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Applications

Principles and applications of the DigiPac approach

PPT (23.2 MB)

Summary

A one-page summary of applications of DigiPac

PDF (0.6 MB)

DigiUtility

The utility module used to generate digitally specified objects and further process their packing structures

AVI (4.2 MB)

DigiPac

The packing module used to pack particles of arbitrary shapes/sizes in a container of arbitrary geometry

AVI (11.3 MB)

DigiFlow

The flow module based on Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) and used for comparing permeability of different packing structures

AVI (5.2 MB)

DigiTherm

The thermal module based on Finite Difference Method (FDM) and used to calculate temperature evolution due to conduction/convection in a packing structure

AVI (8.4 MB)

DigiSolv

The dissolution module based on LBM/FDM and used to estimate dissolution profile of a digitally specified structure (of a single granule or tablet)

AVI (3.7 MB)

DigiOpt

The optical module based on Mie theory and T-matrix method and used to estimate light scatter properties of packing structures (esp. those containing particles whose size is comparable with the wavelength of light)

AVI (2.7 MB)

DigiSint

The sintering module based on a Monte Carlo surface energy minimization model and used to link green packing structure to the sintering rate and sintered structure.

AVI (1.5 MB)

 

 

 

 

Selected Publications

 

Algorithm

Jia X and Williams RA (2001) A packing algorithm for particles of arbitrary shapes, Powder Technology, 120: 175-186

PDF (1.1MB)

Thermal

 Jia X, Gopinathan N and Williams RA (2002) Modeling complex packing structures and their thermal properties, Advanced Powder Technology, 13: 55-71.

PDF (0.7 MB)

Permeability

Selomulya C, Tran TM, Jia X, Williams RA (2006) An integrated methodology to evaluate permeability from measured microstructures, AIChE Journal, 52(10): 3394-3400.

PDF (0.4 MB)

Validation

Jia X, Gan M, Williams RA, Rhodes D (2007) Validation of a Digital Packing Algorithm in Predicting Powder Packing Densities, Powder Technology, 174:10-13.

PDF (0.4 MB)

Dissolution

Jia X and Williams RA (2006) From microstructures of tablets and granules to their dissolution behaviors. Dissolution Technologies, 13(2):11-19.

PDF (0.8 MB)

Packed columns

Caulkin R, Jia X, Fairweather M and Williams RA (2006) An Investigation of Catalyst Packed Columns Using DigiPac. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 30:1178-1188.

PDF (0.6 MB)

Segregation

Jia X, Caulkin R, Fairweather M, and Williams RA (2007) A Novel Approach To Predicting The Behaviour Of Arbitrary Particlulate Mixtures Under Vibration, 17th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE17, 27-30 May 2007, Bucharest, JW Marriott Conference Centre.

PDF (0.7 MB)

DEM

Xu C, Jia X, Williams RA, Stitt EH,, Nijemeisland M, El-Bachir S, Sederman AJ, Gladden LF (2006) Property predictions for packed columns using random and distinct element digital packing algorithms, The 5th World Congress on particle Technology, Florida, April 2006.

PDF (0.6 MB)

 

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