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Papermaking fibre-suspension flow simulations at multiple scales

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Papermaking flows are extremely challenging for modelling and simulation, if one accepts their full complexity. A wide range of particles, including fibres, fibre fragments (fines) and fillers (non-organic particles), flow and interact with each other in a non-dilute suspension, a complex geometry and at a high flow rate. Different simulation approaches are reviewed from particle-level simulations, through meso-scale simulations to the full flow geometry of the papermaking line. Their application to papermaking and potential to provide fundamental understanding as well as direct process-optimization support are discussed.

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  1. Centre of Computational Engineering and Integrated Design (CEID), Department of Mathematics and Physics, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, 53851, Lappeenranta, Finland

    J. Hämäläinen

  2. Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 58, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden

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  3. Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland

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Hämäläinen, J., Lindström, S.B., Hämäläinen, T. et al. Papermaking fibre-suspension flow simulations at multiple scales. J Eng Math 71, 55–79 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-010-9433-5

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