2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: Particulate and Multiphase Flows II: Structure and Assembly

This session of contributed talks focuses on theoretical, experimental, and numerical studies on hydrodynamic phenomena in suspensions, slurries, and other dispersed multiphase systems including (but not limited to) solid-liquid, liquid-liquid, or bubbly-liquid systems.

Chair

James Swan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Chair

Sibani L. Biswal, Rice University

Presentations

03:15 PM

(421a) General Rheology of Concentrated Emulsions with Surfactant
Alexander Zinchenko, Robert H. Davis

03:30 PM

(421b) A Study of Solids Suspension Homogeneity in Agitated Tanks Fitted with Disk Type Impellers Using Electrical Resistance Tomography
Xuwen Deng, Manjunath Basavarajappa, Sanja Miskovic

03:45 PM

(421c) Millifluidic Experiments and Models to Elucidate Proppant Flow in in Idealized Fractures
Rekha R. Rao, Anne Grillet, Christine Cardinal Roberts, Mathew Ingraham, Stephen Bauer, Daniel Bolintineanu, Jeremy Lechman, Enrico Quintana

04:00 PM

(421d) Selection of One-Dimensional Dispersed Bubble Flow Closure Relations Via Three-Dimensional Simulations
Florentina Popa, Brent Houchens

04:15 PM

(421e) Measurement and CFD Simulation of Liquid-Liquid Settling in Rare Earths Solvent Extraction Mixer-Settler
Sishi Ye, Qiao Tang, Yundong Wang

04:30 PM

(421f) Gas-Bubble Retention and Release Behavior in Deep Sediment Layers
Phillip A. Gauglitz, Philip P. Schonewill, Rick W. Shimskey, Michael R. Powell, Greg K. Boeringa, Joseph E. Meacham

04:45 PM

(421g) Effect of Distributor Design on Gas Holdup for Slurry Bubble Column
Saba Gheni

05:00 PM

(421h) Velocity-Dependent Foam Rheology in Porous Media for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Yongchao Zeng, Jeffrey Joyce, Chang Da, Aarthi Muthuswamy, Qiqi Xiang, Ying Wang, George J. Hirasaki, Sibani L. Biswal, Maura Puerto

05:15 PM

(421i) Effect of Particle-to-Fluid Density Ratio on Stable-Unstable Transition in a Small-Scale Sedimentating Fluid-Solid System to Test the Limit of a Kinetic-Theory-Based Model
Christine M. Hrenya, Xiaolong Yin, Guodong Liu, Xiaoqi Li, William Fullmer