Preliminary Program subject to change
TWC02 Poly-Dispersed Granular Systems I: Mixing, Blending, Segregation
OverviewThe success of bulk solids handling operations depends on the interaction of the equipment and the bulk material handled. This session is intended to present a series of papers, which look at the influence of bulk material properties on the design and the operability of bulk handling equipment. Special attention shall be given to the design of non-standard silos (e.g. multi-outlet, inserts), mechanical and pneumatic conveyors. Authors are particularly encouraged to provide case histories concerning retrofitting bulk handling equipment or running new materials in existing equipment.
Primary SponsorParticulate Handling/Processing and Granular Systems (TWc)

Chair

Melany Hunt
Professor
Division of Engineering and Applied Science
California Institute of Technology
Mail Code 104-44
Pasedena, CA 91125
Phone Number: (626) 395-4231
Email: hunt@caltech.edu

CoChair

Jennifer S. Curtis
Professor
University of Florida
Chemical Engineering Department, P.O. Box 116005
Gainesville, FL 32611-6005
Phone Number: 352 392-0882
Fax Number: 352 392-9513
Email: jcurtis@che.ufl.edu

* Membership Number 0000098900
Particle Size Segregation in Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers During Filling, Transport, and Discharge
James F. Koch, Engineering Solutions, The Dow Chemical Company, 1400 Building, Midland, MI 48667
Segregation Model for Percolation Mechanism
Pingjun Tang, Penn State University, 9 Ag Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802 and Virendra M. Puri, Agr and Biol Engineering and Particulate Materials Center, Penn State University, 229 Ag Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802
Couette Flows with a Bimodal Particle Mixture
Xue Liu1, Stephen Conway2 and Ben Glasser1, (1)Rutgers University, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Controlling Mixing and Segration in Fine Particle Systems
Hongming Li1, Deliang Shi2, Isabel Figueroa3 and Joseph J. McCarthy1, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1249 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of PIttsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15116, (3)University of Pittsburgh, 1249 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Mixing of Spherical and Non Spherical Particles in a Nauta Mixer
Norazah Abd Rahman, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University Teknology MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia and Siti Masrinda Tasirin, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, National University Of Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering, Bangi, Selangor, 43600, Malaysia
Brazil Nut's Effect beyond Spherical Grains: Elongation Matters!
M. Ramaioli, L. Pournin and Th.M. Liebling, Mathematics Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland

Topical W: Fifth World Congress on Particle Technology