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Study of industrial titania synthesis using a hybrid particle-number and detailed particle model

Accepted version
Peer-reviewed

Type

Article

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Authors

Boje, A 
Sutcliffe, S 

Abstract

We apply a hybrid particle model to study synthesis of particulate titania under representative industrial conditions. The hybrid particle model employs a particle-number description for small particles, and resolves complicated particle morphology where required using a detailed particle model. This enables resolution of particle property distributions under fast process dynamics. Robustness is demonstrated in a network of reactors used to simulate the industrial process. The detailed particle model resolves properties of the particles that determine end product quality and post-processing efficiency, including primary particle size and degree of aggregate cohesion. Sensitivity of these properties to process design choices is quantified, showing that higher temperature injections produce more sintered particles; more frequent injections narrow the geometric standard deviation of primary particle diameter; and chlorine dilution reduces particle size and size variance. Structures of a typical industrial particle are compared visually with simulated particles, illustrating similar aggregate features with slightly larger primary particles.

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Keywords

Titanium dioxide, Detailed particle model, Particle-number model, High rate, Particle processes, Population balance

Journal Title

Chemical Engineering Science

Conference Name

Journal ISSN

0009-2509
1873-4405

Volume Title

219

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
National Research Foundation Singapore (via Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES)) (unknown)