April 21-25, 1996
Sheraton Palm Coast Hotel
300 Clubhouse Drive
Palm Coast, FL 32137
904-445-3000
Fax: 904-445-9685
Engineering Foundation
Conference Chairs:
Tom Dyakowski
Department of Chemical Engineering
UMIST
Phone: 44-161-200-4397; Fax: 44-161-200-4399
E-mail: T.Dyakowski@UMIST.AC.UK
George E. Klinzing
School of Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Phone: 412-624-0784; Fax: 412-383-9640
E-mail: Klinzing@engrng.pitt.edu
3:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Registration
6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Opening Remarks
Conference Chairs:
Tom Dyakowski
George Klinzing
Engineering Foundation Liaison:
Herman Bieber
7:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. KEYNOTE: Modelling and Simulation of Particle Motion
and Characteristics in Pneumatic Conveying Tubes
containing Helicoidal Static Mixer Elements
Prof. J. Gyenis
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
8:45 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. Opening Reception
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7:00 a.m.- 8:15 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
Session I: Modelling of Lean and Dense Flows
Session Chair: Dr. George Watson
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Mathematical Modelling of a Pneumatic Conveying System
H. Arastoopour
Illinois Institute of Technology
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Prediction of Pneumatic Conveying Flow Phenomena Using
Commercial CFD Software
H. Biligran
Lehigh University
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Mathematical Modelling of Fully Developed Vertical Flow
in Pneumatic Flowing Systems
Y.A. Sergeev
University of New Castle
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. A Simulation System for Pneumatic Conveying Systems
D.J. Mason and P. Marjanovic
Glasgow Caledonian University
11:00 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. Friction Pressure Loss in Upward, Vertical Dilute Gas-
Solid Flow
P.S. Sarkomaa and A. Rautianinen
Lappeenranta University, Finland
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Discussion
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ad hoc Discussions/Free Time
5:00 p.m.- 6.00 p.m. Social Hour (cash bar)
6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. Dinner
Session I: Modelling of Lean and Dense Flows
(continued)
Session Chair: Dr. Hamid Arastoopour
7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Pneumatic Upwards Transport of Solids Through
Inclined Pipeline
J. Hong and J. Zhu
University of Western Ontario
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Performance of a Pneumatic Conveying System Which
Incorporates an Inclined Pipeline Section
P. Marjanovic, D.J. Mason and T. Mooney
Glasgow Caledonian University
8:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Numerical Calculational Methods for Solids Injectors
A. Kmiec
Wroclaw Technical University, Poland;
K. Lechonski
Technical University of Clausthal, Germany
9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Drying of Wet Solid Particles in a Steady State One
Dimensional Flow
A. Levy
Glasgow Caledonian University
D. Levi-Hevroni and I. Borde
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
9:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. Discussion
9:45 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. Social Hour
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7:00 a.m.- 8:15 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
Session I: Modelling of Lean and Dense Flows
(continued)
Session Chair: Dr. George Watson
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Comparison Between Pressure Drop in Horizontal and
Vertical Pneumatic Conveying Pipelines
K. Hettiarchi, S.R. Woodhead and A.R. Reed
University of Greenwich
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Roping Phenomena in Pulverized Coal Conveying Lines
A. Yilmaz, E. Levy, N. Sarunac and M. Pechulis
Lehigh University
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Dispersed
Particulate Flow in Simulated Pulverized Coal Burner
M. Licht
Babcock & Wilcox
Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Evaluation of Two Commercially Available Sensors for Use
in Pulverized Coal Burner
G.B. Watson
Babcock & Wilcox, Company
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Discussion
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ad hoc Discussions/Free Time
5:00 p.m.- 6.00 p.m. Social Hour (cash bar)
6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. Dinner
Session II: Modelling of Lean and Dense Flows c.d.
Session Chair: Dr. Hamid Arastoopour
7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Mass Flow Rate of Dilute Transport at Pipe Bifurcation
H.H. Shen
Clarkson University
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Breaking of Plugs of Particles in Horizontal Pipes
G. Klinzing, G. Jama and W. Link
University of Pittsburgh
Session III: Instrumentation
Session Chair: Dr. Henry Liu
8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. KEYNOTE: Sensors for Lightly Loaded Pneumatic Conveyors
R. Green
Shefield Hallam University
9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Social Hour
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7:00 a.m.- 8:15 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
Session III: Instrumentation (continued)
Session Chair: Dr. Henry Liu
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Monitoring and Control of Powder Flow Using Capacitance
Tomography
R.B. Edwards
Unilever Research and Engineering
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. The Application of Gamma Ray Tomography to the Study
of Pneumatic Conveying Systems in Dense Phase
J.M. Crowther, A. Cook, A/S/ Eadle, E.A. Knight, D. Reilly,
P. Wallace, D.J. Mason, and D. Mils
Glasgow Caledonian University
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. The Electrostatic Charging Particles of Particulate Materials
During Pneumatic Conveying
D.L. Armour Chelu, S.R. Woodhead, R.N. Barnes
University of Greenwich
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. On-Line Measurement of Mass Flow and Particle Size of
Coal Dust in Powder Plants
H. Mller
University of Stuttgart;
B. Stalder
Bhler AG
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Optical Fibre for Process Tomography: Application of
Pneumatically Conveyed Solids
R.A. Rabin, N. Horbury, F.J. Dickin, R.G. Green,
B.D. Naylor
Sheffield Hallam University
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Discussion
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Session III: Instrumentation (continued)
Session Chair: TBA
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Formal Design of a Sinusoidally Excited Capacitance
Detector Circuit and Its Applications in Electrical
Capacitance Imaging
M. Young, R. Deloughry, E. Pickup, T. Hartley and
S.A. Nixon
Manchester Metropolitan University
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Control of Pneumatic Conveying Using Capacitance
Tomography
K.L. Ostrowski, M.A. Bennett, D. Leyland and
R.A. Williams
University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. The Experimental Investigation on the Loop Seal of CFB
L. Yan
Tsinghua University
3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Ad hoc discussions/free time
6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Conference Dinner
8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Social Hour
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7:00 a.m.- 8:15 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
Session IV: Wear, Attrition Erosin and Safety Measures
Session Chair: Dr. David Mason
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Specific Energy Consumption and Particle Attrition in
Pneumatic Conveying
T. Taylor
Port Sunlight Laboratory
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Solid Particle Impact on Erosion Test on Mild Steel Under
Conditions Seen in Pneumatic Conveyors
A.J. Burnett, S.R. Woodhead amd M.S.A. Bradley
University of Greenwich
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Study on Tube Wear During High Density Conveying of Powder
J. Zhou and W. Yang
Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, Beijing, China
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Erosion Studies in Pneumatic Transport Bends
E.K. Johnson and K.H. Means
West Virginia University
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Wear at High Temperature and Carburized Atmospheres
A. Velasco, M. Flores and A. Perez
Hylsa, S.A.
12:00 noon - 12:30 p.m. Conceptual Engineering Package for a Typical 500,000 T/Y
D.R. Integrated Minimal HYL HYTEMP upgrade
J. Celada and M.A. Flores
Hylsa S.A.
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lunch
SESSION V: Hydraulic Conveying Systems
Session Chair: Dr. Hayley Shen
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Hydraulic Conveying in Mineral Processing
R.A. Williams
University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Application of Electrical Resistance Tomography to
Measure Particle Deposition in Hydraulic Conveying
Y. Fangary
Birmingham University, UK
R.A. Williams, W.A. Neil and S.P. Luke
University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Wrap-Up Discussion
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7:00 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. BUS TRIP TO NASA SPACE CENTER AT CAPE
CANAVERAL (boxed lunches provided)