简介：Depositionofamorphousparticles,asaprevalentproblemparticularlyinthespraydryingoffruitandvegetablejuices,isduetolow-molecular-weightsugarsandisstronglydependentontheconditionoftheparticlesuponcollisionwiththedryerwall.Thispaperinvestigatestheconditionoftheamorphousparticlesimpactingthewallatdifferentdryingconditionswiththeaimofelucidatingthedepositionmechanismandphysicalphenomenainthedryingchamber.Amodelsucrose-maltodextrinsolutionwasusedtorepresentthelow-molecular-weightsugar.Particledepositswerecollectedonsamplingplatesplacedinsidethedryerforanalysesofmoisturecontent,particlerigidity(usingSEM)andsizedistribution.Moisturecontentwasadoptedasageneralindicatorofstickiness.Productparticlescollectedatthebottomoftheexperimentaldryerwerefoundtohavehighermoisturethanparticledepositsonsamplersinsidethedryer.Moisturecontentprofileinthedryershowsthatapartfromtheatomizerregion,whereparticlesarerelativelywet,particledepositsatotherregionsexhibitsimilarlowermoisturecontent.Atthehighesttemperatureadoptedintheexperiments,particlesbecamerubberysuggestingliquid-bridgeformationasthedominantdepositionmechanism.Furtheranalysisonparticlessizedistributionrevealsaparticlesegregationmechanismwherebysmallerparticlesfollowpreferentiallytothecentralairstreamwhilelargerparticlestendtore-circulateinthechamber,aspredictedinpastCFDsimulation.ThefindingsfromthisworkwillformthebasisandprovidevalidatingdataforfurthermodelingofwalldepositionofamorphousparticlesinspraydryingusingCFD.

简介：Inthispaper,anewmethodoftopologicalcleanupforquadrilateralmeshispresented.Themethodfirstselectsapatchofmesharoundanirregularnode.Itthenseeksthebestconnectionoftheselectedpatchaccordingtoitsirregularvalenceusinganewtopologicaloperation:smallpolygonreconnection(SPR).Byreplacingtheoriginalpatchwithanoptimalonethathaslessirregularvalence,meshqualitycanbeimproved.Threeapplicationsbasedontheproposedapproachareenumerated:(1)improvingthequalityofaquadrilateralmesh,(2)convertingatriangularmeshtoaquadrilateralone,and(3)adaptingatrianglegeneratortoaquadrilateralone.Thepresentedmethodishighlyeffectiveinallthreeapplications.