Final Report Summary - PROFORM (Transforming nanoparticles into sustainable consumer products through advanced product and process formulation)
The project achievements are listed below:
- establishment of standard methods and protocols for characterising nanoparticles and their interactions with fluids;
- a database containing relevant physical properties of nanoparticles, used within the consortium;
- experimental results concerning the effects of processing conditions on the incorporation and breakup of nanoparticle clusters in liquids;
- results concerning the combined effects of the chemical composition of suspensions and processing conditions;
- assessment of the comparative performance of a range of process equipment;
- numerical models describing the dispersion of nanoparticles in liquids;
- numerical models for rheological properties of nanoparticle suspensions;
- validated simulation tools for the breakup of nanoparticle clusters using process devices investigated throughout the project.