2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: Novel Mixer and Mixed Reactor Design

Research and design of mixed reactors. Flow dynamics, mass transfer, reactions, scale-up, performance and performance characteristics.

Chair

Sanja Miskovic, University of Utah

Co-Chair

Richard Grenville, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions Ltd.

Presentations

08:30 AM

(81a) A New Definition of Impeller Efficiency
John A. Thomas, Richard Grenville

08:51 AM

(81b) Drawdown of Liquid-Liquid Systems: Comparing Performance of Conventional Stirred Tank and Confined Impeller Stirred Tank
Akshay Bhalerao, Alexandra Komrakova, Marcio Bezerra Machado, Suzanne Kresta, Fatemeh Safari

09:12 AM

(81c) Characterization of Mixing in the EPA Baffled Flask for Dispersion Effectiveness Testing
Lin Zhao, Bing Wang, Robyn Conmy, Michel C. Boufadel, Piero M. Armenante

09:33 AM

(81d) Investigating the Effect of Baffles on CSTR Performance for Liquid Phase Reaction
Mohammed K. Al Almesfer, Mohd Danish

09:54 AM

(81e) CFD Analysis in Desiging of Mixing Mechanism for a Mechanical Flotation Machine
Raghav Dube, Jiliang Xia, Antti Rinne, Jarmo Lohilahti, Toni Mattsson

10:15 AM

(81f) Development, Scale up and Testing of the Nextstep™ – the Most Efficient Mechanism in Mechanical Flotation
Dariusz Lelinski, Keri Caldwell, Ken Rahal, Yihong Yang, Tim Olson, Mads Jespersen

10:36 AM

(81g) Design and Characterization of a Scaled-up Millifluidic Groove Mixer
Joseph Whittenberg, Vivek Kumar, Keegan Lane, Heeral Patel, Paul J.A. Kenis