Technical Program
Sunday, June 26
SIMULATIONS AND MIXING
Chair

Otute Akiti

Co-chairJohn Thomas

18:45 - 19:20

Harry Van Den Akker, Bernal Professor of Fluid Mechanics,
Bernal Institute, University of Limerick

On a sound basis for tracking
particles in a turbulent flow field(KEYNOTE)

19:20 - 19:45

Christian Bach, PhD Student, Technical University ofDenmark

CFD for determining mixing andmass transfer in a high power
agitated bioreactor

Mads O. Albaek, Fermentation Scientist, Novozymes A/S
Stuart M. Stocks, Technology Specialist, Novozymes A/S
Ulrich Krühne, Associated Professor, Technical University ofDenmark
Krist V. Gernaey, Professor, Technical University of Denmark
19:45 - 20:10

Eric Berson, Associate Professor, University of Louisville
Jonathan Thomas

Turbulence transition in orbiting
culture dishes

Keith Sharp
Mostafa Shakeri
20:10 - 20:35

Mothivel Balaiyya Mummudi Boopathy, Tridigonal Solutions
Inc.

Better powder mixing using
computational modeling

Tukaram Suryawanshi, Tridiagonal Solutions Inc.
Aashish Goyal, Tridiagonal Solutions Inc.

SINGLE PHASE MIXING
ChairJose Carlos Lopes

Co-chairGustavo Padron

20:50 - 21:15

Piero Armenante, Distinguished Professor, New Jersey
Institute of Technology - Dept. of Chemical, Biological andPharmaceutical Engineering
Ji Ma, Ph.D. Student, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dept. of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

21:15 - 21:40

Jerzy Baldyga, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty ofChemical and Process Engineering
Magdalena Jasinska, Dr., Warsaw University of Technology,
Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering

Computational and experimental
determination of the hydrodynamics
in a stirred unbaffled vessel provided
with angle-mounted axial impellers

Efficiency of mixing in single phaseand two-phase systems

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Monday, June 27
NOVEL TECHNIQUES AND MIXERS
Chair

Arun Ramachandran

Co-chairClara Gomez

08:25 - 08:50

Adel Al Taweel, Professor, Dalhousie University
Fouad Azizi, Assoc. Professor, Department of Chemical andPetroleum Engineering, American University of Beirut

Using inline coagulation/flocculation
to intensify multiphase separation
operations

Susheel Arora, Manager of Operations, Halifax Regional
Water Comission
Alex Speers, Professor, Dept. Process Engineering andApplied Sciences
Tadek Dabros, Senior Scientist, CanmetENERGY Devon AB
08:50 - 09:15

Ruozhou Hou, Experimental Officer, School of Chemical
Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester
Adam Kowalski, Professor, Unilever R&D, Port SunlightLaboratoryPeter Martin, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical
Engineering and Analytical Science (SCEAS), University ofManchester

09:15 - 09:40

Kishore Kar, Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company
Suraj Deshpande, The Dow Chemical Company

An application of electrical resistancetomography to evaluate the Kenics
static mixer performance

KHX: mechanically agitated antifouling shell-and-tube heatexchanger

Richard Cope, Eli Lilly and Company
Madan Somasi, DowAgroSciences LLC
Quan Yuan, UOP Honeywell Company
09:40 - 10:05

Mark Leclair, CEO, NanoSpire, Inc.

A revolution in high shear mixing:
harnessing directed cavitation
reentrant jets

MULTIPHASE MIXING
Chair

Arthur Etchells

Co-chair

Ulrich Krüne

10:20 - 10:45

Frederic Augier, Research Engineer, IFP Energies nouvelles
Cecile Plais, Research Engineer, IFP Energies nouvelles

Contribution of bubbles wakes tomixing in stirred and unstirred bubble
columns

Ann Cloupet, Research Engineer, IFP Energies nouvelles
10:45 - 11:10

Inci Ayranci, Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical
University

An unstability in the formation of
Pickering emulsions

Louis Fradette, Associate Professor, Polytechnique Montreal
11:10 - 11:35

David Brown, Technical Director, BHR GroupThe effect of physical properties andclearance on the suspension ofsolids with axial and mixed flow
impellers

11:35 - 12:00

Richard Calabrese, Professor, University of Maryland

Breakage of Single Droplets in 2-D
Inertial Flows

Derrick I. Ko, PhD Student, University of Maryland

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MULTIPHASE MIXING
Chair

Suzanne Kresta

Co-chairFrans Visscher

18:45 - 19:20

William H. Hartt, Engineer, The Procter & Gamble Co

Processing challenges with rapidly
evolving rheology multiphasesystems (KEYNOTE)

19:20 - 19:45

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

Topology of mixing for dissimilar
fluids in mesomixers

Margarida A. Brito, M.Sc student, Universidade do Porto,
Faculdade de Engenharia
Nelson D. Gonçalves, Pos-Doc, Universidade do Porto,
Faculdade de Engenharia
Madalena M. Dias, Professor, Universidade do Porto,
Faculdade de Engenharia
José Carlos B. Lopes, Professor, Universidade do Porto,
Faculdade de Engenharia
19:45 - 20:10

Argang Kazemzadeh, PhD Student, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Ryerson University
Farhad Ein-Mozaffari, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Ryerson University
Ali Lohi, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson
University

A New Perspective in the Evaluationof the Mixing of Biopolymer Solutions
with Different Coaxial Mixers
Comprising of Two Dispersing
Impellers and a Wall Scraping
Anchor

Leila Pakzad, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead
University
20:10 - 20:35

Alexandre Al-Haiek, PhD Student, Montreal PolytechniqueLouis Fradette, Associate professor, Montreal PolytechniqueApplicability of conventional scale-up
rules to solid-satabilized emulsions(PHD STUDENT)SIMULATIONS AND MIXING
Chair

Minye Liu

Co-chair

Kishore Kar

20:50 - 21:15

Jakub Bujalski, Principal Engineer, Process R&D and
Manufacturing Support CCC, Innovation and R&D, Yara
International ASADavid Dickey, Consultant, MixTech Inc
Ravindra Aglave, Director, Chemical Process, CD-adaptco
Ashkan Davlanlou, Application Engineer, DC-adaptco
Thomas Eppinger, Dipl.-Ing., CD-adapco
Ravindra Aglave, CD-adapco
Simon Lo, CD-adapco
Jason Giacomelli, Research ENgineer, Philadelphia Mixing
Solutions LTD
John Thomas, CEO, M-Star Simulations LLC
Harry Van Den Akker, Professor of Fluid Mechanics,
University of Limerick

21:15 - 21:40

21:40 - 22:05

22:05 - 22:30

CFD simulation and comparison withexperimental data of erosion in athree phase stirred tank reactor
Using CFD to predict the mixing
intensity necessary for process
results
Investigating bubble size distribution
in fermentation reactors with CFD
On the analysis of turbulence withlarge eddy simulations

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Tuesday, June 28
SIMULATIONS AND MIXING
ChairJose Roberto Nunhez

Co-chair

Konstantinos Steiros

08:00 - 08:25

Andreas Håkansson, Associate Prof., Kristianstad University
Dragana Arlov, Dr, Tetra Pak Processing Systems

Why do emulsification in inline andbatch rotor-stator mixers differ? - A
CFD approach

Fredrik Carlsson, Dr, FS Dynamics
Hans Henrik Mortensen, Tetra Pak Scanima
Fredrik Innings, Professor, Tetra Pak Processing Systems
08:25 - 08:50

Robert Higbee, Sr. Analytic/Mechanical Design Engineer,
Philadelphia Mixing Solutions Ltd.
Jason Giacomelli, Research Engineer, Philadelphia Mixing
Solutions Ltd.

Periodicity in lattice-Boltzmann CFD
simulated rotating impeller cumulative
hydraulic force angle versus time plots

08:50 - 09:15

Hua Bai, SABIC Americas Inc

Investigation of ProQuip HiFlow™
mixing impeller in a commercial-scale
reactor and comparison of different
modeling tools

09:15 - 09:40

Suzanne Kresta, University of Alberta

Alternate ways of modeling mixing inreactive systems: meso-mixing, micromixing, and reactive precipitation

Francesco Maluta, Alexandra Komrakova Department ofChemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
Archie Eaglesham, Don Jones Huntsman Polyurethanes
09:40 - 10:05

John Thomas, President, M-Star Simulations
Richard Grenville, Director of Mixing Technology, Philadelphia
Mixing Solutions, Ltd.

Time-accurate blending simulations oftransitional flow inside stirred tanks

MULTIPHASE MIXING
Chair

Katsuide Takenaka

Co-chair

Aaron Strand

10:20 - 10:45

Richard Grenville, Director of Mixing Technology,
Philadelphia Mixing Solutions Ltd.

Mixing and flocculation of fineparticles

Patrick Spicer, Associate Professor, University of New South
Wales
11:10 - 11:35

Lena Hohl, Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Chemical &Process Engineering
Joschka Schulz, Technische Universität Berlin, Chair ofChemical & Process Engineering
Susanne Roehl, Technische Universität Berlin, Chair ofChemical & Process Engineering
Niklas Paul, Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Chemical& Process Engineering
Matthias Kraume, Technische Universität Berlin, Chair ofChemical & Process Engineering

Analysis of dispersion andcoalescence in liquid three phasesystems

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11:35 - 12:00

Minye Liu, Dr, The Chemours Company

Mean age distribution in timedependent multiphase flows

12:00 - 12:25

Richard Long, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State
University

Gas-liquid interfacial area production
in a vertical column approaches

Asem Al Jarrah Al Jarrah
Mohmmad Aliedeh

APPLICATIONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
Chair

Frederic AugierCo-chair

Victor Atiemo-Obeng

18:45 - 19:20

Charles Dubois, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal Chemical Engineering Dept.

An Insider Look At Energetic Materials
Formulation and Mixing (KEYNOTE)

19:20 - 19:45

Paul Gilis, Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company

The development and scaling of staticand dynamic mixing systems to
dewater Canadian oil sands minetailings

Jason Moore, Senior Engineer, Dow Chemical
Michael Poindexter, Fellow, Dow Chemical
Michael Cloeter, Technical Leader, Dow Chemical
19:45 - 20:10

Moshe Bentolila, Application Manager, VisiMix Ltd.

Improvement of safety characteristics
of stirred reactors (SR) VisiMix®
approach to inherently safer design ofSR

20:10 - 20:35

Thomas Simpson, Chemical Engineering Consultant, DuPont

Good mixing gone bad – life as anindustrial mixing consultant

MIXING UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS
ChairFouad Azizi

Co-chair

Hua Bai

20:50 - 21:15

Federico Alberini, Research Fellow, University ofBirmingham
Olga Mihailova, Dr, Unilever

PIV and torque measurements of theblending of complex rheology fluids in
a 1L stirred vesselMark Simmons, Professor, University of Birmingham
Adam Kowalski, Professor, Unilever
21:15 - 21:40

David Brown, Michael Dawson, BHR Group

Effect of additive viscosity on inline
blending in the turbulent flow regime

21:40 - 22:05

Clara Gomez, Engineering Research Scientist, Coanda
Research and Development Corporation

Fluid fine tailings flocculation using
dynamic mixing

Barry Bara, Senior Research Scientist, Syncrude Canada Ltd.
22:05 - 22:30

Gustavo Padron, Senior Technical Consultant, BHR Group

Heterogeneous regime transition in
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Wednesday, June 29
MULTIPHASE MIXING
Chair

Piero ArmenanteCo-chairRichard Cop

08:00 - 08:35

Alberto Brucato, Full Professor of Chemical Plant Design,
Università degli Studi di Palermo

Mixing in unbaffled stirred vessels(KEYNOTE)

08:35 - 09:00

Andrzej W. Pacek, Professor, School of Chemical
Engineering, University of Birmingham

Oxidations of bark suspensions in a
stirred tank reactor

Ping Ding, Professor, School of Chemical Engineering,
University of Birmingham
Mark Garrett, Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, Queens University, Belfast
Alvin W. Nienow, Professor, School of Chemical Engineering,
University of Birmingham
09:00 - 09:25

Raj Parthasarathy, Deputy Head, Chemical Engineering,
RMIT University
Daniel Stoian, PhD Student, RMIT University

Enhancing solid-liquid mass transfer
and impeller power efficiency in amechanically agitated vessel
employing dual impellers

Nicky Eshtiaghi, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
Jie Wu, Principal scientist, CSIRO
09:25 - 09:50

Thomas Wood, EngD Student, University of Birmingham
Mark Simmons, Professor, University of Birmingham

Slurryability: What makes a powder
difficult to incorporate into a slurry?

Richard Greenwood, Dr, University of Birmingham
Hugh Stitt, Professor, Johnson Matthey
09:50 - 10:15

Ken Primrose, CEO, Industrial Tomography Systems plc
Kent Wei, Research manager, ITS

New developments in the applicationof electrical tomography to in-line
and batch mixing

Changhua Qiu, Principal engineer,
Tom Machin, Doctoral student, University of Birmingham

MULTIPHASE MIXING
ChairDavid Dickey

Co-chair

Inci Ayranc

10:30 - 10:55

Arun Ramachandran, Assistant Professor, University ofTorontoSachin Goel, Graduate student, University of Toronto

10:55 - 11:20

Katsuhide Takenaka, Manager, Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Process Equipment Co., Ltd
Hiro Horiguchi, Sr Engineer, Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Process Equipment Co., Ltd.
Shoji Morinaga, Sr Engineer, Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Process Equipment Co., Ltd.
Koji Takahashi, Professor, Yamagata University
Tomoyo Satoh, Student/Ms, Yamagata University

The effect of a yield stress on thedrainage of the thin film between two
colliding Newtonian drops
Mass transfer in solid-liquid systemwith high concentration

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11:20 - 11:45

Alehlí Holguín-Salas, PhD student, Instituto de
Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Enrique Galindo, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México

Three-phase dispersion in a pilot
proto-fermenter containing mycelial
biomass: characterization of the local
bubble size distribution as a functionof the gassed power drawn

Gabriel Corkidi, Dr, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México
11:45 - 12:10

Arthur Etchells, Rowan University
Robert Hesketh, Professor, Rowan University

12:10 - 12:35

Louis Fradette, Professor, Polytechnique Montreal
Emir Tsabet, Polytechnique Montreal

A correlation for cloud height in solidliquid mixing
A semi-empirical approach forpredicting the scale-up effect on themean size of solid-stabilized
emulsions

SIMULATIONS AND MIXING
ChairRichard GrenvilleCo-chairHarry Van Den Akker

18:45 - 19:20

Philippe A. Tanguy, Direktor/Corporate Vice President, Total
Deutschland GmbH

Polymer kneading technology: anindustrial viewpoint (KEYNOTE)

Xiao Wang, Total S.A.
19:20 - 19:45

Maxime Pigou, PhD Student, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie desSystèmes Biologiques et des Procédés

ADENON: a simulation tool toaddress mixing issues in bioreactors

Jérôme Morchain, Assistant Professor, Laboratoired'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés
19:45 - 20:10

Bruno Blais, PhD Student, Research Unit for Industrial Flows
Processes (URPEI), Department of Chemical Engineering,
École Polytechique de Montréal

Understanding Solid-Liquid Mixing
Through the Development of a Novel
CFD-DEM Model

Francois Bertrand, Professor, Montreal PolytechniqueO. Bertrand, Montreal Polytechnique
M. Lassaigne, Montreal Polytechnique
L. Fradette, Professor, Montreal Polytechnique
20:10 - 20:35

Jose Nunhez, Professor, State University of Campinas,
UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
R. Jaimes, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP,
Campinas, Brazil
J.L. Gomez, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP,
Campinas, Brazil
N. Spogis State University of Campinas, UNICAMP,
Campinas, Brazil
M.B. Machado, Chemical and Materials engineering
department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
S.M. Kresta, Chemical and Materials engineering department,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Investigating the influence of meshdensity and some numerical aspectsof CFD modeling in the prediction of
the power number, flow number andheat transfer coefficients for the PBT
impeller

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SINGLE PHASE MIXING
Chair

Alvin Nienow

Co-chairLuis Sierra

20:50 - 21:15

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

The applicability of the use of open
impellers at low Reynolds numbers

Robert Strong, Research Engineer, National Oilwell Varco
Kevin Myers, Professor, University of Dayton
21:15 - 21:40

Konstantinos Steiros, Imperial College, London
Paul J K Bruce, Lecturer, Imperial College, London

Theoretical modelling of the steadyand transient power number in a
stirred tank

Oliver R H Buxton, Lecturer, Imperial College, London
Christos Vassilicos, Professor, Imperial College, London
21:40 - 22:05

Justin Walker, The Dow Chemical Company
Suraj Deshpande, The Dow Chemical Company
Kishore Kar, The Dow Chemical Company
Jim Pressler, The Dow Chemical Company
Wenyu Su, The Dow Chemical Company

The effect of viscosity and impeller
geometry on stable vortex formation
in a stirred tank

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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 someprocess scale-up failures (KEYNOTE)

08:35 - 09:00

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

Analysis of mixing using
renormalization molecular dynamics

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
09:00 - 09:25

Fabian Sewerin, Dipl.-Ing., Imperial College, London
Stelios Rigopoulos, professor, Imperial College, London

09:25 - 09:50

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

A combined LES-PBE-pdf approachwith PBE-grid adaptivity for modelling
turbulent mixing and precipitation
Finite volume vs. lattice Boltzmann in
mixing applications

Robert Strong, National Oilwell Varco
Kevin Myers, University of Dayton
Markus Rumpfkeil, University of Dayton

NOVEL TECHNIQUES AND MIXERSChairMark Leclair

Co-chairRichard 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

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

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
10:30 - 10:55

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

New developments in impeller design
for solid-liquid applications

Werner Himmelsbach, Vice President R&D, EKATO Mixing
Technology
10:55 - 11:20

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

Agitation strategies for the culture anddetachment of human mesenchymal
stem cells (hMSCs) from

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microcarriers in multiple stirredbioreactor 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

Blending efficiency of linear mixers
and rotating agitators at equal power

Richard Khen, Director – Research and Development,
Spxflow

Poster Presentations
MONDAY, JUNE 27
Christine Beaulieu PhD Candidate, PolytechniqueMontreal, Montréal, Quebec, PhD Candidate,
Polytechnique Montreal

Influence of Granular Segregation on Heat Transfer in a
Rotary Kiln

Moshe Bentolila, Application Manager , VisiMix Ltd.,
Israel. And The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Scale Up Methodology for the Fine Chemical Industry The Influence of the Mixing in the Process

Jason N. Goldberg, P. Eng., North America Technical
Sales Manager - Mixers, Xylem Inc.

Energy-saving mixer pays big dividends

Jorge Ramírez Cruz, PhD student , Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México

Mixing Hydrodynamics in an Unbaffled Stirred Tank
Using GPU-Based Large-Eddy Simulations.

Martín Salinas Vázquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México, Instituto de Ingeniería
Gabriel Ascanio Gasca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma deMéxico, Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo
Tecnológico.
Konstantinos Stamatopoulos, PhD student , University ofBirmingham
Hannah K. Batchelor, Senior Lecturer?Dr., University ofBirmingham

Analysis of human colon fluid dynamics by Positron
Emission Particle Tracking System (PEPT) and Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) using an in vitro Dynamic
Colon Model (DCM)

Prof. Mark J. H. Simmons, Head of School of Chemical
Engineering/ Prof.,
Marcela Věříšová, Ph.D. student, Czech Technical
University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Department of Process Engineering

imilarities between impinging jets and flow in agitatedbatch induced by axial-flow impellers with draft tube

Martin Dostál, Dr., Czech Technical University in Prague
Tomáš Jirout, Prof., Czech Technical University in Prague
Petr Vlček, Ing., Czech Technical University in Prague,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

CFD simulation of flow in a mixing device with a draught
tube

Tomáš Jirout, prof., Czech Technical University in Prague,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Bing Wan, Student, Polytechnique Montreal

Phase Inversion of Solid-Stabilized Emulsions

Madhu V. Majji, Ph.D Student, Levich Institute, City
College of New York

Flow Transition and Tracer Mixing in Taylor-Coutte Flowof Neutrally Buoyant Fluid-Particle Suspension

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TUESDAY, JUNE 28
Billy Allen, Engineering Advisor, Eli Lilly and Company“Oxygen Transfer Coefficients by the Dynamic Gassing,Hydrogen Peroxide and Mass Balance Methods at
Power Inputs and Superficial Gas Velocities Applicableto Commercial Fermentation Processes”

David Alejandro Arjona Rivera, Resp. Laboratorio deIngeniería Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Effect of Blade Shape on the Dissipated Power of Disk
Turbine Impellers: his relation with low-pressure core of
the trailing vortices.

David Alejandro Arjona Rivera, student, Universidad
Autonoma de Yucatán
Daniel Angel Mena Romero, Teacher, Universidad
Autónoma de YucatánMaria Dalmira Rodriguez Martín, teacher, Universidad
Autónoma de YucatánJames Cardus, PhD Student, University of Birmingham

Use of reactive plif for the evaluation of micromixing andmixing times in a stirred tank

Cyrus John Uera Espinoza, EngD Student (ResearchEngineer), University of Birmingham

Emulsification of non-Newtonian Mixtures in a HighShear Mixer

Mark J. H. Simmons, Professor, University of Birmingham
Federico Alberini, Doctor, University of Birmingham
Adam J. Kowalski, Professor, Unilever Port Sunlight
Alehlí Holguín-Salas, PhD stuent, Instituto de
Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Enrique Galindo, Dr, Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México
Sang Jin Lee, Analytical Engineer, Philadelphia Mixing
Solutions, Ltd.

The behavior of local gas retention and interfacial area ina pilot stirred tank as a function of gassed power drawn
and mycelial biomass content

A study on the effective design methodology of theagitator shaft assembly

Robert W. Higbee, Senior Analytical, Mechanical Design
Engineer, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd.
Jason Giacomelli, Research and Development Engineer,
Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd.
Aaron Strand, Research Engineer, Spxflow
Ricahrd Khen, Director – Research and Development,
Spxflow
Nihat Yavuz, North Carolina State University
K.P. Sandeep, North Carolina State University
Nasim Hashemi, Ph.D Student, Ryerson University
Farhad Ein-Mozaffari, Professor, Ryerson University
Simant R. Upreti, Professor, Ryerson Univesity
Dae Kun Hwang, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University

Flow Dependence on Off Bottom Location and Impeller
DiameterMixing of a Non-Newtonian fluid in a stirred tank with amodified pitched blade impeller
Experimental investigation of power consumption, mixing
time, and bubble behavior in an aerated reactor
equipped with a coaxial mixer

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
Adel Al Taweel, Professor, Dalhousie University
Albahlool Idhbeaa, Ph.D. Candidate, Dalhousie University

Development of an Energy-Efficient High-Rate
Bioreactor

Amyl Ghanem, Assoc. Professor, Dalhousie University
Fouad Azizi, Dr, American University of Beirut
Khaled Abou Hweij,
Salur Basbug, PhD Student, Imperial College London
George Papadakis, Reader, Imperial College London

Liquid-Phase Mixing in Contactors Equipped with
Screen-Type Static Mixers
DNS Investigation of Mixing in a Strirred Tank with
Regular and Fractal Blades

Christos Vassilicos, Professor, Imperial College London
Francesco Maluta, Department of Chemical and Materials
Engineering, University of Alberta

The optimization of mechanistic model parameters to
predict undesired reactive precipitation of by-products

Alexandra Komrakova, Department of MechanicalEngineering, University of Alberta
Archie Eaglesham, Huntsman Polyurethanes
Don Jones, Huntsman Polyurethanes
Suzanne Kresta, Department of Chemical and Materials
Engineering, University of Alberta
Fatemeh Safari, University of Alberta
Akshay Bhalerao, University of Alberta

Effect of mixing energy on the transient drop size duringliquid-liquid drawdown in different tank geometries using
in-situ FBRM

Marcio Bezeera Machado, Research Associate, Universityof Alberta
Alexandra Komrakova, Professor, University of Alberta
Suzanne Kresta, Professor, University of Alberta
Colin Saraka, Master's Candidate, Department of Chemicaland Materials Engineering, University of Alberta

Uncovering Dynamics of Mesomixing in the Feed Plumefor Froth Dewatering Using In-Situ FBRM and PVM

Márcio Machado, Department of Chemical and Materials
Engineering, University of Alberta
Samson Ng, Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Sujit Bhattacharya, Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Suzanne Kresta, Principal Investigator, Department ofChemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
Adriana Gaona, PhD Student, University of Toronto

Evaluating the Mixing Performance of High-Solids
Lignocellulosic Enzymatic

Petr Vlček, Ing., Czech Technical University in Prague,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Large eddy simulation of homogenization process in apitched blade impeller mixed vessel

Tomáš Jirout, prof., Czech Technical University in Prague,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Bohuš Kysela, Ing. ,Ph.D, Institute of Hydrodynamics, AS
CR, v.v.i.
Olivier Bertrand, Department of Chemical Engineering,
École Polytechique de Montréal

Development of pressure based methods for thedetermination of the just-suspended speed andsuspension state in viscous solid-liquid mixing