Recomendaciones

Suggestions for extending the work presented in this thesis are:

1. Obtain experimental data for the inter-particle force for a static liquid bridge be- tween three particles and compare this to the predictions of the model in Chapter 3.

2. Obtain a parametric solution to the three particle model developed in Chapter 3.

3. Solve the Young-Laplace equation for the four and five particle cases using the method detailed in Chapter 3.

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4. Calculate the surface wetness W, as defined in Chapter 4 for the two and three particle arrangements and compare them with the predictions of the large agglom- erate model in Chapter 4. This will require the parameters sand δ to be defined in Chapters 2 and 3.

5. Extend the number of particles in the Chapter 4 agglomerate model (e.g. to 500 primary particles). This could be used to determine whether the curve fits presented fors= 0 are accurate.

6. Confirm the collision, drying and sticking models used in the population balance model experimentally as discussed in Chapter 5.

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