United Engineering FoundationChemical Reaction Engineering VIII
Chemical Reactor Engineering 2000: Novel Reactor Engineering for the new millenniumJune 24-29, 2001 The "Il Ciocco" Hotel and Conference Center, Barga, Italy |
FINAL PROGRAM
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The Organizing Committee would like to acknowledge the following Sponsors: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Chemical Reactor Engineering Centre Dow Chemical Company Institut Français du Pétrole The University of Western Ontario United Engineering Foundation
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Sunday June 24, 2001
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17:00 - 19:00 |
Registration |
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19:00 - 20:30 |
Dinner |
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20:30 - 20:45 |
Opening remarks Franco Berruti, Conference Co-Chair Herman Bieber, United Engineering Foundation Liaison |
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20:45 - 22:00 |
Opening reception |
Monday June 25, 2001
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07:30 - 08:15 |
Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room) | |
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THEME I Reactor Engineering for Environmentally Clean Processes
Session Chairs: F. Berruti and R. Fox | |
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08:30 - 09:15
"THEME I"
09:15 - 09:30 |
"KINETIC MODELING OF THERMAL DEGRADATION OF POLYOLEFINS AND POLYSTYRENE MIXTURES" (26)
Author: T. Faravelli; G. Bozzano; E. Ranzi and M. Dente
Affiliation: CIIC Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e Ingegneria Chimica. Politecnico di Milano piazza L. da Vinci, 32, Milano, 20133, Italy; T: +39 02 23993282, F: +39 02 70638173, tiziano.faravelli@polimi.it
Discussion Period – Questions and Answers | |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
Coffee Break | |
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10:00 - 10:45
"THEME I"
10:45 - 11:00 |
"THE USE OF FUSED CHEMICAL REACTIONS WITH ENCAPSULATION TO REMEDIATE PARAFFIN PLUGGING IN PIPELINES" (39)
Author: Duc A. Nguyen, H. Scott Fogler and Sumaeth Chavadej1
Affiliation: University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Str, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, 48109-2136, US; T: 1-734-936-0116, F: 1-734-763-0459,
sfogler@engin.umich.edu
Discussion Period – Questions and Answers | |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break | |
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THEME I Reactor Engineering for Environmentally Clean Processes | |
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Session Chairs: F. Larachi and M. Dente |
Session Chairs: D. Karamanev and G. Dogu | |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
"CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR PHOTODEGRADATION OF INDUSTRIAL BAYER LIQUOR" (63)
Author: V. K. Pareek, M. P. Brungs and A. A. Adesina
Affiliation: The University of New South Wales, Reactor Engineering and Technology Group School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia; T: +61-2-93855268, F: +61-2-93855966, a.adesina@unsw.edu.au |
"NEUTRALIZATION OF TOXIC COMPONENTS IN ASHES AND SLAGS PRODUCED FROM WASTE INCINERATION" (43)
Author: Julian Prölß and M. Modigell
Affiliation:
Institute of Chemical Engineering, Aachen University of Technology;
Turmstr. 46, Aachen, D-52056, Germany; T: 0049-241-805484, F:
0049-241-8888252, proelss@ivt.rwth-aachen.de |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
"PHOTON ABSORPTION IN AN AQUEOUS TIO2 SLURRY REACTOR" (93)
Author: Hugo de Lasa; Miguel Salaices and Benito Serrano
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering, London, Ontario,
N6A 5B9, Canada |
"NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF CYCLIC COMBUSTION PROCESSES" (107)
Author: Jorge E. Gatica; Shalako Mangle; Eduardo López1, Noemí S. Schbib1, Daniel O. Borio1 and Joaquín A Orejas2
Affiliation: Chemical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 1960 East 24th Street, SH 455, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115-2425, USA, T: (216) 523-7274, F: (216) 687-9220, j.gatica@csuohio.edu; 1Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química, UNS, Argentina 2Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Argentina |
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11:45 - 12:00 |
"TAYLOR VORTEX REACTOR FOR WATER PURIFICATION USING SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYSIS" (4)
Author: Ajay K Ray; Kabir Mohammed Fazlul and Tappan K. Sengupta
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental
Engineering, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260, Singapore |
"OPTIMAL HEAT-FLUX PROFILES IN SIDE-FIRED PRIMARY STEAM REFORMERS" (87)
Author: Juliana Piña; Noemí S. Schbib; Verónica Bucalá and Daniel O. Borio
Affiliation:
PLAPIQUI, Camino La Carrindanga, km 7, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, 8000,
Argentina |
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12:00 - 12:15 |
"A NOVEL FOUNTAIN PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR FOR WATER TREATMENT AND PURIFICATION" (109)
Author: Gianluca Li Puma and Po Lock Yue1
Affiliation: School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom; T: +44 (0) 115 9514170, F: +44 (0) 115 9514115, gianluca.li.puma@nottingham.ac.uk 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology |
"GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW IN CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED" (51)
Author: Liu Bo and Zhang Xuyi,
Affiliation:
Tsinghua University, Thermal Engineering Department, Tsinghua University,
Builting 29, Room 117, Beijing, 100084, China P. R., T: 86-10-62781559, F:
86-10-62782087, liub@mail.cic.tsinghua.edu.cn |
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12:15 - 12:30 |
"RATE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE ADSORPTION BY MOLECULAR SIEVE 3A ZEOLITE" (96)
Author: Türkan Kopaç and Sefa Kocabas
Affiliation: Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Department of Chemistry, Zonguldak, 67100, Turkey; T: 903722572070, F: 903722574181, kopact@karaelmas.edu.tr | |
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12:30 - 12:45 |
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12:45 - 13:00 |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Buffet | |
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14:00 - 18:00 |
Ad hoc Session and/or Free Time | |
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THEME I Reactor Engineering for Environmentally Clean Processes | |
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Session Chairs: G.Li Puma and W. C. McCaffrey |
Session Chairs: B. McCoy and R. Ocone | |
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18:00 - 18:15 |
"MODELING OF CATION EXCHANGE EQUILIBRIA ON ZEOLITES" (115)
Author: Domenico Caputo1 and Francesco Pepe2
Affiliation: 1Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e della Produzione, Università Federico II di Napoli; P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy, caputo@unina.it; 2DICMA (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Mineraria e delle Tecnologie Ambientali), Università di Bologna; V.le Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy, francesco.pepe@mail.ing.unibo.it |
"NOVEL DESIGNS FOR CATALYTIC MONOLITH REACTORS" (103)
Author: Johannes G. Khinast; Anthony Panarello and David Bolz
Affiliation: Rutgers University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 98 Brett Rd., Piscataway, NJ, 08854, U.S.A; T: (732) 445-2970, F: (732) 445-2481, khinast@sol.rutgers.edu |
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18:15 - 18:30 |
"RECYCLING OF POLYETHYLENE IN FCC FEEDSTOCKS" (88)
Author: Ulises Sedran,; Carolina Klocker and Gabriela de la Puente
Affiliation: INCAPE (FIQ, UNL – CONICET), Santiago del Estero 2654, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, 3000, Argentina; T: +54-342-452-8062, F: +54-342-453-1068, usedran@fiqus.unl.edu.ar |
"TESTING OF METHANOL STEAM REFORMER FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS" (45)
Author: Stefano Galli; Egidio Bernini and Anna Ferrantini
Affiliation: ENEA, 301 Via Anguillarese, Rome, 00060, Italy; T: +39-06-3048-3383, F: +39-06-30 48-3190, galli_s@casaccia.enea.it |
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18:30 - 18:45 |
"TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED SOILS IN A NOVEL BATCH THERMAL REACTOR" (25)
Author: Marline T. Smith; F. Berruti1 and Anil K. Mehrotra
Affiliation: Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 Canada 1Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B9,T: (519) 661-2128, F: (519) 850-2399, berruti@eng.uwo.ca |
"LIQUID VAPORIZATION IN A FLUIDIZED BED" (33)
Author: Karine Leclere; Cedric Briens; Thierry Gauthier1; Jerome Bayle1; M.A. Bergougnou and Pierre Guigon2
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering Science, Department
of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9,
Canada; T: 519-679-2111 (ext. 88341), F: 519-661-3498,
kleclere@julian.uwo.ca |
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18:45 - 19:00 |
"RECYCLING HYDROCARBON CUTS INTO FCC UNITS" (94)
Author: J.M Arandes; M.L Fernández, ; G de la Puente1; A. Lacalle and U. Sedran1
Affiliation:
Dpto. Ingenieria Quimica, Universidad Del Pais Vasco, APDO. 644, Bilbao
48080, Spain |
"INFLUENCE OF THE METHANE COMBUSTION KINETIC MODEL ON THE OPERATING CONDITIONS OF AN AUTOTHERMAL CATALYTIC REACTOR" (89)
Author: Eduardo Lopez; Noemi Susana Schbib; Carlos Gigola and Veronica Bucala
Affiliation: Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica, Camino La Carrindanga, Km 7, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, 8000, Argentina; T: 54-291-4861700, F: 54 -291 4861600, elopez@plapiqui.edu.ar |
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19:00 - 19:15 |
"NYLON RECYCLE REACTOR, THROUGH AMMONOLYSIS REACTION" (10)
Author: Miguel Larocca
Affiliation:
DuPont Canada Research Centre, 461 Front Road, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5A5,
Canada |
"INVESTIGATION OF REACTORS FOR HYDROGENATION PROCESSES OF DIENE-BASED POLYMERS---INTENSIFICATION OF GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER AND MIXING BEHAVIOURS" (27)
Author: Qinmin Pan; Garry L. Rempel and Flora T. T. Ng
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, 200, University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L
3G1, Canada |
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19:15 - 19:30 |
"SELF-PROPAGATING REACTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: REACTOR ENGINEERING ASPECTS" (104)
Author: Alberto Cincotti1, Roberto Orru1, Massimo Pisu2 and Giacomo Cao1,2
Affiliation: 1Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimicae Materiali, Centro Studi sulle Reazioni Autopropaganti (CESRA), Centro Interdipartimentale di Ingegneria e Scienze Ambientali (CINSA) and Unita di Ricerca del Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale “La Chimica per l’Ambiente”, Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, Piazza d'Armi, Cagliari, 09123, Cagliari; T: +39 07 06 755058, F: +39 07 06 755057, cao@visnu.dicm.unica.it 2CRS4, Centro di Ricerca, Sviluppo e Studi Superiori in Sardegna, VI Strada OVEST Z.I. Macchiareddu, C.P. 94, 09010 UTA (Cagliari – Italy) |
"GAS HOLD-UP AND LIQUID VELOCITY IN THE AIRLIFT REACTORS" (56)
Author: I.E.Maleev; M.I.Gavrilenko and V.I. Nikitin
Affiliation:
Odessa State Univercity, Department of Chemistry, Dvoraynskaya 2, St.,
Odessa,65001, Ukraine, T: 261354, F: 261354,
maleev@aport.ru |
| 19:30 - 21:00 | Dinner | |
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21:00 - 23:00 |
Poster Session / Social time
Session reserved for posters relative to Monday's oral presentations as well as the following Submissions
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"DECONTAMINATION AND ENERGY UTILIZATION OF GAS EXHAUSTS WITH COMBUSTIBLE IMPURITY LOW CONCENTRATION" (57)
Author: V.V Kolesnyk and V.M Orlyk
Affiliation: The Gas Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; 39 Degtjarivska St., Kyiv, 03113, Ukraine, T: (380 44) 456 03 24, 456 88 30, kolesnyk@kafedra.naverex.kiev.ua | |
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"KINETICS OF METHYLENE BLUE ADSORPTION FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY VARIOUS ADSORBENTS" (95)
Author: Türkan Kopaç; Jülide Yener; Gülsen Dogu1 and Timur Dogu2
Affiliation:
Zonguldak Karaelmas University; Department of Chemistry, Zonguldak, 67100,
Turkey; T: 90 37 22 572070, F: 90 37 22574181,
kopact@karaelmas.edu.tr | |
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"ETHERIFICATION RATES OF 2-METHYL-2-BUTENE AND 2-METHYL-BUTENE WITH METHANOL" (111)
Author: Nuray Oktar, Kirali Murtezaoglu and Gulsen Dogu
Affiliation: Gazi University, Chemical Engineering Department, 06570 Maltepe, Ankara Turkey, gdogu@mmf.gazi.edu.tr | ||
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"HYDROGEN PRODUCTION VIA METHANE STEAM REFORMING. PLASMA REACTORS VS CHEMICAL REACTORS" (117) Author: Iulian Rusu
Affiliation: TU Iasi, Faculty of industrial chemistry, irusu@ch.tuiasi.ro | ||
Tuesday June 26, 2001
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07:30 - 08:15 |
Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room) | |
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Theme II MULTIFUNCTIONAL REACTORS: HORIZONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Session Chairs: T. Gauthier and A. Dixon | |
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08:30 - 09:15
"THEME II"
09:15 - 09:30 |
"REACTIVE MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS FOR POWER GENERATION APPLICATIONS. POLLUTANT EMISSION ASPECTS" (21)
Author: J-Y Ren1, F. N. Egolfopoulos1 and Theodore T. Tsotsis
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, 90089-1211, USA; T: (213) 740-2069, F: (213) 740-8053, tsotsis@rcf.usc.edu 1Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Discussion Period – Questions and Answers | |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
Coffee Break | |
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10:00 - 10:45
"THEME II"
10:45 - 11:00 |
" Exploiting Supercritical Fluids in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Reactions" (9)
Author: Bala Subramaniam
Affiliation: University of Kansas, 4006 Learned Hall, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA, T: 785-864-2903, F: 785 864-4967, bsubramaniam@ukans.edu
Discussion Period – Questions and Answers | |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break | |
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Theme II MULTIFUNCTIONAL REACTORS: HORIZONS AND OPPORTUNITIES | |
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Session Chairs: F. Pepe and A. A. Adesina |
Session Chairs: A. Akgerman and C.L. Briens | |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
"DEVELOPING A HETEROGENEOUS HYDROFORMYLATION CATALYST FOR USE WITH SUPERCRITICAL CO2" (7)
Author: Martin A. Abraham; Andrew R. Tadd and Mark R. Mason
Affiliation: University of Toledo, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA; T: (419) 530-8092, F: (419) 530-8086, martin.abraham@utoledo.edu |
"MAXIMIZING PROTEIN PRODUCTION IN HIGH CELL DENSITY MAMMALIAN BIOREACTORS" (75)
Author: Dhinakar S. Kompala
Affiliation: University of Colorado, Chemical Engineering Department, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0424, USA; T: 303-492-6350, F: 303-492-4341, kompala@colorado.edu |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
"HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS IN SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE WITH FLUOROACRYLATE COPOLYMER SUPPORTED CATALYSTS" (44)
Author: Aydin Akgerman; John P. Fackler, Jr.1, Zulema Lopez-Castillo and Mohammad A. Omary1
Affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, Texas, 77843-3122, USA; T: 979-845-3375, F: 979-845-6446, a-akgerman@tamu.edu 1 Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University |
"PERMEABILITY, SELECTIVITY AND TESTING OF HYDROGEN DIFFUSION MEMBRANES SUITABLE FOR USE IN STEAM REFORMING" (97)
Author: Kai Jarosch and Hugo de Lasa
Affiliation: Chemical Reactor Engineering Centre (CREC), The University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering Science, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada; T: (519) 661-2144, F: (519) 661-3498, hdelasa@eng.uwo.ca |
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11:45 - 12:00 |
"FIXED-BED HYDROGENATION UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS TO FORM FATTY ALCOHOLS: THE DRAMATIC EFFECTS CAUSED BY CHANGING THE NUMBER OF PHASES IN THE REACTOR" (61)
Author: Sander van den Hark and Magnus Härröd
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Food Science, c/o SIK, PO
Box 5401, Göteborg, SE-402 29, Sweden; T: +46 -31- 335 13 48, F: +46 -31-
833782, svh@fsc.chalmers.se |
"HYDROGEN PRODUCTION USING SORPTION ENHANCED REACTION" (71)
Author: Alejandro Lopez Ortiz and Douglas P. Harrison
Affiliation: Louisiana State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70810, USA; T: (225) 388-3066, F: (225) 388-1476, harrison@che.lsu.edu |
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12:00 - 12:15 |
"PROCESS INTENSIFICATION USING
OSCILLATORY FLOW REACTORS" (118)
Author: Adam Harvey Affiliation: University of Cambridge, aph15@cam.ac.uk
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"CATALYTIC DISTILLATION" (17)
Author: Flora T.T. Ng; Chuncheng Huang and Garry Rempel
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada; T: (519) 888-7589 ext 3979, F: (519) 746-4979, fttng@cape.uwaterloo.ca |
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12:15 - 12:30 |
"Injection of Liquids in Fluidized Beds:
Fundamentals of Particles Agglomeration" (114)
Author: Vittorio Felli, Siva Ariyapadi, Mohammad Saberian, Franco Berruti, and Cedric Briens Affiliation: Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science University of Western London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9
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"A DYNAMIC MODEL FOR AN EXTRACTIVE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR FOR VOC REMOVAL" (92)
Author: Hugo Velasco-Bedrán; Tristan Esparza-Isunza1; Uriel Aréchiga-Viramontes1 and Felipe López-Isunza1
Affiliation: Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Prol. de
Carpio, esq. Plan de Ayala, Casco de Snto. Tomás, Distrito Federal, C.P.
13720, México; T: 52-5-729-6300 ext. 62351, F: 52-5-729-6300 ext. 62359,
hvelasco@bios.encb.ipn.mx |
| 12:30 - 12:45 |
"METHANE REFORMING IN A NOVEL RISER SIMULATOR (119)"
Author: Tarek el Solh and H.I de Lasa
Affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering Science, London, Ontario N6A5B9, tarekelsolh@hotmail.com |
"SELECTIVE OXIDATION IN FLUID BED MEMBRANE REACTORS" (86)
Author: M. Alonso, G.S. Patience1; M.P. Pina; A. Vega; F.V. Diez and J.R. Alvarez
Affiliation: Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica, Universsidad de Oviedo; C/Julian Claveria S/N 33071 Oviedo Espana; T: 34 98 510 3440; F: 34 98 510 3434; Grerory.Patience@che.dupont.com 1DuPont Iberica, S.A., Tamon, (Aviles) Spain 33469 |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | ||
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch | |
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14:00 - 18:00 |
Ad hoc Session and/or Free Time | |
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Theme IV NEW EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS, MEASURING AND SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES | |
| Session Chairs: G. Rempel and R. Gupta |
Session Chairs: C. Wyman and M. Abraham | |
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18:00 - 18:15 |
"CHARACTERIZING SPRAY PULSATIONS USING A PHASE-DOPPLER PARTICLE ANALYZER" (60)
Author: Siva Ariyapadi; Ram Balachandar1 and Franco Berruti
Affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9, T: (519) 661-2128, F: (519) 850-2399, berruti@eng.uwo.ca 1University of Saskatchewan, College of Engineering, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9, Canada; T: (306) 966-5360, F: (306) 966-5427, balachan@engr.usask.ca |
"Development of an Ultra-rapid Reactor for Super-Absorbent Polymer" (101)
Author: Cedric L. Briens: Jean- Marc Le Blevec1; Andre Lermite1, Manuel Hidalgo2
Affiliation:
UWO, Fac. Of Engineering Science, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering,
UWO, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada 1Groupement
de Recherches de Lacq, ATO FINA, BP 34, 64170 Lacq,
France |
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18:15 - 18:30 |
"TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF PARTICLE SIZE, CONCENTRATION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION" (23)
Author: Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia; Vineet Shastry and Luis H. Garcia-Rubio
Affiliation:
University of South Florida, Department of Chemical Engineering; 4202 E.
Fowler Ave. ENB 118, Tampa, Florida, 33620, USA; T: (813) 974-2439, F:
(813) 974-3651, cardenas@eng.usf.edu |
"CHARACTERIZATION OF AXIAL AND RADIAL LIQUID MIXING IN A LIQUID-SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED" (38)
Author: Wei Chen; Weiguo Yang1, Jinfu Wang1, Yong Jin1 and Atsushi Tsutsumi
Affiliation: Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, Tel: 81-3-58417337, Fax: 81-3-58417336, weichen@chemsys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp 1Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China |
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18:30 - 18:45 |
"CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF CRITICAL REACTION PARAMETERS IN EMULSION POLYMERIZATION REACTORS" (24)
Author: Dr. Luis H. Garcia-Rubio
Affiliation: University of South Florida, Department of Chemical Engineering; 4202 E Fowler Ave ENB 118, Tampa, Florida, 33620, USA; T: (813) 974-5854, F: (813) 974-3651, garcia@eng.usf.edu |
"EFFECT OF SINGLE PARTICLE MOTION ON HYDRODYNAMICS AND PARTICLE-LIQUID TRANSFER IN TWO- AND THREE-PHASE INVERSE FLUIDIZED BEDS" (31)
Author: N. L. Nikolov, D. G. Karamanev and C. L. Briens
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario; Department of Chemical and Biochemical
Engineering, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada |
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18:45 - 19:00 |
"NOVEL OPERATION METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LATEX PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN CONTINUOUS EMULSION POLYMERIZATION OF VINYL ACETATE" (59)
Author: Naoto Ohmura, Keigo Kitamoto, Takeshi Yano and Kunio Kataoka
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University; Rokko-dai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan; T: +81-78-803-6199, F: +81-78-803-6206, ohmura@cx.kobe-u.ac.jp |
"GAS HOLD-UP IN A SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN: INFLUENCE OF ELECTROLYTE AND CARBON PARTICLES" (47)
Author: J.H.J. Kluytmans; B.G.M. van Wachem, B.F.M. Kuster and J.C. Schouten
Affiliation: Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O.Box 513, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, 5600 MB, Netherlands; T: +31 40 2474937, F: +31 40 2446653, J.Kluytmans@tue.nl |
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19:00 - 19:15 |
"REACTION ENGINEERING MODEL FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF PH OPTRODES" (18)
Author: Michelle Janowiak; Sylvia Chang and Luis H. Garcia-Rubio
Affiliation: University of South Florida, Department of Chemical; Engineering; 4202 E Fowler Ave ENB 118, Tampa, Florida, 33620, USA; T: (813) 974-5858, F: (813) 974-3651, janowiak@eng.usf.edu |
"STUDYING ENZYME-CATALYZED DEPOLYMERIZATIONS IN CONTINUOUS REACTORS" (3)
Author: Alberto Gallifuoco, Francesco Alfani, Maria Cantarella and Paolo Viparelli
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, Università di L'Aquila, Monteluco di Roio, 1, L'Aquila, AQ, 67040, Italy T: (39) 0862-434232, F: (39) 0862-434203, Gallifuo@ing.univaq.it |
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19:15 - 21:00 |
Dinner | |
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21:00 - 23:00 |
Poster Session / Social time
Session reserved for posters relative to Tuesday's oral presentations as well as the following Submissions | |
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"REACTION-BONDED SILICON CARBIDE BY REACTIVE INFILTRATION" (108)
Author: Jorge E. Gatica; Prasert Sangsuwan,Surendra N. Tewari, Mrityunjay Singh1and Joaquín A Orejas2
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineeering, Cleveland State University, 1960 East 24th Street,
SH 455, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115-2425, USA, T: (216) 523-7274, F: (216)
687-9220, j.gatica@csuohio.edu | |
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"DRY REFORMING OF METHANE IN A CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED" (120)
Author: Tarek el Solh and H. I de Lasa
Affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering Science, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, tarekelsolh@hotmail.com | ||
Wednesday June 27, 2001
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07:30 - 08:15 |
Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room) | |
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THEME III COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AS A TOOL IN REACTOR ENGINEERING – NUMERICAL MODELLING
Session Chairs: M. Gray and T. Tsotsis | |
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08:30 - 09:15
"THEME III"
09:15 - 09:30 |
"CFD AS A DESIGN TOOL FOR FIXED BED REACTORS" (85)
Author: Anthony G. Dixon and Michiel Nijemeisland
Affiliation: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road,
Worcester, MA, 01609, USA; T: (508) 831-5350, F: (508) 831-5853,
agdixon@wpi.edu Discussion Period – Questions and Answers | |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
Coffee Break | |
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10:00 - 10:45
"THEME III"
10:45 - 11:00 |
"VALIDATION OF GENERAL CFD MULTIPHASE MODELS FOR FLUIDISED BEDS SIMULATIONS USING FLUENT AND CFX" (64)
Author: Paola Lettieri; David Newton and Derek Colman
Affiliation: BP Chemicals, Poplar House - Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 7LL, United Kingdom; T: +44 1932 774010, F: +44 1932 774175, lettiep@bp.com,
Discussion Period – Questions and Answers | |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break | |
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THEME III COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AS A TOOL IN REACTOR ENGINEERING – NUMERICAL MODELLING
Session Chairs: P. Lettieri and M. Dudukovic |
THEME IV NEW EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS, MEASURING AND SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES
Session Chairs: T. Dogu and F. Ng |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
"Three-Dimensional Asymmetric Flow and Temperature Fields in Cracking Furnaces" (53)
Author: Geraldine J. Heynderickx; Arno J.M. Oprins, Guy.B. Marin
Affiliation: University of Gent, Krijgslaan 281 (S5), Gent, B9000, Belgium; T: +32 (0) 9 264 45 16, F: +32 (0) 9 264 49 99, geraldine.heynderickx@rug.ac.be |
"TWO-FLUID MODEL FOR STRUCTURED PACKING REACTORS. PRESSURE GRADIENT, LIQUID HOLDUP & WETTING EFFICIENCY" (16)
Author: Faïçal Larachi and Ion Iliuta1
Affiliation:
Laval University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sainte-Foy, Québec,
G1K 7P4, Canada; T: (418) 656-3566, F: (418) 656-5993,
flarachi@gch.ulaval.ca |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
"CFD ANALYSIS OF PREMIXED THERMOCHLORINATION REACTORS WITH DETAILED CHEMISTRY" (90)
Author: Venkatramanan Raman, Rodney O. Fox, Albert Harvey1 and David H. West1
Affiliation: Iowa State University, 2114 Sweeney Hall, Iowa State
University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA 1The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas 77541-3257, USA |
"PRECISE PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR CHEMICAL BATCH REACTIONS IN HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM" (19)
Author: Sebastien Issanchou; Y.Sedrati; P. Cognet and M. Cabassud
Affiliation: Laboratoire de Genie Chimique UMR CNRS 5503, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Ingenieurs de Genie Chimique, 18 chemin de la Loge, Toulouse, 31078, France; T: (0) 5 62 25 23 00, F: (0) 5 62 25 23 18, Sebastien.Issanchou@ensigct.fr |
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11:45 - 12:00 |
"CFD MODELLING OF PRECIPITATION PROCESS IN A SEMI-BATCH CRYSTALLIZER" (50)
Author: Hongyuan Wei; Wei Zhou1 and John Garside2
Affiliation: BHR Group Limited, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AJ, UK; T: 44 (0) 1234 750422, F: 44 (0) 1234 750074, dwei@bhrgroup.co.uk 1Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Centerra Resource Park, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766-1442 USA, Tel: ++1 (603) 643-2600, Fax: ++1 (603) 643-3967, wz@fluent.com 2Department of Chemical Engineering, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK, Tel: ++44 (0) 161 2004011, Fax: ++44 (0) 161 2377219, j.garside@umist.ac.uk |
"OPERATION AND OPTIMISATION OF AN OSCILLATORY FLOW CONTINUOUS REACTOR" (105)
Author: P. Stonestreet; A. P. Harvey and M. R. Mackley
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, New Museums
Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3RA, UK; T: 44 1223 762787, F: 44 1223
334796, ps10014@cam.ac.uk |
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12:00 - 12:15 |
"IMPACT OF BUBBLE-SLURRY REACTOR HYDRODYNAMICS ON SELECTIVITY AND YIELD OF COMPLEX REACTIONS" (102)
Author: Johannes G. Khinast
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, Dept. of Chemical Eng., 98 Brett Rd., Piscataway, NJ,
08854, U.S.A. |
"ON THE TRANSPORT OF SMALL BUBBLES UNDER DEVELOPING CHANNEL FLOW" (28)
Author: Ruben Wedin and Anders A. Dahlkild
Affiliation: Faxen Laboratioriet, KTH; SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden; T: +46 8 7906871, F: +46 8 7969850, ruben@mech.kth.se |
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12:15 - 12:30 |
"INFLUENCE OF NON-CONDENSABLE GASES AND PROPERTIES VARIATION ON THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR AND ADVANCED CONTROL OF AN AUTOREFRIGERATED CSTR POLYMERISATION REACTOR" (81)
Author: Eduardo Coselli Vasco de Toledo, R.F. Martini, M.R. Wolf Maciel and Rubens Maciel Filho
Affiliation: State University of Campinas – UNICAMP; Av. Albert
Einstein, 500 - CP 6066, Campinas, São Paulo, CEP 13081-970, Brazil | |
| 12:30 - 17:30 | Optional TRIP TO LUCCA (Brown bag lunch) | |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch | |
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14:00 - 17:45 |
Ad hoc session and/or Free Time | |
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THEME III COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AS A TOOL IN REACTOR ENGINEERING – NUMERICAL MODELLING
Session Chairs: D. Newton and H.. Wei |
THEME V REACTION ENGINEERING MODELLING – CATALYSIS – KINETIC MODELLING/'
Session Chairs: D. Harrison and J.C.Schouten |
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17:45 - 18:00 |
"3D FLOW PATTERNS IN CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS: EFFECT OF T-OUTLET " (52)
Author: Juray De Wilde, Geraldine J. Heynderickx, Jan Vierendeels1 and Guy B. Marin1
Affiliation:
Laboratorium voor Petrochemische Techniek, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan
281, blok S5, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, 9000, Belgium |
" DEACTIVATION OF FCC CATALYSTS IN MICROACTIVITY REACTORS" (91)
Author: Felipe López-Isunza; Noemi Moreno-Montiel; Roberto Quintana-Solorzano1; Juan C. Moreno-Mayorga1and Francisco Hernandez-Beltran1
Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, Av.
Michoacan y La Purisima s/n, México D.F., C.P. 09340, México; T:
52-5-804-4956, F: 52-5-804-4900,
felipe@xanum.uam.mx |
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18:00 - 18:15 |
"COMPUTER-CONSTRUCTION OF DETAILED MODELS FOR GAS-PHASE REACTORS" (30)
Author: William H. Green, Paul I. Barton, B. Bhattacharjee, D.M. Matheu, D. A. Schwer, J. Song, R. Sumathi, H.H. Carstensen1, Anthony M. Dean1 and Jeffrey M. Grenda2
Affiliation: MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave. Room 66-448, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA; T: 617-253-4580, F: 617-252-1651, whgreen@mit.edu 1Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of
Mines, Golden, Co. |
"A STUDY OF A PHASE TRANSFER CATALYTIC REACTION BETWEENN-BUTYL BROMIDE AND SODIUM PHENOLATE IN AN OSCILLATORY BAFFLED REACTOR" (34)
Author: X.Ni; B.Wilson and D.C.Sherrington1
Affiliation:
Heriot-Watt University, Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland, UK; T: 441314513781, F: 441314513077,
x.ni@hw.ac.uk |
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18:15 - 18:30 |
"FLOW DISTRIBUTION STUDIES APPLIED TO DEEP HYDRO-DESULFURIZATION" (54)
Author: Isabelle Harter, Christophe Boyer, Ludovic Raynal, Gilles Ferschneider and Thierry Gauthier
Affiliation: IFP, BP 3, VERNAISON, 69390, France; T: 33-4-78022020, F: 33-4-78022009, Isabelle.HARTER@ifp.fr |
"DIFFUSION AND REACTIVITY OF HYDROCARBON MODEL COMPOUNDS IN FCC CATALYSTS" (98)
Author: Hugo de Lasa and Sulaiman Al-Khattaf
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering Science, London,
Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada; T: (519) 661-2144, F: (519) 661-3498,
hdelasa@eng.uwo.ca |
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18:30 - 18:45 |
"EVALUATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODEL OF A SCALED CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED" (49)
Author: Claus H. Ibsen; Tron Solberg and Bjørn H. Hjertager
Affiliation:
Aalborg University Esbjerg, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark;
T: +45 79 127 679, F: +45 75 453 643,
ci@aue.auc.dk |
"GAS PHASE KINETIC STUDY ON THE PRODUCTION OF TAME USING A BETA-ZEOLITE BASED CATALYST" (8)
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