Tailored agglomeration to increase separation efficiency (B04)

• Subject Area: Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering
• Term: from 2011 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 169148856

The project investigates the mechanisms of agglomeration and heterocoagulation of model inclusion particles in a water-based ambient temperature model. The focus is on the kinetics of continuous heterocoagulation and on the micro-processes during the contact between bubble and particle. Furthermore, for the first time flotation of inclusions is considered and quantified as a cleaning mechanism. The insight in the fundamental mechanical properties of the agglomerates will be generated with a molecular-dynamic multi-scale approach both in the model system and in the real system, allowing the validation of the results of the model system.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 920: Multifunctional Filters for Metal Melt Filtration - a Contribution to Zero Defect Materials
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Karl Gerald van den Boogaart, until 6/2019; Professor Dr.-Ing. Urs Peuker; Professor Dr. Stefan Sandfeld, since 7/2019