Conference Co-Chairs
Professor Xiong-Wei Ni
Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
David Trent
The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, USA
United Engineering Foundation, Inc.
3 Park Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10016-5902
Phone: 1-212-591-7836
Fax: 1-212-591-7441
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The Chairs would like to thank
Sunday, September 8th, 2002
16:00 - 18:30 Registration
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner and Welcoming - College Lounge
20:00 - 22:00 Opening Reception
Monday, September 9th, 2002
07:30 - 08:40 Breakfast - Mezzanine Dining Room
SESSION I: NOVEL REACTORS/PROCESSING
Session chairs:
Professor Xiong-Wei Ni, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Professor David Wood, Princeton University, USA
08:40 - 08:50 Conference opening by Professor John Simmons,
Vice Principal, Heriot-Watt University
Welcome
Plenary Speaker 1
08:50 - 09:35 Process and Product Innovation
Prof. Malcolm Mackley, Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
University of Cambridge, UK
Plenary Speaker 2
09:35 - 10:20 Process Innovations and Intensifications in Biotechnology
Prof. Murray Moo-Young, Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
University of Waterloo, Canada
10:20 - 10:40 Large-scale Application of Sonochemical Reactors
Prof. A. B. Pandit, Dept. of Chemical Technology,
University of Mumbai, India
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:30 Process Intensification Utilising Oscillatory Baffled Reactors
Prof. Xiong-Wei Ni, Dept. of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
Heriot-Watt University, UK
11:30 - 11:50 Catalytic Plate Reactors for the Fischer Tropsch
Synthesis of Fuel Liquids
A Gough, P. Leveson and Prof. Colin Ramshaw
Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Newcastle University, UK
11:50 - 12:10 A Pulsed Flow Electrochemical Reactor for Synthesis
Dr. Ted Roberts, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UMIST, UK
12:10 - 12:30 Modelling a Novel Miniaturised Reactor/Separator System
Andreas Schuster, Ramachandran Lakshmann, Jack Ponton and Khellil Sefiane,
Edinburgh University, UK
12:30 - 12:50 Performance Improvement of Chemical Reactor Using Flow Instability
Prof. Ajay Ray, National University of Singapore
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch - Mezzanine Dining Room
14:30 - 17:30 Ad hoc sessions/free time
17:30 - 18:00 Afternoon Coffee
18:00 - 19:00 NOVEL REACTORS/PROCESSING -- POSTER PRESENTATIONS
(5 minutes per presentation)
Session chairs:
Professor Malcolm Mackley, Cambridge University, UK
Professor Zhanfeng Cui, Oxford University, UK
Note: Poster presenters in both the Monday and Tuesday sessions can
set up their presentations on Monday. Please remove your posters at the end
of the Tuesday session.
TNO's Work on Intensification; Practical Examples
Jan I. Walpot, TNO, Netherlands
On the stability of droplet size distribution in a continuous oscillatory
baffled reactor
Lek Amin and Xiong-Wei Ni, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering Physical
Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Ozone Oxidation in A Rotating Packed Bed
Chia-Chang Lin, Union Chemical Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research
Institute, Taiwan
New Internals for Urea Production Reactors
Giulia Bozzano, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Phase transfer catalytic reaction in a batch oscillatory baffled reactor
Bruce Wilson and Xiong-Wei Ni, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering
Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Combustion of chlorinated hydrocarbons in catalyst-coated sintered metal
fleece reactors
K. Everaert, M. Mathieu, J. Baeyens and E. Vansant, Catholic University of
Leuven (KUL), Belgium
Experimental study on drag reduction in pipelines
J. Mai, W. G. Früh, Amjad Syed, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Adsorption of Dioxins and Furans from Flue Gases in an Entrained Flow or
Fixed/Moving Bed Reactor
Kim Everaert, Jan Baeyens and Claude Creemers, Catholic University of Leuven
(KUL), Belgium
Dynamics of Dielectric Liquids Purification in the Electric Field
Petru Organ, Institute of Applied Physics of Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Sorption-Enhanced Reaction Process with Intraparticle-Diffusion Limitation
for Reactive Regeneration
Guohua Xiu, University of Porto, Portugal
Results of Using the Laser Cavitator for Mixing Fluids
Stanislav Kopylov, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev Polytechnic
Institute
Process Intensification in Catalytic Hydrogenation Using Self-Inducing
Impellers: Case Studies
J. B. Joshi, University of Mumbai, India
A Novel Technique for Mixing Solid Particles
M. Zakaria Abdel Wahab, Minia University, Egypt
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner - Mezzanine Dining Room
20:00- 22:00 Posters and Social Hour
Tuesday, September 10th, 2002
07:30 - 08:40 Breakfast - Mezzanine Dining Room
SESSION II: NOVEL SEPARATION PROCESSES/TECHNIQUES
Session chairs:
David Trent, Dow Chemicals, USA
Professor Colin Ramshaw, Newcastle University, UK
08:40 - 08:45 Housekeeping Announcements
Plenary Speaker 1
08:45 - 09:30 Membranes for Fast Separations
Prof. Ed Cussler, Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
University of Minnesota, USA
Plenary Speaker 2
09:30 - 10:15 Separations Technology in Food and Bioprocessing:
Challenge for the 21st Century
Dr. H.S. Muralidhara, Vice President, Cargill, Inc., USA
10:15 - 10:35 Enhancement of Ultrafiltration Using Gas Sparging -
A Comparison of Different Membrane Modules
Prof. Zhanfeng Cui and Taha Taha, Dept. of Chemical
Engineering, Oxford University, UK
10:35 - 11:05 Volatile Organic Components-Air Separations using
Gas Membranes
Kim Everaert, J. Degreve and Jan Baeyens
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
11:05 - 11:35 Coffee Break
11:35 - 11:55 Rotating Packed Bed: From Pilot Plant to Commercial Operation
David Trent, Dow Chemical, USA
11:55 - 12:15 A Novel Separation Technique - Gas Carrying Evaporation:
Theory and Applications
Feng Ma, Zhijia Yu, Jun Wang, Jie Ding, Weiqin Xu and Ziqiu Shen
Dalian University of Technology, China
12:15 - 12:35 The HIGEE CO2 Absorber
M. Jassim and Prof. Colin Ramshaw,
Dept. of Chemical Eng., Newcastle University, UK
12:35 - 12:55 Process Intensification Applications to Actinide Handling
Stephen L. Yarbro, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
12:55 - 14:30 Lunch - Mezzanine Dining Room
14:30 - 18:00 Ad hoc sessions/Lab tour
18:00 - 18:30 Afternoon Coffee
18:30 - 19:00 NOVEL SEPARATION PROCESSES/TECHNIQUES --- POSTER
PRESENTATIONS (5 minutes per presentation)
Session chairs:
Professor Laurence Weatherley, University of Canterbury,
New Zealand
Dr Roshan Jackuck, Newcastle University, UK
Effect of Precipitation Formation on Vapor-Liquid Reaction
Hideo Nishiumi, Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Hosei University, Japan
Catalytic Candle Filters for Hot Gas Cleaning of Biomass Gasification Gas:
Integration of Catalytic Tar Cracking with Particle Removal
Gino Baron, Karen Engelen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Department of Chemical
Engineering (CHIS-TW), Belgium
Drastic Innovation of Propene Epoxidation Efficiency Derived from A Forced
Flow Membrane Reactor
Prof. Masayoshi Kobayashi, Junya Togawa, Tohru Kanno, Jun-Ichi Horiuchi and
Kiyosi Tada, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
Reactive Extrusion in Supercritical Conditions
S. Hoppe, Laboratoire des Sciences du Génie Chimique, France
Intensification of Separation Equipment via CFD Simulation and Advance
Measurement Methods
Weiyang Fei, Dept. of Chemical Eng., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Multi-Objective Optimization of SMBR and Varicol Process
Ajay K. Ray, National University of Singapore
The Use of Pine Bark as A Natural Adsorbent for Pop's - Study Of Lindane
and Heptachlor Adsorption
Nuno Ratola, LEPAE / DEQ - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto,
Portugal
Catalytic Distillation - Modeling and Experimental Results
Florence Druart, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - Laboratoire
de Génie des Procédés de Pau, France
Integrated Processes for Efficient Purification of Drinking Water and Industrial
Effluents
Albin Pintar, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
Selective Manufacture of Sodium and Calcium Nitrites: Absorption of NOx
Gases in Alkali
J.B. Joshi, University of Mumbai, India
Concentration of Heavy Metals by Pressure-Driven Membrane Methods
Antonina P. Kryvoruchko, Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry, Ukrainian
National Academy of Science
Water State in the Dynamic Membrane Formed by Polyacrylamide
I.D. Atamanenko, Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry, Ukrainian National
Academy of Science
On Heat Exchanger Technologies in Process Integration
Lieke Wang, Division of Heat Transfer, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Application of Heat Pipes in Process Intensification
Song Lin, Thermacore Europe Ltd, UK
19:00 - 20:30 Dinner - College Lounge
20:30 - 22:30 Posters and Social Hour
Wednesday, September 11th, 2002
07:30 - 08:40 Breakfast - Mezzanine Dining Room
SESSION III: NOVEL MATERIALS AND BIOPROCESSING
Session chairs:
Professor Ed Cussler, University of Minnesota, USA
Professor Geoff Evans, Newcastle University, Australia
08:40 - 08:45 Housekeeping Announcements
Plenary Speaker 1
08:45 - 09:30 Putting Biology into Bioseparations: Genetically Engineering
a
Self-Purifying Protein Expression System
Prof. David Wood, Princeton University, USA
Plenary Speaker 2
09:30 - 10:15 Strategic Perspectives in Small Technology Innovation through
Quantum Materials
Dr. Ray Oliver, ICI Strategic Technology Group, UK
10:15 - 10:35 Process Intensification of Enzymatic Reactions by
Using Mainly Solid Media
Prof. Peter Halling, Department of Chemistry, Strathclyde University, UK
10:35 - 10:55 Characteristic Innovation of Food Drying Process Revealed
by the Physicochemical Analysis of Dehydration Dynamics
Prof. Masayoshi Kobayashi, Dept. of Chemical System Eng., Kitami Institute
of Technology, Japan
10:55 - 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 - 11:45 Opportunities for Extremophiles in Bioprocess Intensification
Dr. Phillip Wright, Heriot-Watt University, UK
11:45 - 12:05 The Genetic Strategies for Solving the Chemical Engineering
Problems in Biochemical Engineering
Zhongyao Shen, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, China
12:05 - 12:35 Protein Separation Using Aqueous Micellar Systems
D. van Roosmalen, L.J.P. van den Broeke, Technical University of Eindhoven,
Netherlands
12:35 - 12:55 Use of the Oscillatory Flow Reactor for Continuous Biodiesel
Production
A.P. Harvey and M.R. Mackley, Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
University of Cambridge, UK
12:55- 14:30 Lunch - Mezzanine Dining Room
14:30 - 17:30 Ad hoc sessions/Lab tour
17:30 - 18:00 Afternoon Coffee
18:00 - 19:00 NOVEL MATERIALS AND BIOPROCESSING --- POSTER
PRESENTATIONS (5 minutes per presentation)
Session chairs:
Dr. Paul Stonestreet, GlaxoSmithKline, UK
Prof. Peter Halling, Strathclyde University, UK
Note: Poster presenters in the Wednesday and Thursday sessions can
both set up their presentations on Wednesday
Novel Processes for Preparation of Bifunctional Catalysts for the Selective
Hydrogenation of CO2 to Gasoline
J. Erena, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ciencias,
U.P.V./E.H.U., Spain
Production of a cellular biopolymer using a novel oscillatory baffled bioreactor
Hemraj K. Gaidhani, B. McNeil and X-W. Ni, Chemical Engineering, School of
Engineering Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Characterization of Bifunctional Catalysts for Synthesis of Gasoline from
CO2 and H2
J. Erena, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ciencias,
U.P.V./E.H.U., Spain
Optimising activated sludge growth rate by intensifying hydrodynamic forces
G. Evans and Liu, Newcastle University, Australia
On crystallisation of glutamic acid using a novel oscillatory baffled crystalliser
Sylvie B.C. Sermage and X-W. Ni, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering
Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Increasing gas-liquid contacting using a confined pluming liquid jet
G. Evans, G. Jameson and Atkinson, Newcastle University, Australia
Gluconic acid production under varying fermentation conditions by aspergillus
niger
Om V. Singh, R.P. Singh, Department of Biosciences & Biotechnology, Indian
Institute of Technology, India and R.K. Jain, Institute of Microbial Technology,
Sector-39A, Chandigarh, India
New Generalized Equations for Prediction of the Enzyme Effective Enantioselectivity
for Resolution of Racemate in A Fixed-Bed Reactor
Guohua Xiu, University of Porto, Portugal
Evaluation of Expanded Bed for Enzyme Recovery
E. Piron, DSM Food Specialties, France
Modeling Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer in Solution
at the Processing
KDP Crystals
V.V. Zilberberg, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner - Mezzanine Dining Room
20:00 - 22:00 Posters and Social Hour
Thursday, September 12th, 2002
07:30 - 08:40 Breakfast - Mezzanine Dining Room
SESSION IV: Novel Modeling and Measurements
Session chairs:
Professor Murray Moo-Young, University of Waterloo, Canada
Dr Tony Howes, Queensland University, Australia
08:40 - 08:45 Housekeeping Announcements
Plenary Speaker
08:45 - 09:30 Particle Scale Modeling of Gas-Solid Two-Phase Flow
Prof. Aibing Yu, Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
University of New South Wales, Australia
09:30 - 09:50 Population Balance Modeling of Droplets in Oscillatory
Baffled Reactors, using Direct Measurements of Breakage
and Coalescence Rate Constants
D. Mignard, L.P. Amin and X-W. Ni, Dept. of
Mechanical and Chemical Eng, Heriot-Watt University, UK
09:50 - 10:10 Modeling of Film Flow over A Spinning Disk
G. M. Sisoev, O.K. Matar and C.J. Lawrence, Imperial College of
Science, Technology and Medicine, UK
10:10 - 10:30 Discrete Particle Simulation of Granular Flow
and Mixing in A Bladed Cylindrical Mixer
Y.C Zhou, A.B. Yu, University of New South Wales,
Australia, and J. Bridgwater University of Cambridge, UK
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20 Non-Intrusive Determination of Mixing Time and
Dispersion in A Batch Oscillatory Baffled Column
Using Laser Induced Fluorescence
Andrew Fitch and Xiong-Wei Ni, Dept. of Mechanical and
Chemical Eng. Heriot-Watt University, UK
11:20 - 11:40 Fluidic Measurment Techniques for Spinning
Disc Reactors Using Electrical Potentials
J.R. Burns and C. Ramshaw
, Dept. of Chemical Eng.,
The University of Newcastle, UK
11:40 - 12:00 Generating Innovative Process Designs Using Limited Data
Paul Sharratt, Dept. of Chemical Eng., UMIST, UK
12:00 - 12:20 Novel Materials through Combustion Synthesis:
Experimental and Modeling
Giacomo Cao, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e
Materiali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy
12:20 - 12:40 Laser Analyser of Blood Viscosity
Yaroslav Savenko, National Technical University of
Ukraine, Kiev Polytechnic Institute
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch - Mezzanine Dining Room
14:00 - 15:00 Novel Modeling and Measurements --- Poster
Presentations (5 minutes per presentation)
Session chairs:
Dr. Ted Roberts, UMIST, UK
Prof. Aibing Yu, University of New South Wales, Australia
Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Mixing Length in an Oscillatory Baffled
Column
Hongbing Jian and Xiong-Wei Ni, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering
Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Non-Traditional Three Phase Reactor Setup for Simultaneous Acoustic Irradiation
and Hydrogenation
J.P. Mikkola, Lab. of Industrial Chemistry, Process Chemistry Group, Åbo
Akademi University, Finland
Detailed Simulation of A Vapor Permeation Module
Torsten Brinkmann, GKSS Forschungszentrum GmbH, Abteilung Verfahrenstechnik,
Institut für Chemie, Germany
Modeling of Electrostatic Spray in Venturi Scrubber
M. B. Ray, National University of Singapore
Modelling the Kinetics of Lipase Catalysed Oil Hydrolysis in an Electrically
Enhanced Liquid-Liquid System
Laurence R Weatherley and E Jones, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Multiobjective Optimization of Venturi Scrubbers Using A 3D Model for Collection
Efficiency
M.B. Ray, National University of Singapore
Modeling of mixing in a Taylor-Couette Reactor with Axial Flow
Amjad Syed and Wolf-Gerrit Früh, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Bubble Velocity and Bubble Residence Time in a Gassed Oscillatory Baffled
Column: Effect of Oscillation Amplitude
Monica Oliveira, Andrew Fitch and Xiong-Wei Ni, Chemical Engineering, School
of Engineering Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Physical Modeling of Airlift Loop Tanks
J.A. Trilleros, Departamento de Ciencia de Materiales e Ingeniería
Metalúrgica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense
de Madrid, Spain
Particle Flow Rate Measurement In Small Bore Pneumatic Pipe Flow Using
Acoustic Signals
Stephen Tallon, Industrial Research Limited, New Zealand
Simulation of continuous, intensified operation in the laboratory
Ian Reynolds, M. Wood, and D. Brown, BHR Group Limited, UK
Mathematical Model of Catalytic Reactor with Controlled Activity Profile
Vsevolod V. Andreev, Chuvash State University, Russia
Simulation of the Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactors for the Styrene Monomer
Plant
M. Sadrameli, A. Irankhah, Tarbiat Modarres University, Faculty of Engineering,
Chemical Engineering Department, Tehran, Iran
Influence of the Distributed Gas Injection from Walls and Central Body
on Parameters of a Two-Phase Flow with a Large Mass Loading Ratio in the Channel
V.V. Kostiuk, I.A. Lepeshinsky, V.G. Tsipenko, A.V. Tsipenko, The Moscow State
Technical University of Civil Aviation, Russia
15:00 - 16:30 Posters and Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:30 Ad hoc sessions/Free time
19:00 - 21:00 Conference Dinner/Ceilidh - College Lounge
21:00 - 23:00 Ceilidh/Social Hour
Friday, September 13th, 2002
07:30 - 08:40 Breakfast - Mezzanine Dining Room
SESSION II: Novel Materials/Processing/Methods
Session chairs:
Professor Malcolm Baird, McMaster University, Canada
Professor David Reay, David Reay & Associates, UK
08:40 - 08:45 Housekeeping announcements
Plenary Speaker
08:45 - 09:30 Industrial Examples of Process Intensification
George Quarderer, Jr., Dow Chemical (retired), USA
09:30 - 09:50 Development of an Energy Efficient Distillation Column
Z. Olujic, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
09:50 - 10:10 A New Process for Toxic Metal Uptake by a Modified
Kraft Lignin
Prof. DeLanson R. Crist, Department of Chemistry
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA
10:10 - 10:30 Gas-liquid Mass Transfer in a 15 cm Diameter
Reciprocating Plate Column
Dr. N.V. Rama Rao and Prof. Malcolm H.I. Baird,
Dept. of Chemical Eng., McMaster University, Canada
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20 Process Intensification: Continuous production of nano particles
using centrifugal field
Dr. Roshan Jachuck, Newcastle University, UK
11:20 - 11:40 Product Design and Engineering at the University of Queensland
Rulande P.G. Rutgers, Tony Howes and Jim D. Litster
Dept. of Chemical Eng., The University of Queensland, Australia
11:40 - 11:50 Wrap-up and future directions/Conference closes
11:50 - 12:50 Lunch - Mezzanine Dining Room
13:00 Coach to Dalmahoy Golf and Country Club departs
14:00 - 18:00 Golf at Dalmohoy Golf and Country Club (Optional)
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