An experimental study of droplet-particle collisions

SK Pawar, F Henrikson, G Finotello, JT Padding… - Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
When spray drying a liquid slurry such as milk, collisions between droplets, partially dried
particles and completely dry particles are important because coalescence, agglomeration …

A review of liquid droplet impacting onto solid spherical particles: A physical pathway to encapsulation mechanisms

D Khojasteh, NM Kazerooni, M Marengo - Journal of industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Encapsulation has received a surge of interest in the biotechnological, chemical and
pharmaceutical fields and other industrial processes, owing to numerous applications such …

Diffuse interface modeling of three-phase contact line dynamics on curved boundaries: A lattice Boltzmann model for large density and viscosity ratios

A Fakhari, D Bolster - Journal of Computational Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
We introduce a simple and efficient lattice Boltzmann method for immiscible multiphase
flows, capable of handling large density and viscosity contrasts. The model is based on a …

The splash/non-splash boundary upon a dry surface and thin fluid film

RLV Wal, GM Berger, SD Mozes - Experiments in fluids, 2006 - Springer
On the basis of empirical data, power-law boundary relations are formulated to delineate the
splash and non-splash regions on dry surfaces or thin films under isothermal conditions …

Droplet impact onto a solid sphere: Effect of wettability and impact velocity

SA Banitabaei, A Amirfazli - Physics of Fluids, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Collision of a droplet onto a still spherical particle was experimentally investigated. The
effect of droplet impact velocity and wettability of the particle surface on collision outcomes …

Droplets splashing upon films of the same fluid of various depths

RL Vander Wal, GM Berger, SD Mozes - Experiments in fluids, 2006 - Springer
We explore the effects of fluid films of variable depths on droplets impacting into them.
Corresponding to a range of fluid “film” depths, a non-dimensional parameter—H*, defined …

Investigations on the impact of a drop onto a small spherical target

S Bakshi, IV Roisman, C Tropea - Physics of fluids, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
This paper reports on experimental and theoretical investigations of the impact of a droplet
onto a spherical target. Spatial and temporal variation of film thickness on the target surface …

Direct numerical simulation of droplet collision with stationary spherical particle: A comprehensive map of outcomes

I Yoon, S Shin - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2021 - Elsevier
We use direct numerical simulation based on the level contour reconstruction method to
investigate head-on droplet collisions with dry, stationary, spherical particles. Three …

Spreading dynamics of the viscous droplet impacting on a spherical particle

Z Fan, D Liu, S Pan, J Ma, X Chen - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamic behavior of droplets in the impingement process with particles has attracted
extensive interest due to its widespread industrial applications. In this study, collision …

Collisions of droplets on spherical particles

G Charalampous, Y Hardalupas - Physics of Fluids, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The spray drying process is widely used to convert liquid slurry to dry particles for the
manufacture of a range of products, including foodstuffs, like instant coffee and powdered …