Numerical modeling of adhesive particle mixing

The discrete element method is used to investigate adhesive particle mixing in a system that includes large carrier particles and fine particle agglomerates in a Couette mixer. The simulation starts with 200 carriers and 10 agglomerates with 1000 fine particles each. During mixing, the agglomerates are broken, fractions adhere to the carriers, and there is continuous redistribution of fines between carriers. The focus is to obtain information on...