Sunday, January 23, 2000

17:00 - 18:30 Conference Registration

18:30 - 20:00 Welcoming Remarks and Dinner

20:00 - 21:00 Reception

Monday, January 24, 2000

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet

Session 1 - MODELING AND SIMULATION I
Chair: R.B. Diemer, DuPont, USA

08:30 - 09:00 Ka M. Ng
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Population Balance Equations in Process Synthesis and Simulation

09:00 - 09:30 J.A. Herbst and W.T. Pate
J.A. Herbst & Associates, LLC
Dynamic Flowsheet Simulation Using Population Balance Models

09:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break

10:00 - 10:30 Michael J. Hounslow
The University of Sheffield
An Interactive Population Balance Tool: DPB

10:30 - 11:00 Costas Kiparissides
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Application of Population Balance Modeling to Particulate
Polymerization Processes

11:00 - 11:30 Brian Scarlett
Particle Technology Group, Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology
A Multi-Dimensional Population Balance for Agglomeration With an Application

11:30 - 12:15 Discussion

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 17:45 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time

18:00 - 19:00 Dinner

Session 2 - APPLICATIONS IN MINERAL SYSTEMS
Chair: J.E. Sepulveda, GS Industries, CE

19:00 - 19:30 Adrian Hinde
Mintek
Some Challenges for The Population Balance Modeling of
Minerals Processing Systems

19:30 - 20:00 V.G. Papangelakis, D.H. Rubisov and D. Filippou¹
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto,
¹Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
McGill University
The Population Balance Model in Transient Particulate
Aqueous Processes

20:00 - 20:30 Robin P. Gardner
Nuclear and Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University
Simultaneous Estimation of RTD and Grinding Rate Parameters
With A Linear-Nonlinear Parameter Estimation Code

20:30 - 21:00 D.W. Fuerstenau and A. De
University of California
PBM for Batch Ball Milling of High-Pressure Roll-Milled Product

21:00 - 21:30 Discussion

21:30 - 22:30 Social Hour

Tuesday, January 25, 2000

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet

Session 3 - MODELING AND SIMULATION II
Chair: D. Ramkrishna, Purdue, USA

08:30 - 09:00 Themis Matsoukas
Penn State University
A New Monte Carlo Method for the Simulation of Particle Growth

09:00 - 09:30 T. Alan Hatton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monte Carlo Simulations of Self - Aggregating Systems and
Stochastic Dynamics Simulations of Micelle Dynamics

09:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break

10:00 - 10:30 Mike Hounslow
University of Sheffield
Tracer Population Balance Equations: Not Quite Two Dimensions, But Still Better Than One

10:30 - 11:00 Kal Sastry
University of California at Berkeley
Modeling and Simulation of Vibration Milling of Metal Powders

11:00 - 11:30 Konstantin Parchevsky
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Numerical Simulation of Polydesperse Suspension Sedimentation in the Presence of 2D Compressible Heat Driven Convection

11:30 - 12:15 Discussion

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch

13:30 - 16:30 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time

16:30 - 18:00 Discussion with Posters and Computers

18:00 - 19:00 Dinner

Session 4 - APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL
SYSTEMS
Chair: B. Scarlett, Delft University, NL

19:00 - 19:30 Martin A. Hjortsø
Louisiana State University
Deciphering The Mechanisms of Autonomous Microbial
Oscillations

19:30 - 20:00 A.S. Burbidge
School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Thermal and Shear Effects in The Development of Whey
Protein Size Distributions

20:00 - 20:30 Joel Ducoste
North Carolina State University
Modeling Flocculation in Water Treatment Processes: Impact of
Tank Size and Impeller Configuration

20:30 - 21:00 Catherine Biggs
Advanced Wastewater Management Centre, University of Queensland
Activated Sludge Flocculation: Modelling The Effect of Shear
Using Population Balances

21:00 - 21:30 Discussion

21:30 - 22:30 Social Hour

Wednesday, January 26, 2000

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet

Session 5 - MODEL SOLUTION METHODOLOGIES
Chair: T. Chapman, University of Wisconsin, USA

08:30 - 09:00 R. B. Diemer
DuPont Engineering Technology
Moment Methods for Simultaneous Coagulation and Breakage
Problems

09:00 - 09:30 Sohrab Rohani
University of Saskatchewan
Solution of The Population Balance Equation for Protein
Precipitation in A Tubular Precipitator in The Presence of Particle
Breakage and Aggregation

09:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break

10:00 - 10:30 Michael Frenklach
University of California at Berkeley
Method of Moments with Interpolative Closure

10:30 - 11:00 Sanjeev Kumar
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
On the Solution of Population Balance Equation by Discretization.
Singular Kernels

11:00 - 11:30 Mark Niemanis
Unilever Research, Colworth
An Adaptive Finite Element Method for Solving Population Balance Equations

11:30 - 12:15 Discussion

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch

13:30 - 16:30 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time

16:30 - 18:00 Discussion with Posters and Computers

18:00 - 19:00 Dinner

Session 6 - APPLICATIONS TO ADVANCED MATERIALS
Chair: K.S. Gandhi, Indian Institute of Science, India

19:00 - 19:30 A.V. McCormick
University of Minnesota
Analysis of Nucleation Transients in Colloid Synthesis Processes

19:30 - 20:00 Sotiris E. Pratsinis
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)
Aggregate Growth By Coagulation and Sintering

20:00 - 20:30 Toshikuni Yonemoto
Tohoku University
Population Balance Modeling of Continuous Synthesis Process of
Tio₂ Particles Using Slug Flow Tubular Reactor

20:30 - 21:00 Heike Mühlenweg
Degussa-Huels AG
Comparison of Three Particle Population Balance Models

21:00 - 21:30 Discussion

21:30 - 22:30 Social Hour

Thursday, January 27, 2000

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet

Session 7 - MODEL CALIBRATION/PARAMETER ESTIMATION
Chair: V. Papangelakis, University of Toronto

08:30 - 09:00 A.G. Jones
University College London
Analysis and Scale - Up of Precipitation Processes

09:00 - 09:30 L. Nielsen
University of Queensland
Extraction of Kinetic Parameters From Complex Population
Dynamics

09:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break

10:00 - 10:30 Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Purdue University
Solution of Inverse Problems in Population Balances

10:30 - 11:00 Dennis D. Eberl
U.S. Geological Survey
Determining Growth Mechanisms for Minerals From CSD Shape

11:00 - 11:30 Alan W. Mahoney
Purdue University
An Inverse Problem Strategy for Identification of Nucleation and Growth

11:30 - 12:00 Discussion

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch

Session 8 - APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL/PETROLEUM SYSTEMS
Chair: Ka M. Ng, University of Massachusetts, USA

13:30 - 14:00 Lian Xiang Liu
University of Queensland, Australia
Population Balance Modeling of Granulation with A New
Coalescence Kernel

14:00 - 14:30 Ben McCoy
University of California, Davis
Analytical Solutions for Population Balance Equations: Applications to Polymer Reactions and Fractionations

14:30 - 15:00 Aleksandar Mitrovic
University of Stuttgart
A Detailed Microscopic Population Balance Model for Application in
Crystallyzation Processes

15:00 - 15:30 Discussion

15:30 - 18:30 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time

19:00 - 21:30 Luau

Friday, January 28, 2000

07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast Buffet

08:30 - 10:00 Session 9 - RESEARCH NEEDS AND DIRECTIONS
Moderators: Kal Sastry, Mike Hounslow, John Herbst

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:15 Conference wrap-up and discussions

12:00 Lunch and Conference adjournment

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