Preliminary Program subject to change
03B01 Applications of Fluidization
OverviewPapers on fluidized bed applications and similar unit operations are invited. For example, topics may cover, but not limited to, the experimental and computational studies related to solids motion and mixing, heat transfer, entrainment rates, disengagement heights, hydrodynamic modeling and reactive systems.
Primary SponsorFluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems (03b)

Chair

Manuk Colakyan
The Dow Chemical Company
P.O. Box 8361
South Charleston, WV 25303
Phone Number: (304) 747-4580
Fax Number: (304) 747-3949
Email: M.Colakyan@dow.com

CoChair

Caroline Nam Laufer
Dr.
Chemical Engineering Deparment
University of Delaware
150 Academy St.
Colburn Laboratory
Newark, DE 19716
Phone Number: 302-831-2543
Email: nam@udel.edu
Improving Chemical Conversion in Fluidized Beds through Secondary Injection
Dana O. Christensen1, John Nijenhuis1, J. Ruud van Ommen1 and Marc-Olivier Coppens2, (1)DelftChemTech, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft, Netherlands, (2)Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180
Dense Phase Discrete Particulate Flow Modeling
Srinivas Mohan, Applications, ANSYS-Fluent India Pvt. Ltd., Plot No. 34/1, Pune Infotech Park, Hinjewadi, Pune, 411057, India and Ahmad Haidari, Marketing, Ansys Inc, Fluent USA Inc, 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH 03766
Downer-to-Riser Coupling Technique for Heavy Oil Catalytic Cracking
Changning Wu, Yi Cheng and Yong Jin, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Experimental Investigation Of Rotating Fluidized Beds In A Static Geometry
Juray De Wilde1, Ali Habibi2, Guy B. Marin3, Geraldine J. Heynderickx4, Rahul Ekatpure4 and Axel De Broqueville5, (1)Materials and Process Engineering Dept. (IMAP), Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL), Reaumur, Place Sainte Barbe, 2, Louvain-la-Neuve, B - 1348, Belgium, (2)Materials and Process Engineering, UCL, Place Sainte Barbe, 2, Louvain-la-Neuve, B - 1348, Belgium, (3)Laboratorium voor Petrochemische Techniek, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S5, Gent, 9000, Belgium, (4) Laboratorium voor Petrochemische Techniek, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S5, Gent, 9000, Belgium, (5)Grez-Doiceau, 1390, Belgium
Modeling Of Three Phase Fluidization Using Cfd
Rajat Mittal, Applications, ANSYS-Fluent India Pvt. Ltd., Plot No, 34/1, Pune Infotech Park, Hinjewadi, Pune, 411057, India, L. Srinivasa Mohan, ANSYS Fluent India Pvt. Ltd., Plot no 34/1, Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, MIDC, Hinjewadi, Pune, India and Ahmad H. Haidari, ANSYS Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH 03766

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