THURSDAY, JUNE 30

Simulations and mixing

Chair

Ken Primrose  

Co-chair

Justin Walker

08:00 - 08:35

Jocelyn Doucet, CEO, Pyrowave

How mixing is to blame in some process scale-up failures (KEYNOTE)

08:35 - 09:00

Takaaki Yajima, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Process Equipment Co.,Ltd.

Ryota Hirose, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd

Hiroo Horiguchi, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Process Equipment Co.,Ltd.

Keiji Esaki, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Process Equipment Co.,Ltd.

Daiji Ichishima, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd

Nariaki Matsumiya, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd

Analysis of mixing using renormalization molecular dynamics

09:00 - 09:25

Fabian Sewerin, Dipl.-Ing., Imperial College, London

Stelios Rigopoulos, professor, Imperial College, London

A combined LES-PBE-pdf approach with PBE-grid adaptivity for modelling turbulent mixing and precipitation

09:25 - 09:50

Eric Janz, Research and New Product Development Director, Mixing Technologies, National Oilwell Varco

Robert Strong, National Oilwell Varco

Kevin Myers, University of Dayton

Markus Rumpfkeil, University of Dayton

Finite volume vs. lattice Boltzmann in mixing applications

Novel techniques and mixers

Chair

Mark Leclair  

Co-chair

Richard Calabrese

10:05 - 10:30

José Carlos B. Lopes, Professor, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia

Nelson N. Gonçalves, Pos-Doc, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia

Cláudio P. Fonte, Researcher, IFPEn

Madalena M. Dias, Professor, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia

Ricardo J. Santos, Research Assistant, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia

Mixing in CIJS: insight into highly efficient 2D laminar micro / mesomixers

10:30 - 10:55

Bernd Nienhaus, Group Leader R&D, EKATO Mixing Technology

Werner Himmelsbach, Vice President R&D, EKATO Mixing Technology

New developments in impeller design for solid-liquid applications

10:55 - 11:20

Alvin Nienow, Emeritus Professor of BiochemicaL Engineering , University of Birmingham

Agitation strategies for the culture and detachment of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from microcarriers in multiple stirred bioreactor platforms

11:20 - 11:45

Kent Wardle, Principal Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

Multiphase application of 3D printing for liquid-liquid extractor design

11:45 - 12:10

Aaron Strand, Research Engineer, Spxflow

Richard Khen, Director – Research and Development, Spxflow

Blending efficiency of linear mixers and rotating agitators at equal power