Technical Programme


TUESDAY, June 27, 2006
Tuesday 16:00-19:00
Registration
Tuesday 18:30-19:30
Welcome cocktail
   
Tuesday 19.45-21.30
Working Party Meeting (delegates only)
   
WEDNESDAY, June 28, 2006
Wednesday 8:30-09:15
Registration
Wednesday 9:15-09:40
Opening ceremony
   
Wednesday 9.40-10.40
Fundamentals of Single Phase Mixing
Chair: I. Fort
4
VORTEX TRACKING IN STIRRED PROCESSES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MIXING PRACTICE
Ducci A., Yianneskis M.
4
A FEED STRATEGY TO EXTEND THE OPERATING CONDITIONS OF A CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR
Aubin J., Kresta S., Xuereb C., Fletcher D.F.
   
10:40-11:10
Coffee Break
   
Wednesday 11.10-13.10
CFD in Mixing Processes
Chair: H.E.A. van den Akker, A. Rasmuson
4
LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF MIXING TIME IN A STIRRED TANK WITH DUAL RUSHTON TURBINES
Gao Z., Min J., Smith J., Thorpe R.
4
ASSESSING AERATED BIOREACTOR PERFORMANCE USING CFD
Schuetze J., Hengstler J.
4
MULTI-SCALE SIMULATIONS OF STIRRED LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS
Derksen J., van den Akker H.E.A.
4
CFD MODELLING OF LIQUID HOMOGENISATION IN STIRRED TANKS WITH ONE AND TWO IMPELLERS USING LARGE EDDY SIMULATION
Jahoda M., Mostek M., Kukuková A., Machon V.
   
13:10-14:30
Lunch
   
Wednesday 14.30-15.30
Mixing of Viscous and Non-Newtonian Liquids
Chair: Y. Hirata
4
CFD ANALYSIS OF CAVERNS AND PSEUDO-CAVERNS DEVELOPED DURING MIXING OF NON-NEWONIAN FLUIDS
Adams L., Barigou M.
4
MIXING OF HIGH VISCOSITY FLUIDS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL EXPLORATIONS OF COAXIAL MIXERS
Rudolph L., Schaefer M., Atiemo-Obeng V., Kraume M.
   
Wednesday 15.30-16.00
Poster Session A: introduction
16.00-17.00
Coffee break and Poster Session A
   
Wednesday 17.00-18.00
Static Mixers
Chair: E.B. Nauman
4
VALIDATION OF CFD SIMULATIONS WITH LIF DATA FOR THE SULZER MIXERS SMX AND SMR
Hirschberg S., Mathys P., Ruetti A.
4
USING SCREEN-TYPE STATIC MIXERS TO PROMOTE INTER-PHASE MASS TRANSFER IN LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS
Al Taweel A., Li C.
   
THURSDAY, June 29, 2006
Thursday 9.00-10.30
Applications of Mixing Technology
Chair: G. Özcan-Taskin
4
MIXING WITH INTERMITTENT JETS WITH APPLICATION IN HANDLING RADIOACTIVE WASTE SLUDGES
Meyer P., Etchells A.
4
TRANSIENT HYDRODYNAMICS OF A STIRRED TANK DURING STOPPING
Torre J.P., Fletcher D.F., Lasuye T., Xuereb C.
4
DESIGN OF CHEMICAL REACTORS FOR NANO-PARTICLE PRECIPITATION
Marchisio D., Rivautella L., Gavi E., Vanni M., Barresi A., Baldi G.
   
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
   
Thursday 11.00-13.00
Solid-Liquid and Three-Phase Systems
Chair: M. Kraume, R. Geisler
4
THE EFFECT OF BOTTOM ROUGHNESS ON THE SUSPENSION OF PARTICLES IN STIRRED VESSELS
Ghionzoli A., Bujalski W., Nienow A., Grenville R., Paglianti A.
4
DE-AGGLOMERATION OF PRE-WETTED NANO-PARTICLES USING MIXED FLOW AND HIGH SHEAR IMPELLERS
Xie L., Rielly C., Eagles W., Ozcan-Taskin G.
4
RHEOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN CONCENTRATED AGGREGATED SUSPENSIONS – APPLICATION OF POPULATION BALANCE MODELING
Baldyga J., Krasinski A., Orciuch W.
4
THE EFFECT OF SOLIDS ON THE DENSE PHASE GAS FRACTION AND GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER IN THE HETROGENEOUS REGIME IN A MECHANICALLY AGITATED VESSEL
Cooke M., Heggs P., Rodgers T.
   
13:00-14:15
Lunch
   
Thursday 14.15-15.15
Mixing and Micromixing in Reactors and Bioreactors
Chair: J. Baldyga
4
MIXING IN BIOREACTORS USING AGITATORS WITH A LARGE SWEPT VOLUME
Zhu H., Bujalski W., Hewitt C., Nienow A., Simmons M.
4
DETERMINATION OF THE SEGREGATION INDEX TO SENSE THE MIXING QUALITY OF SCALE-UP CONCEPTS FOR PILOT- AND PRODUCTION-SCALE MICROSTRUCTURED MIXERS
Hessel V., Baier T., Loewe H., Loeb P., Men Y., Werner B.
   
Thursday 15:15-15:45
Poster Session B: introduction
15:45-16:45
Coffee break and Poster Session B
   
Thursday 16:45-18:15
Measuring Techniques for Mixing
Chair: A.W. Nienow
4
CHARACTERIZATION OF MACRO-MIXING KINETICS USING ADVANCED IMAGE ANALYSIS
Cabaret F., Fradette L., Tanguy P.
4
USING ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY TO MEASURE FLOW VELOCITY IN PULP SUSPENSION MIXING
Ein-Mozaffari F., Buckingham D., Bennington C., Dumont G.
4
RECONSTRUCTION OF 3-D FLOW FIELD INSIDE MINIATURE STIRRED VESSELS USING A 2-D PIV TECHNIQUE
Chung K., Barigou M., Simmons M.
20:00-23:00
Conference Dinner
   
FRIDAY, June 30, 2006
Friday 9.00-10.00
New Mixing Technologies and non-Standard Devices
Chair: J.M. Smith
4
PERFORMANCE OF CHAOTIC MIXING CAUSED BY RECIPROCATING A DISK IN A CYLINDRICAL VESSEL
Hirata Y., Dote T., Yoshioka T., Komoda Y., Inoue Y.
4
MIXING, FLOW AND CHEMICAL REACTION OF PARTIALLY MISCIBLE COMPONENTS IN MICRO-SCALE CHANNELS
Nauman E.B., Nigam A.
   
Friday 10:00-10:30
Poster Session C: introduction
10:30-11:30
Coffee break and Poster Session C
   
Friday 11:30-13:00
Fundamental Aspects for the Development of Mixing Processes
Chair: M. Yianneskis
4
ULTRASOUND FOR DISPERSING NANOPARTICLES
Sauter C., Pohl M., Schuchmann H.
4
EXPERIMENTS AND CFD MODELLING OF TURBULENT MASS TRANSFER IN A MIXING CHANNEL
Hjertager Osenbroch L.K., Hjertager B.H., Solberg T.
4
NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE TURBULENT REACTING FLOW IN THE INJECTOR REGION OF AN LDPE TUBULAR REACTOR
van Vliet E., Derksen J., van den Akker H.E.A., Fox R.O.
   
13:00-14:15
Lunch
   
Friday 14:15-16:15
Liquid-Liquid Systems
Chair: S.M. Kresta, P. Ditl
4
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF DISPERSED PHASE VISCOSITY ON DROP COALESCENCE
Podgorska W.
4
MODELING THE MIXING AND DISSOLUTION KINETICS OF PARTIALLY MISCIBLE LIQUIDS
Ibemere S., Kresta S.
4
THE ROLE OF THE EMULMULSIFIERS AND MIXING ENERGY ON THE CHARACTER AND STABILITY OF COSMETIC EMULSIONS
Tal-Figiel B.
4
EMULSION SYSTEMS WITH TAILORED DROP SIZE AND MORPHOLOGY BY DISPERSIVE AND DISTRIBUTIVE MIXING WITH ROTATING MEMBRANES (ROME PROCESS)
Windhab E.J., Schadler V., Mueller-Fischer N.
16:15
Closing
   
 
List of Posters
   
POSTER session A
  Chair: C.D. Reilly, G. Baldi
4
A1) OPERABILITY LIMITS OF CONTINUOUS-FLOW STIRRED TANKS
Samaras K., Mavros P., Zamboulis D.
4
A2) PERIODIC LOW FREQUENCY INSTABILITIES AND FLOW STRUCTURES IN STIRRED TANKS
Kilander J., Svensson F., Rasmuson A.
4
A3) DYNAMICS OF FREE LIQUID SURFACE MOTIONS IN A STIRRED TANK
Hasal P., Jahoda M., Fort I.
4
A4) FLOW FIELD VARIATION BY MINOR MODIFICATIONS OF IMPELLER BLADES
Georgiev D., Vlaev S.
4
A5) AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION AND INTEGRAL SCALE IN THE TANK WITH SELF-ASPIRATING DISK IMPELLER
Stelmach J.
4
A6) NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LOW-REYNOLDS FLOW FIELDS IN UNBAFFLED STIRRED VESSELS
Gibbardo B., Micale G., Grisafi F., Brucato A., Ciofalo M.
4
A7) CFD SIMULATION OF GAS-LIQUID STIRRED VESSELS
Scargiali F., D'Orazio A., Grisafi F., Brucato A.
4
A8) EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SIZE OF ROTATING IMPELLER REGION IN CFD
Zadravec M., Basic S., Hribersek M.
4
A9) SHEAR ANALYSIS OF MIXING REACTORS – VERIFICATION OF THE CFD APPROACH
Vlaev S., Georgiev D., Nikov I., Elqotbi M.
4
A10) FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF IMPELLER-INDUCED FLOW IN AN UNBAFFLED VESSEL USING RANS MODELS
Hitomi D., Kato Y., Sugiyama H.
4
A11) CFD SIMULATION OF MULTIPHASE FLOW: CLOSURE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FLUID-FLUID SYSTEMS
Al Taweel A., Madhavan S., Podila K., Koksal M., Troshko A., Gupta Y.
4
A12) NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SOLID-LIQUID SUSPENSION IN NEWTONIAN AND POWER LAW LIQUIDS
Pianko-Oprych P., Adams L., Nienow A., Barigou M.
4
A13) DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PARTICLES AND TURBULENCE STRUCTURES IN A STIRRED TANK REACTOR
Sbrizzai F., Lavezzo V., Verzicco R., Campolo M., Soldati A.
4
A14) FORMULATION AND VALIDATION OF BIVARIATE POPULATION BALANCE MODELS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES
Marchisio D., Zucca A., Vanni M., Barresi A., Baldi G.
4
A15) MIXING IN CURVED TUBE OF CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION USING SCALAR TRANSPORT TECHNIQUE
Kumar V., Aggarwal M., Nigam K.
4
A16) DISTINCT ELEMENTS MODELING APPROACH TO MIXING OPERATIONS: MICRO AND MACROMIXING CALCULATION FOR GRANULAR SYSTEMS
Ligabue O., Marchiori A., Masi M.
4
A17) A REVIEW OF LINEAR ELECTRICAL TOMOGRAPHY PROBES FOR MONITORING THE BEHAVIOUR OF MULTIPHASE MIXING PROCESSES
Bolton G.
4
A18) ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT OF IMPELLER SPEED FOR OFF-BOTTOM SUSPENSION – EFFECT OF ELECTROLYTE PROPERTIES
Jirout T., Moravec J., Rieger F.
4
A19) RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION OF NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS IN STATIC MIXERS
Saravanan R., Tiwari K.
4
A20) HEAT TRANSFER TO NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS IN STATIC MIXERS
Saravanan R., Tiwari K.
4
A21) NUMERICAL MODELLING OF TURBULENT DROP BREAKAGE IN A KENICS STATIC MIXER AND COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Jaworski Z., Pianko-Oprych P., Marchisio D., Nienow A.
4
A22) EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A VELOCITY FIELD THROUGHOUT STATIC MIXER SMX
Hammoudi M., Si-Ahmed E.K., Legrand J., Salem A.
4
A23) ANALYSIS OF THE STAGGERED-BAFFLES STATIC MIXER
Al-Atabi M., Chin S.B., Luo X.Y., Beck S.B.M.
POSTER session B
  Chair: V. Machon, A. Paglianti
4
B1) AN LDA STUDY OF THE FLOW INSIDE CAVERNS CREATED BY A HYDROFOIL IMPELLER
Jaworski Z.
4
B2) NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF COAXIAL MIXERS FOR VISCOUS NEWTONIAN AND NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS
Farhat M., Rivera C., Fradette L., Heniche M., Tanguy P.
4
B3) PERFORMANCE OF A DUAL SHAFT MIXING SYSTEM IN VISCOUS NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS MIXING
Cabaret F., Rivera C., Fradette L., Heniche M., Tanguy P.
4
B4) A 3D/2D HYBRID MODEL FOR RIBBON IMPELLERS OPERATING IN LAMINAR MOTION
Kuncewicz C., Pietrzykowski M.
4
B5) STIRRING OF VISCOELASTIC FLUIDS: POWER AND CIRCULATION
Patterson G.K.
4
B6) 3-D IMAGING OF FLOW STRUCTURES IN STIRRED VESSELS
Ascanio G., Brito-Herrera J.M., Taboada B., Corkidi G., Ramos E.
4
B7) DISTRIBUTION OF MIXED SOLIDS IN AGITATED SUSPENSIONS
Montante G., Magelli F.
4
B8) PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION IN STIRRED TANKS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN DIFFERENT SCALES
Angst R., Kraume M.
4
B9) NEW REGIMES AND CORRELATIONS FOR JUST SUSPENDED SPEED
Uby L.
4
B10) OFF-BOTTOM SOLIDS SUSPENSION AND DRAWDOWN BY MEANS OF STANDARD AND DUAL AGITATORS WITH FLAT- AND HOLLOW-BLADE TURBINES
Broniarz-Press L., Borowski J., Okrajek K.
4
B11) EFFECT OF VESSEL BOTTOM SHAPE ON PARTICLE SUSPENSION WITH HIGH CONCENTRATED SUSPENSIONS
Moravec J., Jirout T., Rieger F.
4
B12) SOLID-LIQUID MIXING STUDIES WITH TRADITIONAL IMPELLER AND MAXBLEND IMPELLER
Yatomi R., Takenaka K., Morinaga S., Takahashi K., Tanguy P.
4
B13) POWER DRAW, SOLIDS SUSPENSION AND LIQUID MIXING WITH A RETREAT CURVE IMPELLER IN A CONICAL-BASED VESSEL
Habib M., Rielly C., Sherlock J.P.
4
B14) SUSPENSION OF NANOPARTICLE AGGLOMERATES IN A LIQUID
Ozcan-Taskin G., Eagles W., Clements P., Xie L., Rielly C.
4
B15) IMPACT OF IMPELLER POSITION ON THE COMPLETE DRAWDOWN OF FLOATING SOLIDS IN AGITATED VESSEL PROVIDED WITH MULTIPLE IMPELLERS
Kuzmanic N., Akrap M., Mitrovic Kessler E., Jakus V.
4
B16) SELECTIVITY DETERMINATION OF IODIDE–IODATE MICROMIXING REACTION SYSTEM BY EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
Dekajlo A., Jaworski Z., Hall A., Muller F.
4
B17) MODELING OF REACTIVE MICROMIXING OF LIQUIDS DIFFERING IN VISCOSITY IN LAMINAR FLOWS
Rozen A.
4
B18) EFFECT OF MIXING ON AGGREGATION OF NANOPARTICLE DISPERSIONS UNDER TURBULENT CONDITIONS
Soos M., Marchisio D., Sefcik J., Fox R.O., Morbidelli M.
4
B19) LARGE PADDLE IMPELLER FOR ENHANCING SURFACE AERATION: APPLICATION TO POLYMERIZATION REACTOR WITH LIQUID LEVEL CHANGE
Yatomi R., Takenaka K., Morinaga S., Takahashi K., Tanguy P.
4
B20) DOUBLE-FEED SEMIBATCH PRECIPITATION - EFFECTS OF MIXING
Baldyga J., Makowski L., Orciuch W.
4
B21) CFD SIMULATION OF GLUCONIC ACID PRODUCTION IN A STIRRED GAS-LIQUID FERMENTER
Elqotbi M., Montastruc L., Vlaev S., Nikov I.
4
B22) MODELLING OF MIXING EFFECTS ON THE COURSE OF SPRAY-FREEZING PROCESS
Henczka M., Baldyga J.
POSTER session C
  Chair: S.D.Vlaev, A. Brucato
4
C1) METHODS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARISON OF MIXING EFFICIENCY OF DIFFERENT CONFINED OPPOSING JETS MIXING DEVICES
Bertrand-Andrieu M., Plasari E., Baron P.
4
C2) APPLICATION OF ASYMMETRIC IMPELLERS TO MIXING AT UNSTEADY SPEED WITHIN A SINGLE REVOLUTION
Kato Y., Tada Y., Ban M., Nagatsu Y., Hiaraoka S., Yanagimoto K.
4
C3) THE BLENDING EFFICIENCY OF AN INTERMESHING HELICAL RIBBON AND SCREW IMPELLER COMBINATION
Koehler S., Brod H., Walzel P.
4
C4) MIXING CHARACTERISTICS IN A VESSEL AGITATED BY LARGE PADDLE IMPELLER MAXBLEND®
Takahashi K., Horiguchi H., Mishima M., Yatomi R.
4
C5) AIR ENTRAINMENT IN BAFFLED STIRRED TANKS
Bhattacharya S., Hebert D., Kresta S.
4
C6) EXPERIMENTS AND SIMULATIONS OF GAS-LIQUID STIRRED VESSELS
Montante G., Paglianti A., Magelli F.
4
C7) EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND A MECHANISTIC MODEL ON THE EFFECT OF VENTILATED CAVITIES IN GASSED STIRRED VESSELS
Paglianti A., Fujasova M., Montante G.
4
C8) POWER CONSUMPTION AND MIXING TIME IN STIRRING WITH MODIFIED IMPELLERS
Bombac A., Zun I.
4
C9) THE CHOICE OF PUMPING DIRECTION FOR GAS-LIQUID MIXING AND MASS TRANSFER IN A VESSEL MECHANICALLY AGITATED BY A RADIAL AGITATOR BELOW A PITCHED BLADE TURBINE
Cooke M., Heggs P., Perdriau A.
4
C10) GAS DISPERSION CAPABILITIES OF THE CD-6 IMPELLER
Myers K.J., Janz E.E., Fasano J.B.
4
C11) GAS MALDISTRIBUTION IN A FERMENTER STIRRED WITH MULTIPLE TURBINES
Montastruc L., Brienne J.P., Martinov M., Nikov I.
4
C12) GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER IN STIRRED VESSELS: ROLE OF SMALL BUBBLES AND ASSESSMENT OF A TWO-FRACTION MODEL FOR NON COALESCENT OR MODERATELY VISCOUS LIQUIDS
Pinelli D.
4
C13) MODELLING LOCAL GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER IN AGITATED VESSELS
Laakkonen M., Moilanen P., Alopaeus V., Aittamaa J.
4
C14) DROP BREAKAGE AND DAUGHTER DROP DISTRIBUTIONS IN STIRRED LIQUID/LIQUID SYSTEMS AND THEIR MODELLING WIHTIN THE POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION
Maass S., Gaebler A., Wegener M., Zaccone A., Paschedag A.R., Kraume M.
4
C15) PRODUCTION OF FINE DROPLET EMULSIONS IN THE AGITATED DRAFT-TUBE COLUMN REACTOR
Kawalec-Pietrenko B., Gryszko J.
4
C16) AN EFFECT OF THE TYPE OF AN ECCENTRICALLY LOCATED IMPELLER ON THE EFFICIENCY OF HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS
Karcz J., Cudak M.
4
C17) LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE LIQUID-PHASE MOTION OF THE FULLY DEVELOPED TURBULENT BUBBLY FLOWS IN A LARGE-DIAMETER PIPE
Urano S., Ochiai Y., Ishitobi M., Saito T.
4
C18) FOUNDATIONS OF MIXING THEORY FOR MICROFLOW DEVICES
Giona M., Garofalo F., Cerbelli S., Adrover A., Creta F.
4
C19) MIXING BEHAVIOR AND LOCAL MIXING TIMES IN TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW
Racina A., Kind M.
4
C20) EFFECT OF SURFACTANT ON THE MOTION OF A SINGLE RISING BUBBLE
Sakakibara K., Miyamoto Y., Saito T.
4
C21) MODELLING THE DOSE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION IN A HELICAL FLOW PHOTOLYTIC REACTOR FOR VIRUS INACTIVATION BY UV-C IRRADIATION
Brod H.