 7 Summary and Outlook
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A Derivation of the Filtered Fluid Equation
  • Appendix B Direct Numerical Simulation of Droplet Collision Outcomes
• Chapter Four: Particle Scale Study of Heat Transfer in Packed and Fluidized Beds
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Model Description
  • 3 Model Application
  • 4 Conclusions and Future Work
  • Acknowledgment
• Chapter Five: Mesoscale Transport Phenomena and Mechanisms in Gas–Liquid Reaction Systems
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Understanding the Mesoscale Mechanisms Through the EMMS Model
  • 3 Physical Interpretation of Macroscale Behavior from Mesoscale Perspective
  • 4 Consolidated Understanding of the EMMS Model for gas–Liquid Systems
  • 5 Stability-Constrained Multifluid CFD Model
  • 6 Conclusions and Future Issues
  • Acknowledgments
• Chapter Six: Mesoscale Flow Structures and Fluid–Particle Interactions
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Evidence of Mesoscale Coherent Structures
  • 3 The Origin of Mesoscale Structures
  • 4 The Fundamentals of Fluid–Particle Interaction
  • 5 The Steady-State Drag Force
  • 6 The Effect of Acceleration: Added Mass and Basset Force
  • 7 The Lift Force
  • 8 The Impact of Turbulence
  • 9 Multiple Particle Systems
  • 10 Conventional CFD Simulations
  • 11 Direct Numerical Simulations
  • 12 Conclusions
• Index

Focusing Mesoscales of Multiscale Problems in Chemical Engineering, a volume in the Advances in Chemical Engineering series provides readers with the personal views of recognized authorities who present assessments of the state-of-the-art in the field and help readers develop an understanding of its further evolution.

Subjects covered in the book are not limited to the classical chemical engineering disciplines. Contributions connecting chemical engineering to related scientific fields, either providing a fundamental basis or introducing new concepts and tools, are encouraged.

This volume aims to create a balance between well developed areas such as process industry, transformation of materials, energy, and environmental issues, and areas where applications of chemical engineering are more recent or emerging.

• Contains reviews by leading authorities in their respective areas
• Provides up-to-date reviews of the latest techniques in the modeling of catalytic processes
• Includes a broad mix of US and European authors, as well as academic/industrial/research institute perspectives
• Provides discussions on the connections between computation and experimental methods

Chemical engineers in general, especially reaction engineers. University faculty, students and researchers as well as industrial researchers, mainly in chemical engineering/chemistry but also mechanical engineering (combustion engineers) and possibly some applied mathematicians.