| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M92621/01 |
| Title: |
POWMOD: TOWARDS A MESOSCALE SIMULATION MODEL FOR THE PROCESSING OF REAL POWDERS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Kendall, Professor K |
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| Department: |
School of Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
25 September 2000 |
Ends: |
24 August 2003 |
Value (£): |
121,951
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Complex fluids & soft solids |
Materials Processing |
| Particle Technology |
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| Chemicals |
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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POWMOD will begin by adapting a high performance molecular dynamics program (DL_POLY), developed at the Daresbury Laboratory for the atomistic simulations of macromolecules, for powder particles and their surfaces. Computational statistical mechanics will then be extended to a new dimension in powder technology by developing an integrated modelling environment which will enable simulations at the level of bulk powder processes of interest to industries. A programme of MD simulations, initially for specific ionic powders, will be designed around a series of continual refinements towards the development of an effective particle-particle pair potential. The model will incorporate the effects of shape and size, polydispersities, surface roughness, deformability and solvation. It is proposed to develop the POWMOD software in order to establish the links between fundamental powder physical properties (as measured in simple laboratory tests, size surface area, morphology etc) and flow processes. The ultimate goal of powder simulations is to reduce, or perhaps eliminate, the requirements of tedious, costly, and (in the case of radioactive powders) hazardous, trials to predict how powders will behave in real processes. POWMOD will be tested against laboratory tests on industrial powders in collaboration with BNFL.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |