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June 20, 2022 | Monday
- Session 1: Novel and Unconventional Mixing
- Session 2: Scale-up and Scale-down of Mixing Processes I
- Session 3: Mixing in Rotor Stators and other High Energy systems
- Session 4: Scale-up and Scale-down of Mixing Processes II
- Social Hour
June 21, 2022 | Tuesday
- Session 5: Mixing in the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industries I
- Session 6: Computational Modeling of Mixing Processes I
- Session 7: Mixing in the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industries II
- NAMF Executive Council meeting
- Networking and vendor time
June 22, 2022 | Wednesday
- Session 8: Experimental Investigation of Mixing Phenomena
- Session 9: Mixing in the Chemical Process Industry
- Mixing XXVII Poster Session
- NAMF Elections
June 23, 2022 | Thursday
- Session 10: Computational Modeling of Mixing Processes II
- Session 11: Mixing in Mining and Heavy Industries
- Session 12: Multidisciplinary Mixing
- Awards | Election results | Wrap-up
Detailed technical program:
June 20, 2022
Session 1: Novel and Unconventional Mixing
9:00 am – 10:30 am EDT | each presentation 18 minutes
| Ozcan-Taskin, N. Gul | Loughborough University | Effects of particle concentration and dispersion rheology on the breakup of nanoparticle clusters through ultrasonication |
| Mirfasihi, Sorosh | The University of Manchester | An experimental study on the influence of additive viscosity ratio on mixing performance in turbulently stirred vessels using Electrical Resistance Tomography |
| Atanasova, Gergana | University College London | Fluid flow and mixing in an intermittently rotating vertical cylinder bioreactor for CAR-T cell therapy |
| Keller, Wolfgang | Ekato Rühr- und Mischtechnik GmbH | A New Generation of Gas Inducing Impellers – 3D Printing Enables Optimized Geometries for Industrial Agitators |
| Rahimzadeh, Ali | Ryerson University | Investigation of power consumption, torque fluctuation, and local gas hold-up in coaxial mixers, containing a shear-thinning fluid: Experimental and numerical approaches |
10:30 am – 10:45 am EDT | Health Break
Session 2: Scale-up and Scale-down of Mixing Processes I
10:45 am – 12:05 pm EDT | each presentation 20 minutes
| Charalambidou, Artemis | University College London | Numerical and experimental investigation of the effect of baffles and probes on the flow generated in small-scale reactors |
| John, Thomas | University of Manchester | The effect of radial impeller geometry on the link between power and flow numbers |
| Adrian, David | The Dow Chemical Company | In Search of General Scaling Laws for Impeller Range |
| Brown, David | Framatome BHR (FMP) | Predicting the Critical Feed Time for Mixing Sensitive Reactions at Large Scales |
12:05 am – 1:00 pm | Lunch/Dinner Break
Session 3: Mixing in Rotor Stators and other High Energy systems
1:00 pm – 2:19 pm EDT | Keynote presentation 25 minutes; other presentations 18 minutes each
| TBD | TBD | Featured Talk – Jerzy Baldyga Memorial Lecture |
| Calabrese, Richard | University of Maryland | Prediction of Emulsion Drop Size in Agitated Liquid-Liquid Systems: Progress and Current Challenges |
| Cruz, Carolina | University of Manchester | Effect of Homogenisation on Fat Droplets of Aged Ice Cream Mixes |
| Kowalski, Adam | Unilever | The impact of geometry on power draw characteristics of in-line rotor stator mixers |
| Brito, Margarida | Universidade do Porto | Production of Pickering Emulsions containing Cellulose Microfibers in Mesostructured Reactors |
2:19 pm – 2:35 pm | Health break
Session 4: Scale-up and Scale-down of Mixing Processes II
2:35 pm – 2:53 pm EDT | each presentation 18 minutes
| Padron, Gustavo | Framatome BHR Ltd | Drop Size Correlation for Non-Coalescing Turbulent liquid-liquid Dispersions in Stirred Tanks |
| Sarafinas, Aaron | Sarafinas Process & Mixing Consulting LLC | Further Adventures in the Micromixing-Mesomixing Space: Next steps with the Bourne Protocol |
| Sanders, Sean | University of Alberta | Identification of key parameters for scale-up or scale-down of flocculating systems |
| Lanzafame, Sarah | SPX FLOW | Comparing Predicted Just Suspended Speed versus Experimental Just Suspended Speed for Axial Flow Impellers in a Stirred Vessel |
| Etchells, Art | AWE3 Enterprises | Standard Agitator Configurations for Tank Type Mixers – a review |
4:05 pm – 5:00 pm EDT | Social Hour and networking
June 21, 2022
Session 5: Mixing in the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industries I
9:00 am – 10:30 am EDT | each presentation 18 minutes
| Metwally, Hossam | Ansys Inc | Real-time Bioreactor Performance Prediction & Control via a CFD-based Digital Twin |
| Jamshidian, Roya | University of Limerick | Two-fluid CFD simulation of a small-scale aerated bioreactor: Impeller treatment method |
| Avvari, Rithvija | Auburn University | Mixing and Oxygen Transfer in a Rotating Continuous Bioreactor with Spiroid |
| Walvekar, Aditya | Genentech Inc. | Predicting mixing time in multi-impeller vessels using CFD modeling as a design tool |
| Pace, Justin | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Experimental Determination and Computational Prediction of Blend Time in the USP Dissolution Testing Apparatus 1 |
10:30 am – 10:45 am EDT | Health Break
Session 6: Computational Modeling of Mixing Processes I
10:45 am – 12:15 am EDT | Each presentation 18 minutes
| Liang, Fuyue | Imperial College London | A numerical vinaigrette: A myriad of interfacial singularities with surfactants |
| Poirier, Michael | Savannah River National Laboratory | Lattice-Boltzmann Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation of Jet Mixing In Tanks |
| Van den Akker, Harry | University of Limerick | Single-phase transient CFD simulations of mL scale reactors |
| Tyler, Chris | Cargill | Comparison of modeling methodologies for simulating a gassed-agitation system with experimental validation |
| Nazemifard, Neda | University of Alberta | Mixing Times of Miscible Liquid Systems in Agitated Vessels |
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm EDT | Lunch/Dinner Break
Session 7: Mixing in the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industries II
1:00 pm – 2:05 pm EDT | Keynote presentation 25 minutes, then 20 minutes presentations
| TBD | TBD | Featured Talk – Ed Paul Memorial Lecture |
| Shields, Richard | Eli Lilly and Company | Mixing optimization in biopharmaceutical biological drug substance manufacturing using M-Star’s Digital Mixing Tank (DMT) |
| Waldherr, Philipp | Technische Universität Berlin | Hydrodynamic stress induced by stirring and aeration on Aspergillus niger agglomerates in stirred tank bioreactors |
| Alberini, Federico | University of Bologna | Experimental characterization of a scale-down geometry of a biogas fermenter using PIV: effect of changing rheological behavior. |
2:05 pm – 4:00 pm EDT | NAMF Executive Council Meeting
2:05 pm – 4:00 pm EDT | Networking & vendor meetings
June 22, 2022
Session 8: Experimental Investigation of Mixing Phenomena
9:00 am – 10:30 am EDT | Each presentation 18 minutes
| Fitschen, Jürgen | Hamburg University of Technology | Characterization of Heterogeneities in Stirred Tank Reactors by Means of 4D Particle Trajectories and Numerical Flow Simulation |
| Dawson, Michael | Framatome BHR Ltd | Inline Blending: Effect of Additive-Bulk Viscosity Difference on Mixing Length with Sulzer SMX & SMXPlus in Laminar Flow |
| Frey, Torben | Hamburg University of Technology | Visualizing Reactive Mixing Phenomena in Milli and Micro Channels |
| Maywurm, Alexander | Technische Universität Berlin | Flow field, power input and mixing times of viscoelastic fluids in an unbaffled tank with a three-stage cross-beam stirrer |
| Teoman, Baran | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Determination of the just-suspended speed, Njs, in stirred tanks using electrical resistance tomography (ERT) |
10:30 am – 10:45 am EDT | Health break
Session 9: Mixing in the Chemical Process Industry
10:45 am – 12:15 pm EDT | Each presentation 18 minutes
| Zaman, Zafir | Dupont | How much value does a well-designed sparger provide? |
| Robinson, Thomas | University of Birmingham & CALGAVIN LTD | Static Mixer Performance Enhancement using Continuous PLIF Experimentation and Particle-tracking CFD |
| Hwang, Margaret | The Dow Chemical Company | Optimizing Dilution Process to Distinguish Particle Size: Effect of Mixing-induced Shear Stress |
| Lake, Ryan | Amway | A novel way to scale-up between tanks containing high shear mixers. |
| Penny, W. Roy | University of Arkansas | Computer Aided Design of Fluid Mixing Equipment |
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm EDT | Lunch/Dinner Break
Mixing XXVII Poster Session
1:00 pm – 1:56 pm EDT | Each poster presentation 8 minutes
| Frey, Torben | Hamburg University of Technology | A DNS Approach to high-Schmidt-Number Problems in Reactive Micro- and Milli Systems |
| Brito, Margarida | Universidade do Porto | Flow Dynamics in Oscillatory Baffled Reactors |
| Hofmann, Sebastian | Hamburg University of Technology | Experimental and numerical determination of lifelines in a 3 L, 200 L and 15000 L stirred tank reactor to estimate the flow-following capability of Lagrangian Sensor Particles |
| Hart-Villamil, Roberto | University of Birmingham | Validation of Laminar Stirred Mixing CFD Models using Positron Emission Particle Tracking |
| Bhargava, Aakanksha | University of Alberta | A study of the effect of shear on sweep flocculation in stable water-in-oil-emulsions |
| Hare, Sam | University of Birmingham | Impact of mixing and formulation on the manufacturability and performance of Lithium-ion battery electrode materials |
| Barros, Paloma | Ryerson University | New Expressions for Power Number and Reynolds Number of Gassed Coaxial Mixers Containing Yield Stress Fluids |
1:56 pm – 3:00 pm EDT | NAMF Elections
June 23, 2022 | Thursday
Session 10: Computational Modeling of Mixing Processes II
9:00 am – 10:30 am EDT | Each presentation 18 minutes
| Machado, Marcio | University of Alberta | Effects of mixing and solvent-to-bitumen ratio on Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) process |
| Chaaban, Mohie al Dine | University of Saskatchewan | Using Alternating High-Shear and Rest-Time Environments to Examine the Build-up of Localized Yield Stress in Mineral Slurries of Nickel Laterite |
| Singh, Brajesh | Polytechnique Montreal | Mixing Characterization of a Top-submerged Lance Column by Electrical Resistance Tomography |
| Hurley, Michael | CSIRO | Large-Scale Oscillations in a Multi-Phase Unbaffled Mixing System |
| Behrooz Jadidi | Ryerson University | Mixing and segregation assessment of bi-disperse solid particles in a double paddle mixer |
10:30 am – 10:45 am EDT | Health break
Session 11: Mixing in Mining and Heavy Industries
10:45 am – 12:15 pm EDT | Each presentation 18 minutes
| Kahouadji, Lyes | Imperial College London | Numerical simulation of the transition to aeration in turbulent two-phase mixing in stirred vessels |
| Hanspal, Navraj | Corteva Agriscience | Bioreactor Design from a Microbial Perspective: Insights from Euler-Lagrange CFD Simulations |
| Janz, Eric | University of Dayton | A Computational Study Examining Pressure Drop Over Eight Decades of Reynolds Numbers in Pipe Flow |
| Sami, Muhammad | Ansys Inc | Assessing the performance of a Clean-In-Place (CIP) system using Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| Thomas, John | M-Star Simulations, LLC | Modeling Oxygen Mass Transfer and Hydrodynamics in Tall Stirred Reactors with High Gas Flow Rates |
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm EDT | Lunch/Dinner break
Session 12: Multidisciplinary Mixing
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT | Each presentation 18 minutes
| Brito, Margarida | Universidade do Porto | Production of Pickering Emulsions containing Cellulose Microfibers in Mesostructured Reactors |
| Cope, Richard | SPX FLOW | The Effect of Impeller Type on Heating Times in a Jacketed Agitated Vessel |
| Fernandes, Isabel | University of Porto | A reduced geometrical model for the design of NETmix reactors |
| Hoseini, Seyed Salar | Tarbiat Modares University | Impeller Shape-Optimization of Stirred-Tank Reactor: CFD and FSI Analyses |
| Wadsley, Georgina | University of Birmingham | Modelling of pipe flow to understand mixing in the transitional flow regime |
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT | Awards | Election Results | Wrap-up
