MONDAY, JUNE 27
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Novel techniques and mixers |
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Chair |
Arun Ramachandran |
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Co-chair |
Clara Gomez |
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08:25 - 08:50 |
Adel Al Taweel, Professor, Dalhousie University Fouad Azizi, Assoc. Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, American University of Beirut Susheel Arora, Manager of Operations, Halifax Regional Water Comission Alex Speers, Professor, Dept. Process Engineering and Applied Sciences Tadek Dabros, Senior Scientist, CanmetENERGY Devon AB |
Using inline coagulation/flocculation to intensify multiphase separation operations |
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08:50 - 09:15 |
Ruozhou Hou, Experimental Officer, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester Adam Kowalski, Professor, Unilever R&D, Port Sunlight LaboratoryPeter Martin, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science (SCEAS), University of Manchester |
An application of electrical resistance tomography to evaluate the Kenics static mixer performance |
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09:15 - 09:40 |
Kishore Kar, Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company Suraj Deshpande, The Dow Chemical Company Richard Cope, Eli Lilly and Company Madan Somasi, DowAgroSciences LLC Quan Yuan, UOP Honeywell Company |
KHX: mechanically agitated anti-fouling shell-and-tube heat exchanger |
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09:40 - 10:05 |
Mark Leclair, CEO, NanoSpire, Inc. |
A revolution in high shear mixing: harnessing directed cavitation reentrant jets |
Multiphase mixing |
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Chair |
Arthur Etchells |
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Co-chair |
Ulrich Krüne |
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10:20 - 10:45 |
Frederic Augier, Research Engineer, IFP Energies nouvelles Cecile Plais, Research Engineer, IFP Energies nouvelles Ann Cloupet, Research Engineer, IFP Energies nouvelles |
Contribution of bubbles wakes to mixing in stirred and unstirred bubble columns |
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10:45 - 11:10 |
Inci Ayranci, Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical University Louis Fradette, Associate Professor, Polytechnique Montreal |
An unstability in the formation of Pickering emulsions |
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11:10 - 11:35 |
David Brown, Technical Director, BHR Group |
The effect of physical properties and clearance on the suspension of solids with axial and mixed flow impellers |
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11:35 - 12:00 |
Richard Calabrese, Professor, University of Maryland Derrick I. Ko, PhD Student, University of Maryland |
Breakage of Single Droplets in 2-D Inertial Flows |
Multiphase mixing |
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Chair |
Suzanne Kresta |
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Co-chair |
Frans Visscher |
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18:45 - 19:20 |
William H. Hartt, Engineer, The Procter & Gamble Co |
Processing challenges with rapidly evolving rheology multiphase systems (KEYNOTE) |
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19:20 - 19:45 |
Ricardo J. Santos, Research Assistant, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia Margarida A. Brito, M.Sc student, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia Nelson D. Gonçalves, Pos-Doc, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia Madalena M. Dias, Professor, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia José Carlos B. Lopes, Professor, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia |
Topology of mixing for dissimilar fluids in mesomixers |
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19:45 - 20:10 |
Argang Kazemzadeh, PhD Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University Farhad Ein-Mozaffari, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University Ali Lohi, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University Leila Pakzad, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead University |
A New Perspective in the Evaluation of the Mixing of Biopolymer Solutions with Different Coaxial Mixers Comprising of Two Dispersing Impellers and a Wall Scraping Anchor |
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20:10 - 20:35 |
Alexandre Al-Haiek, PhD Student, Montreal Polytechnique Louis Fradette, Associate professor, Montreal Polytechnique |
Applicability of conventional scale-up rules to solid-satabilized emulsions (PHD STUDENT) |
Simulations and mixing |
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Chair |
Minye Liu |
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Co-chair |
Kishore Kar |
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20:50 - 21:15 |
Jakub Bujalski, Principal Engineer, Process R&D and Manufacturing Support CCC, Innovation and R&D, Yara International ASA |
CFD simulation and comparison with experimental data of erosion in a three phase stirred tank reactor |
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21:15 - 21:40 |
David Dickey, Consultant, MixTech Inc Ravindra Aglave, Director, Chemical Process, CD-adaptco Ashkan Davlanlou, Application Engineer, DC-adaptco |
Using CFD to predict the mixing intensity necessary for process results |
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21:40 - 22:05 |
Thomas Eppinger, Dipl.-Ing., CD-adapco Ravindra Aglave, CD-adapco Simon Lo, CD-adapco |
Investigating bubble size distribution in fermentation reactors with CFD |
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22:05 - 22:30 |
Jason Giacomelli, Research ENgineer, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions LTD John Thomas, CEO, M-Star Simulations LLC Harry Van Den Akker, Professor of Fluid Mechanics, University of Limerick |
On the analysis of turbulence with large eddy simulations |
Poster presentations
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Christine Beaulieu PhD Candidate, Polytechnique Montreal, Montréal, Quebec, PhD Candidate, Polytechnique Montreal |
Influence of Granular Segregation on Heat Transfer in a Rotary Kiln |
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Moshe Bentolila, Application Manager , VisiMix Ltd., Israel. And The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Scale Up Methodology for the Fine Chemical Industry - The Influence of the Mixing in the Process |
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Jason N. Goldberg, P. Eng., North America Technical Sales Manager - Mixers, Xylem Inc. |
Energy-saving mixer pays big dividends |
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Jorge Ramírez Cruz, PhD student , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Martín Salinas Vázquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ingeniería Gabriel Ascanio Gasca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico. |
Mixing Hydrodynamics in an Unbaffled Stirred Tank Using GPU-Based Large-Eddy Simulations. |
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Konstantinos Stamatopoulos, PhD student , University of Birmingham Hannah K. Batchelor, Senior Lecturer?Dr., University of Birmingham Prof. Mark J. H. Simmons, Head of School of Chemical Engineering/ Prof., |
Analysis of human colon fluid dynamics by Positron Emission Particle Tracking System (PEPT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) using an in vitro Dynamic Colon Model (DCM) |
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Marcela Věříšová, Ph.D. student, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Process Engineering Martin Dostál, Dr., Czech Technical University in Prague Tomáš Jirout, Prof., Czech Technical University in Prague |
imilarities between impinging jets and flow in agitated batch induced by axial-flow impellers with draft tube |
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Petr Vlček, Ing., Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Tomáš Jirout, prof., Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
CFD simulation of flow in a mixing device with a draught tube |
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Bing Wan, Student, Polytechnique Montreal |
Phase Inversion of Solid-Stabilized Emulsions |
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Madhu V. Majji, Ph.D Student, Levich Institute, City College of New York |
Flow Transition and Tracer Mixing in Taylor-Coutte Flow of Neutrally Buoyant Fluid-Particle Suspension |