2134/25814
Nina Kovalchuk
Nina
Kovalchuk
Victor Starov
Victor
Starov
Aggregation in colloidal suspensions: Effect of colloidal forces and hydrodynamic interactions
Loughborough University
2017
Colloidal suspensions
Colloidal forces
Hydrodynamic interactions
Aggregation
Langevin equations
Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
2017-07-18 08:50:24
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Aggregation_in_colloidal_suspensions_Effect_of_colloidal_forces_and_hydrodynamic_interactions/9242126
The forces acting in colloidal suspensions and affecting their stability and aggregation kinetics are considered. The approximations used for these forces in numerical simulations and the importance of the balanced account for both colloidal forces and hydrodynamic interactions are discussed. As an example the results of
direct numerical simulations of kinetics of aggregation either with account for hydrodynamic interaction between particles or without it are compared by varying the parameters of the interaction potential between
particles and fraction of solid. Simulations are based on the Langevin equations with pairwise interaction between particles and take into account Brownian, hydrodynamic and colloidal forces. It is confirmed that the neglecting of hydrodynamic interaction results in an accelerated growth of aggregates. The results of numerical simulations of aggregation kinetics are compared with well known analytical solutions.