Preliminary Program subject to change
03003 Dynamics and Modeling of Particulate Systems I
OverviewThe session will focus on the advancement of chemical engineers ability to understand, predict, design, and thus optimize particulate systems. Advances in experimental methods, numerical simulations and granular theories have the potential to improve nucleation and aggregation/agglomeration/coalescence dynamics in particulate systems (including solid/liquid and solid/gas) and thus control size and topography (e.g., fractal dimension) of products. Increasing computational power and new numerical/analytical techniques from Applied Mechanics have allowed for increasingly complex particulate systems to be modeled and have set the stage for future work in such diverse areas as mixing/segregation, granulation, fluidization, and pneumatic conveying, to name but a few.
Primary SponsorParticle Technology Forum (03)

Chair

Joerg Theuerkauf
Dr.-Ing.
The Dow Chemical Company
2301 N. Brazosport
B-1402
Freeport, TX 77541
Phone Number: 979 238 3233
Email: JTheuerkauf@dow.com

CoChair

Ben Glasser
Rutgers University
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
98 Brett Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone Number: 732-445-4243
Fax Number: 732-445-2581
Email: bglasser@soemail.rutgers.edu
Gelation or Self-Preservation during Turbulence-Induced Coagulation
Frank O. Ernst and Sotiris E. Pratsinis, Particle Technology Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 3, ML2 F13, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
Plane Shear Flow of Cohesive Granular Materials
Lee R. Aarons, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 and Sankaran Sundaresan, Princeton University, A315, EQuad, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Titania Nanoparticles
Vishal N. Koparde, Vanderbilt University, 107 Olin Hall, Department of Chemical Engg., VU Station B-351604, 24th and Garland Avenues, Nashville, TN 37235-1604 and Peter T. Cummings, Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 118 Olin Hall, Nashville, TN 37235
Analysis of Local and Global Structure during Densification of Non-Spherical Particulate Materials
Wenli Zhang, Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, Karsten E. Thompson, Chemical Engineering, LSU, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and Allen H. Reed, Naval Research Laboratory – Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
An Investigation of the Effect of Process Conditions on the Fluidization Behaviour of Gas Fluidized Beds Linked with Rheological Studies
Giovanna Bruni1, Paola Lettieri1, Tim Elson1, John Yates1 and David Newton2, (1)Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, WC1E 7JE, London, United Kingdom, (2)BP Chemicals, Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, TW16 7LL, UK
The Effect of Particle Shape on Granular Stress
Benjamin D. James, Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Chemical Engineering Department, P.O. Box 116005, Gainesville, FL 32611-6005 and Jennifer S. Curtis, University of Florida, Chemical Engineering Department, P.O. Box 116005, Gainesville, FL 32611-6005
Numerical Approach for Solving Dynamics of Dense Granular Flows
Rahul Agarwal, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas P.O., Delhi, 110016, India, Ramanan Pitchumani, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Ave, Houston, TX 77204 and Balakrishnan Pitchumani, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas P.O., New Delhi, 110016, India
Choosing an Objective Function for Seeded Batch Crystallization
Jeffrey D. Ward1, Michael F. Doherty2 and Duncan A. Mellichamp2, (1)UCSB, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (2)UCSB, Department of Chemical Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

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