%0 Journal Article %A Lingfeng Zhou %A Junwu Wang %A Wei Ge %A Shiwen Liu %A Jianhua Chen %A Ji Xu %A Limin Wang %A Feiguo Chen %A Ning Yang %A Rongtao Zhou %A Lin Zhang %A Qi Chang %A Philippe Ricoux %A Alvaro Fernandez %T Quantifying growth and breakage of agglomerates in fluid-particle flow using discrete particle method %D 2018 %R 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.05.018 %J Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering %P 914-921 %V 26 %N 5 %X The cohesive solids in liquid flows are featured by the dynamic growth and breakage of agglomerates, and the difficulties in the development, design and optimization of these systems are related to this significant feature. In this paper, discrete particle method is used to simulate a solid-liquid flow system including millions of cohesive particles, the growth rate and breakage rate of agglomerates are then systematically investigated. It was found that the most probable size of the agglomerates is determined by the balance of growth and breakage of the agglomerates the cross point of the lines of growth rate and breakage rate as a function of the particle numbers in an agglomerate, marks the most stable agglomerate size. The finding here provides a feasible way to quantify the dynamic behaviors of growth and breakage of agglomerates, and therefore offers the possibility of quantifying the effects of agglomerates on the hydrodynamics of fluid flows with cohesive particles. %U https://cjche.cip.com.cn/EN/10.1016/j.cjche.2017.05.018