Preliminary Program subject to change
03C03 Dynamics and Modeling of Particulate Systems II
OverviewTBA
Primary SponsorSolids Flow, Handling and Processing (03c)

Chair

Joseph J. McCarthy
Associate Professor
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
1238 Benedum Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone Number: 412-624-7362
Fax Number: 412-624-9639
Email: mccarthy@engr.pitt.edu

CoChair

Kimberly H. Henthorn
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Missouri-Rolla
143 Schrenk Hall
Rolla, MO 65409
Phone Number: (573) 341-7633
Fax Number: (573) 341-4377
Email: henthork@umr.edu
Eulerian Cfd Model for Cohesive Frictional Flow
Peter Spicka, Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH 03766
3d Simulation of Packed Particle Bed and Transport Properties Prediction for Product Optimization through Virtual Experiments
Supriyo Ghosh, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, Kevin M. Keener, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and Yong Pan, Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH 45252
Quantitative Characterization of Particulate Materials from Microtomography Imaging
Karsten E. Thompson, Chemical Engineering, LSU, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, Allen H. Reed, Naval Research Laboratory – Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 and Clinton S. Willson, Civil and Environmental Engineering, LSU, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Modeling Granular Segregation during Hopper Discharge
William R. Ketterhagen, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906, Carl R. Wassgren, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 585 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088 and Jennifer S. Curtis, University of Florida, Chemical Engineering Department, P.O. Box 116005, Gainesville, FL 32611-6005
Optimization of a Fluid Bed Dryer by the Implemention of a Model Predictive Controller
Joshel Omar Rivera, Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 2057 Corta Street, San Juan, PR 00915 and Carlos Velázquez, Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Miradero, Road 108, Km 3.0, Mayaguez, PR 00680
DEM Simulations of “Dry Cohesion” Effects in Powder Compaction
Amit Mehrotra, Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, Abdul M. Faqih, M. Silvina Tomassone and Fernando J. Muzzio, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Sedimentation Velocity and Viscosity of Dilute Solid-Liquid Suspensions
Renzo Di Felice and Paolo Pagliai, Dept of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Genova, 15 via Opera Pia, Genova, 16145, Italy

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