Resuspension mechanisms and the role of particle shape

BENITO, J. G.; VILLAGRÁN OLIVARES CAMILA; A. M. VIDALES; R.O. UÑAC

Gothenburg

Conferencia; EAC 2019, European Aerosol Conference; 2019

The study of the resuspension mechanisms (roll, slide and pull-of) for the re-entrainment to theatmosphere of particles deposited on surfaces is key to understand and control many problems inindustrial processes and environmental studies (Ibrahim, 2003). It becomes interesting to adapt thetheoretical models already developed for spherical particles deposited on smooth surfaces, to account for more reliable geometries, in agreement with experiments from different authors.The aim of this work is to study the different resuspension mechanisms through Monte Carlosimulations (MCS) as a function of the shape of the particles to be resuspended.