2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Novel Computational Methods in Mixing

Novel methods to explore mixing fundamentals and mixer and mixed-reactor performance using computational methods are included in this session.

Chair

Jennifer Spinti, University of Utah

Co-Chair

Anthony Dixon, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Presentations

12:30 PM

(495a) Novel Objective Functions for Static Mixers
E. Bruce Nauman

12:55 PM

(495b) Computational Characterization of Continuous Mixers Using Discrete Element Modeling Techniques
Atul Dubey, Fernando J. Muzzio

01:20 PM

(495c) Simulation of Flow Field and Circulation Time Phenomena In a Batch Rotor-Stator Mixer
Meng Yang, Karl R. Kevala, Richard Calabrese

01:45 PM

(495d) Impeller Design for Optimal Performance In Tall Tanks
Minye Liu, Richard K. Grenville

02:10 PM

(495e) The Use of Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for Analysis of Solid-Fluid Mixing
Richard D. LaRoche, Wai Sam Wong

02:35 PM

(495f) Interfacial Area Concentration Distribution Computed from An Interfacial Energy Balance
Richard L. Long