FLOC BREAKAGE ANALYSIS— A SIMULATION APPROACH

Abstract

The transient floe size distribution in a lean, batch two phase dispersed system has been analyzed through Monte Carlo simulation. Two algorithms, SIMA and SIMB, have been investigated. The simulation results reveal that SIMA is suitable for portraying the breakage event which produces mainly small daughter particles while SIMB is capable of predicting the breakage event that produces a heavy-tailed daughter particle size distribution. Algorithm SIMA results in a positive correlation between parent particle size and the number of daughter particles produced upon breakage. The daughter particle size distribution is found to depend upon the size of the parent floe.

KEYWORDS:

• Floe breakage
• Monte Carlo simulation