Auger reactors for pyrolysis of biomass and wastes

F Campuzano, RC Brown, JD Martínez - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is one of the most efficient and environmentally attractive thermochemical
processes for conversion of both biomass and wastes to energy products. This review …

Recent progress on the discrete element method simulations for powder transport systems: A review

Q Shi, M Sakai - Advanced Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Powder transport systems are ubiquitous in various industries, where they can encounter
single powder flow, two-phase flow with solids carried by gas or liquid, and gas–solid–liquid …

Numerical investigation of a coarse-grain discrete element method in solid mixing in a spouted bed

K Takabatake, Y Mori, JG Khinast, M Sakai - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
We describe the effectiveness of the coarse-grain model of the discrete element method
(DEM) in solid mixing in a spouted bed. The coarse-grain model was developed originally to …

A review of granular flow in screw feeders and conveyors

D Minglani, A Sharma, H Pandey, R Dayal, JB Joshi… - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Screw feeders and conveyors are mainly used in industries like minerals, agriculture,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, pigments, plastics, cement, sands, and food processing for …

Coarse-grained DEM study of solids sedimentation in water

Z Xie, Y Shen, K Takabatake, A Yamaguchi, M Sakai - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The so-called coarse-grained discrete element method (DEM) is used here for efficient
simulations of large-scale particle systems as its effectiveness has been successfully verified …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a reduced-order model for large-scale Eulerian–Lagrangian simulations

S Li, G Duan, M Sakai - Advanced Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiphase flows with solid particles are commonly encountered in various industries. The
CFD–DEM method is extensively used to simulate their dynamical behavior. However, the …

DEM investigation on conveying of non-spherical particles in a screw conveyor

H Sun, H Ma, Y Zhao - Particuology, 2022 - Elsevier
Screw conveyors are extensively used in modern industry such as metallurgy, architecture
and pharmaceutical due to their high-efficiency in the transportation of granular materials …

On POD-based modal analysis in simulations of granular flows

S Li, G Duan, M Sakai - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the dynamics of granular flows is of great significance in various engineering
fields but challenging because of flow complexity. The discrete element method (DEM) is …

Numerical investigation on the mixing mechanism in a cross-torus paddle mixer using the DEM-CFD method

S Li, S Kajiwara, M Sakai - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies on powder mixing in industrial mixers are crucial for the improved criteria of mixing
equipment design and optimization within various mixing unit operations. In the present …

RTD-based material tracking in a fully-continuous dry granulation tableting line

MC Martinetz, AP Karttunen, S Sacher, P Wahl… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Continuous manufacturing (CM) offers quality and cost-effectiveness benefits over currently
dominating batch processing. One challenge that needs to be addressed when …