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AIChE 2006 SpringNational Meeting &2nd Global Congresson Process Safety

Preliminary

Technical Program

Preliminary

Technical Program

Orlando, FL, April 23-27, 2006Join an internationalgathering of chemicalengineers, processsafety professionalsand particle scientistsproviding unmatchedbreadth, depth and content.

Featuring2nd Global Congress onProcess Safety

❖ 4oth Loss Prevention Symposium

❖ 21st CCPS InternationalConference

❖ 8th Process Plant SafetySymposium

18th Ethylene Producers’Conference

Plus...Fifth World Congress onParticle Technology

❖ Energy Critical Issues SeriesFeaturing The US Department of Energy

❖ 14 Topical Conferences❖ Noted Featured Speakers❖ Networking Events

And MoreThe following is the preliminary technical program and is subject to change. For the latest program, visit: www.aiche.org/Conferences/SpringMeeting/MeetingProgram/TechnicalProgram.aspx.

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Dolphin Hotel, Asia 1AGGLOMERATION AND BREAKAGE IN

FLUID-PARTICLE SYSTEMS - I

A Population Balance Model for Flocculation ofColloidal Suspensions Incorporating the Influ-ence of Surface Forces • 8:00 AMSolution of Population Balance Equations forWet • Granulation and Combination with theFLUENT Software • 8:20 AMAn Approach to Model High Shear Wet Granu-lation by Using a Multi-Dimensional PopulationBalance Equation • 8:40 AM Dispersion Dynamics of Fractal and Non-fractalAggregates in Shear Flow • 9:00 AMExtension to Smoluchowski's Population BalanceEquation to Include Liquid Binder • 9:20 AMCharacterization of the Structure of FractalAggregates •9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 1AGGLOMERATION AND BREAKAGE IN

FLUID-PARTICLE SYSTEMS - II

Improving Fluidizability of Cohesive Particles bySurface Coating with Flow Conditioners • 1:00 PMAn Experimental Analysis of Fluid Bed Co-Gran-ulation of Two Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients• 1:20 PMAgglomeration in the Spray Zone of a Spray Drier• 1:40 PMDrying in a Fluidized Bed of Inert Glass Spheres •2:00 PM Study of Particle Growth and Particle Size Distri-butions in Batch Fluidized Bed Granulation• 2:20 PMSpinning Wheel Powder Feeding Device - Funda-mentals and Applications • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 3ENGINEERED PARTICLES OR

ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLE STRUCTURES - I

One-Step Fabrication of Core-Shell Nanofibersfrom Electrified Coaxial Jets • 8:00 AMSynthesis of Flexible Magnetic Nanowires of Per-manently-Linked Core-Shell Magnetic BeadsTethered to a Glass Surface Patterned by Micro-contact Printing • 8:20 AMEffects of Temperature Cycling on Crystallization inSurfactant-Free Monodisperse Emulsions • 8:40 AMBenign Nano-Thin Film Composite Particles forProtection from Uva/Uvb - Rays • 9:00 AMFluorescence and Magnetic Resonance EnabledSilica Nanoparticles for Bio Imaging Applica-tions • 9:20 AMFolate Mediated Delivery of Dye-Doped SilicaNanoparticles for Biolabelling • 9:40 AM


ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLE STRUCTURES - II

Radiopaque Flame-Made Ta2O5/SiO2 Nanoparti-

cles with Controlled Refractive Index and Trans-parency • 1:00 PM Nanoparticle Structural Organisation and Scaf-folding in Organic Media • 1:20 PM Cubic or Monoclinic Y2O3:Eu3+ Nanoparticles byOne Step Flame Spray Pyrolysis • 1:40 PM Fine Polycarbosilane Particles for Precursors ofSilicon Carbide Ceramics Synthesized by Precipi-tation Processing in Solvents • 2:00 PM Novel Application of Surfactant to SelectivityEnhancing Agent in Chemical Mechanical Polish-ing • 2:20 PMThe Effects of the Operational Parameters on theCharactaristics of Protein Microparticles • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4FLUID-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS AND INTER-PARTICLE

FORCES IN FINE PARTICLE SYSTEMS I

Basic Investigations on Fugitive Dust EmissionsCaused by Falling Bulk Solid Streams • 8:00 AMDispersion of High Aspect Ratio Particles in Air • 8:20 AM Controlling the Interparticle Forces of Nanoparti-cles • Using Atomic Layer Deposition • 8:40 AMSimulation of the Hydrodynamic Behavior ofAggregated Particles • 9:00 AM Fine Particle Flow - from a Discrete Element Per-spective • 9:20 AM

Agglomerate Shrinkage and Bubbling Stimulationon Vibrated Apf Beds • 9:40 AM


FORCES IN FINE PARTICLE SYSTEMS II

Segregation in Polydisperse Fluidized Beds:Devel-opment and Validation of a Multi-Fluid Model •1:00 PM A Study on the Conductivity of the Particles-Sol-vent Suspensions • 1:20 PM Coarse-Graining of Two-Fluid Models for Flu-idized Gas-Particle Suspensions • 1:40 PM A New Polydisperse Drag Law Derived from Lat-tice Boltzmann Simulations • 2:00 PM Surface Deformation in a Liquid EnvironmentResulting from Single-Particle Collisions • 2:20 PM Multi-Scale Structure of Clustering Particles• 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6FLUID/PARTICLE SYSTEMS IN MATERIAL PROCESSING

Mathematical Modeling of Reaction Kinetics ofLimestone CaCO3 Decarbonization in a Station-ary Furnace • 8:00 AM Preparation of Spherical Nanostructured Particles

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 4 & 5LOSS PREVENTION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Expanding Role of the Loss Prevention Professional, Past, Present and Future•10:45 AMThe History of the Loss Prevention Symposia • 12:15 PMLooking from the Past to the Future - Is Loss Prevention Affected by Global-ization? • 12:45 PMEvolving a Corporate KPC HSE Management System • 1:15 PM10 Years of Progress or Slipping into Complacency • 1:45 PM

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere BCDENERGY CRITICAL ISSUES SERIES (CIS)

• Samuel Bodman, U.S.Department of Energy Secretary (Invited Speaker)• Jeff Siirola, Technology Fellow of Eastman Chemical Co.

Case Study Analyzing a Biomass Growing Process• Calvin Cobb, President of Calvin Cobb & Co.

Metrics for Evaluating Energy Systems• Amos Avidan, Principal Vice President of the Bechtel Corp.

Update on AIChE’s Commission on Energy Challenges

Sunday, April 23

Monday, April 24

Particle and Bulk Solids Handling Technology -Bridging the Theory Practice Gap • April 24 • 10:30 AM • Alan Roberts*, University of NewcastleParticle and Product Design Strategies ThroughInterfacial Engineering • April 24 • 3:20 PM • Wolfgang Peukert*, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-NurembergMulti-Scale Modeling of Dense Phase Gas-ParticleFlows • April 25 •10:30 AM • Yukata Tsuji*, OsakaUniversityElectrical Capacitance Volume Tomography forProcess Imaging • April 25 • 3:20 PM • L.S. Fan*,Ohio State UniversityParticle Technology Education 2006 • April 26 •10:30 AM • Martin Rhodes*, Monash UniversityFunctional Nanoparticles Made in Flame AerosolReactors • April 26 • 3:20 PM • Sotiris Pratsinis*,Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyParticle Characterization - from Bulldog, toEagle, to Dinosaur • April 27 • 10:30AM • RegDavies, University of Florida

1. Flow Properties and Particle Analysis • April 24 • 8:00 AM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 5

2 .Particle Formation Processes• April 24 • 8:00 AM • • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 7

3. Fluidization - Fundamentals and Applications• April 24 • 1:00 PM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 5

4. Colloids and Dispersions• April 24 • 1:00 PM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 7

5. Storage and Feeding of Bulk Solids• April 25 • 8:00 AM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 5

6. Particulate Drug Delivery• April 26 • 8:00 AM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 7

7. Mixing and Segregation• April 25 • 1:00 PM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 5

8. Review of Dem and Its Applications• April 26 • 1:00 PM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 7

9. Pneumatic Conveying and Measurements• April 26 • 8:00 AM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 5

10. Design and Synthesis of Smart Particles• April 25 • 8:00 AM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 7

11. Safety Issues in Particle Handling• April 26 • 1:00 PM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 5

12. Functionalized Nanoparticles• April 25 • 1:00 PM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 7

13. Environmental Issues of Particulates• April 27 • 8:00 AM • Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 5

14. Non-Intrusive Measurement of Industrial Processes

CONFERENCE PLENARIES

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TUTORIALS

Topical W: Fifth World Congress on Particle Technology*

*This is only a Plenaries and Tutorial of the World

Congress on Particle Technology. Other sessions

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of Lithium Manganese Oxides by a Spray Pyroly-sis and Fluidized Bed Hybrid System • 8:20 AMMortar Paste Structure Evolution During RamExtrusion Process: An Experimental Investigation• 8:40 AMNumerical Analysis of Air-Particles Swirl Flow ina Pipe • 9:00 AMCharacterization of Bauxite-Residue Classifiedby Wet Cyclone System • 9:20 AM Comparison of Electrostatic Fine Powder Coatingand Coarse Powder Coating by Numerical Simu-lations • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2GRANULE COATING PROCESSES

The Development of New Direct Coloring Tech-nique for Powder Coatings • 8:00 AM Surface Modification of Silica Particles by Dry-Coating • 8:20 AMAn Investigation into the Effects of Time and ShearRate on the Spreading of Liquid Binders in aGranular Layering Process • 8:40 AMParticle Design for Improved Tabletting Charac-teristic Via Hot Granulation of Drug (Ibuprofen)Particles with Sublimation Tendency • 9:00 AMDiscretization of Temperature and Moisture forDetermining Surface Stickiness of Single Dropletsduring Drying • 9:20 AMCoating and Granulation of Fine Particles in Flu-idized Bed • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 3NANOPARTICLES PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS

Amine Group (-NH2) Functionalized MagneticNanoparticles by Pulsed Plasma Polymerization •8:00 AM Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles Inside a PorousSupport in Fluidized Bed: Application to Support-ed Catalysts • 8:20 AMDispersion of Flame-Synthesized Silica Nanoparti-cles in an Aqueous Solution • 8:40 AM Filtration + Magnetic Field = Nanoseparation• 9:00 AM Coupling Extrusion and Supercritical CO2: A NewProcess for a Homogeneous Inclusion of FragileMolecules in a Polymer Matrix • 9:20 AM Primary Study of Polystyrene Nanoparticle Appli-cation in Rfcc Catalysts • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 5NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF

FLUID/PARTICLE FLOW SYSTEMS - I

ANew Approach in Solving Population BalanceEquations • 8:00 AM Capturing Non-Brownian Particle Transport inSimple Periodic Flows • 8:20 AM Direct Numerical Simulation of Particle-FluidFlow: the State-of-the-Art • 8:40 AMDirect Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Flow •9:00 AM Effects of Lubrication and Particle Size Distri-bution on Fluidization Behavior - a Dem Study •9:20 AMInvestigation of Layer-Inversion and Mixing inBinary-Solid Liquid-Fluidized Beds Using a Com-bined Continuum and Discrete Model • 9:40 AM


FLUID/PARTICLE FLOW SYSTEMS - II

Proteus - An Efficient Computational Scheme forthe Simulation of Dense Particulate Flows • 1:00 PMOptimum Cell Condition for Fast Contact Detec-tion in the Algorithm of Dem and Its Application

to Large-Computing • 1:20 PM Numerical Simulation of the Transport VolumeExpansion Particles in Fluid Flows • 1:40 PM A study of the Dynamics of Homogeneous andBubbling Fluidized Beds by means of Computa-tional Fluid Dynamics • 2:00 PM Modelling of the Boundary Layer in TurbulentTwo-Phase-Flows • 2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4PROCESS MODELING OF BULK SOLID SYSTEMS IN

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Large Scale Dem Computation - Expectations andRecent Results • 8:00 AM Verified Discrete Element Simulations of BulkSolids Handling Equipment • 8:20 AMDEM-CFD Modeling of Solid-Fluid Flows• 8:40 AM Flowsheet Simulation of Solids Processes• 9:00 AMThe Material Point Modeling of Granular Flow ina Silo • 9:20 AMA Computational Study of Segregation in Granu-lar Material During Heaping • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS IN

PARTICLE FORMATION PROCESSES - I

Carbon Black / Pp Inter-Penetration NetworkThermal-Conducting Composites • 8:00 AMMicrostructure Study of α-Alumina PowderDerived from Aluminum Hydroxide • 8:20 AMSynthesis of Monodisperse CrosslinkedPolystyrene Microspheres • 8:40 AM Mechanochemical Preparation of Nano-SizedPharmaceutical Drugs forApplication in CancerTherapy • 9:00 AM Influence of Mixing Process Characteristics forAqueous Phase Encapsulation by Silica Nanopar-ticles • 9:20 AMThe Evolution of Internal Architecture in ParticlesProduced by Evaporation-Induced Self Assemblywithin Aerosols • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS IN

PARTICLE FORMATION PROCESSES - II

Agglomerates - Structures and Their DissolutionBehavior • 1:00 PM Rational Design of Granules: the Evolution ofMicrostructure in Granulation and Its Effect onDissolution • 1:20 PM Experimental Study of Wet Granulation in Flu-idized Bed: Impact of the Binder Properties on theGranule Morphology • 1:40 PM Simulation of Aerosol Synthesis by SimultaneousCoagulation, Sintering and Growth: Structureand Product Property Formation • 2:00 PMImprovement of Bioavailability of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs : Prediction of Theoretical IntrinsicBioavailability • 2:20 PM Activated and Deactivated Sintering of Hydroxya-patite Sorbent Using Metallic Additives • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 3ANALYSIS/CHARACTERIZATION TUTORIAL

Interactions of Synthetic Additives withPetroleum Aggregates Probed by Small-AngleNeutron Scattering • 8:00 AM Near-Infrared Modeling of Conjugated Diolefinsin Selective Hydrogenation Units • 9:00 AMMeasurements of the Association and Stability ofAsphaltenes - a Multidiciplinary Approach •10:00AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 1BOTTOM OF THE BARREL PROCESSING

Changes in Asphaltene Structure and StabilityDuring Hydrotreating • 8:00 AMCoke Quenching in the Delayed Coking Process• 8:45 AM Stability of Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsions in theBurgan Oilfield • 9:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 2DESALTING TUTORIAL

Developing Crude Pre-Treating Programs toImprove Downstream Operations • 8:00 AM Solids Handling in Crude Oil • 8:40 AMControlling Quality Variations in the Feed toDesalters • 9:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 2ETHYLENE PLANT PROCESS CONTROL

Introduction - Opening Remarks • 8:00 AMIntegrated Advanced Process Control and OlefinsProduction Maximization on Ethylene PlantBuilding an Effective Operator Interface for Com-plex Apc Applications • 8:30 AMAn OperatorAdvisor/Trainer for Olefin PlantCold Fractionation • 8:55 AM A DMCplus Tale of Two C3 Splitters • 9:35 AMWhat Dynamic Simulation Brings to a ProcessControl Engineer: Applied Case Study to a Propy-lene/Propane Splitter • 10:00 AM Use of External Targets to Improve Dmcplus Con-troller Performance and Long-Term Benefits •10:25 AM .

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 3ADVANCES IN THE SEPARATIONS AND

IMMOBILIZATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE

Implications for the Nuclear Power IndustryCaused by New Views on Climate Change andSocietal Implications Thereof • 8:00 AMFlammable Gas Generation During Immobiliza-tion of Tetraphenylborate in a Cementitious WasteForm • 8:15 AM Separation of Cesium and Strontium from SpentLwr Fuel and Immobilization of the ProductUsing Steam Reforming Technology • 8:30 AM Development of Waste Acceptance Criteria forModular Caustic-Side Solvent Extraction Unit• 8:45 AM Effect of Variation in Modular Caustic-Side Sol-vent Extraction Unit Parameters on Process Per-formance • 9:00 AMMillimeter-Wave High and Low Level ActivityWaste Glass Research • 9:15 AMTreatment of the Sodium Bearing Waste at the IdahoNuclearTechnology and Engineering Center bySteam Reforming • 9:30 AM On the Development of an Electrical TomographicSystem for Monitoring the Performance of aHeavy Metal Precipitation Step during NuclearFuel Reprocessing • 9:45 AMDefense Waste Processing Facility Recycle StreamEvaporation • 10:00 AMDevelopment of a Rotary Microfilter to IncreaseThroughput in Solid-Liquid Separation Process-es • 10:15 AM The Archimedes Filter - A Supplemental Pre-treatment Solution for Hanford • 10:30 AMRefinement of the Alkaline/Oxidative Leaching Pro-cess to Remove Chromium from Hanford NuclearWaste • 10:45 AM Using an Integrated Model for Strategic Planningof Nuclear Waste Salt Processing Program inSavannah River Site • 11:00 AM

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Swan Hotel, LarkEXERGY, COST AND ECO-EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN

MICRO-SYSTEMS

The Impact of Microtechnologies in Chemical andPharmaceutical Production Processes • 8:00 AM BASF's Eco-Efficiency Analysis Method - AToolto Assess Micro-Reactor Technologies • 8:40 AMMicroreactor Technology: A Revolution for theFine Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry?• 9:00 AM Micro Reaction Technology and Molecular Indus-tries - Changing the Paradigm of Plant Engineer-ing Cost Efficiency to Innovation Value Respon-siveness • 9:20 AMPotential Evaluation of Micro Reaction Technolo-gy • 9:40 AM Economic Aspects of Microreactors in ProductionScale Use • 10:00 AM Life Cycle Assessment of Microreaction TechnologyVersus Conventional Batch Technology • 10:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 7HYDROGEN SENSOR DEVELOPMENT

Fiberoptic Hydrogen Leak Detector • 8:00 AM Nanocrystalline Doped SnO2 for Room Tempera-ture Detection of Hydrogen, Recovery, Response,and Sensitivity Improvements • 8:30 AMLow-Power Detection of Hydrogen Leakage Usinga Self-Powered Wireless Hydrogen Sensor Node •9:00 AM Optical Hydrogen Sensor for Inert Environments• 9:30 AMH2 Detection Via Polarography • 10:00 AM Development of Hydrogen Detection Instrumentsat Kennedy Space Center • 10:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 8INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES PART 1

Innovative Environmental Management Proce-dures - Introduction • 8:00 AM Natural Infrastructure Capabilities RequirementsManagement • 8:20 AMInnovative Procedures to Accelerate Cleanup• 8:40 AM Peformance-Based Management and RemediationProcess Optimization Technical Regulatory Guid-ance Development by the Interstate TechnologyRegulatory Council • 9:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 8INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES PART II

Performance-Based Management Implementationin South Carolina • 2:00 PMExit Strategy and Systematic Planning WithinPerformance Based Management • 2:20 PM Implementation of Performance Based Managementand Performance Based Contracting • 2:40 PMImplementation of the Methods Innovation Rule(MIR) as a Major Factor in the RCRA Perfor-mance Based Measurement (PBMS) Program •3:00 PM Staged Electronic Data Deliverable • 3:20 PM Uniform Federal Policy for Implementing Envi-ronmental Quality Systems • 3:40 PM Performance Based Management Panel Discus-sion • 4:00 PM Dysfunctional Groups Impact on PBM • 4:20 PMRapid Site Characterization - Overview • 4:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 2LNG I - PLANT & OPERATION

New Advances of LNG in China • 8:00 AMIntegrated Approach for the Design of Refrigera-tion and Power Systems • 8:20 AM Processes for High C2 Recovery from LNG - PartI: Schemes Based on Refluxed Demethanizer •8:40 AM Validation of the Air Recirculation CFD Simula-tions on a Multi-Train LNG Plant • 9:00 AM Reduction of Flare Loading during a RefrigerantCompressor Blocked Discharge in a LNG C3/MRProcess • 9:20 AMLNG as a Source of Clean Energy • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 2LNG II - TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT

LNG-Fired Peak-Shaving Power Plants in China •2:00 PMAFlexible LNG Conditioning and NGLRecoveryProcess in LNG Receiving Terminal • 2:20 PMProcesses for High C2 Recovry from LNG - Part II:Schemes Based on Expander Technology • 2:40 PMPrecooling Concepts for Large Base Load LNGPlants • 3:00 PMIntegrate LNG Terminal with Power Plant toAchieve BTU Control and Efficiency Enhance-ment • 3:20 PMSnohvit LNG - Leading LNG Business into aPromising Region • 3:40 PM LNG Applications of Printed Circuit HeatExchangers • 4:00 PM

Swan Hotel, ParrottMICRO TECHNOLOGY IN CATALYZED REACTION SYSTEMS I

An Overview of Microchannel Reactor Technolo-gy and Its Applications • 8:00 AM Biodiesel Synthesis in Multichannel Microreac-tor • 8:45 AMCatalyst Uniformity Requirements for IndustrialMicrochannel Applications • 9:10 AM Experimental Studies of Nitration of Toluene ina Microchannel Reactor • 9:35 AM Catalytic Selective Oxidations in MicrochannelReactors • 10:00 AM Kinetic Investigation of H2O2 Synthesis by Con-trolled H2/O2 Reaction in a Microchannel Reactor• 10:25 AM

Swan Hotel, ParrottMICROTECHNOLOGY IN

CATALYZED REACTION SYSTEMS II

Structured Microreactors for Intensification ofCatalytic Process • 2:00 PM Development of Integrated Ceramic Microreac-tors for Production of Hydrogen • 2:42 PM Steam-Reforming of Methanol over Zn-Cr Cata-lysts in a Microreactor • 3:05 PMCatalyst Coatings in Ceramic Microreactors forSteam Reforming of Methanol • 3:28 PMIntegrated Micro System for Controlled Deliveryof Hydrogen from Metal Ammines• 3:51 PMRobust Ceramic Sic-Microreactors with CatalyticCoatings • 4:14 PMScale-up of Microtechnology for Fuel ProcessingApplications: Comparison Between Fixed-Bed andMicrochannel Reactor Systems • 4:37 PM

Dolphin Hotel, American Seminar RoomRECENT ADVANCES IN CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES I

Desalination and Water Reuse Technologies in thePetroleum Refining Industry • 8:00 AM

PEM Fuel Cells - Challenge in Science and Tech-nology • 8:20 AM Sub-Freezing Conditions on a Pem Fuel Cell Per-formance and Components • 8:40 AMNanostructured Polymer Electrolytes • 9:00 AM Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Studiesof Non-Fluorinate Proton Exchange Membranesin Dmfc • 9:20 AMPhotoproduction of Hydrogen from HydrogenSulfide Using a Novel Metal Oxide Photocatalyst •9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, American Seminar RoomRECENT ADVANCES IN CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES II

Down-Hole Combustion Method for Gas Produc-tion from Methane Hydrate • 2:00 PMEvaluation of Process Variables Interaction byBiodiesel Production from Castor Oil Ethanolise• 2:20 PMSelective Co Oxidation in the Presence of ExcessHydrogen over Promoted Pt Catalyst• 2:40 PMSelective Catalytic Oxidation of Co in the Pres-ence of Hydrogen over Au/MnO2-CeO2 Catalysts• 3:00 PMNeural Modeling of a Continuous Alcoholic Fer-mentation Process and Its Optimization by Suc-cessive Quadratic Programming • 3:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 3SEPARATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Recent Distillation Research at FRI • 8:00 AM • The University of Texas Separations ResearchProgram • 8:30 AM Modeling Reboilers with HTRI Technology• 9:00 AMOptimizing the Performance of High CapacityCorrugated Sheet Structured Packings • 9:30 AM Optimum Product Yields of Vacuum DistillationUnit from Petroleum Refinery Process • 10:00 AMSimulation of Ternary Distillation in a Heat Inte-grated Distillation Column (HIDIC) with a Rate-Based Model • 10:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 1SELF INFLICTED CONTAMINANTS AND FOULING

Introductory Speech • 8:30 AM Hydrate Formation in Ethylene, Acetylene, andPropylene • 8:55 AM Corrosive Chemicals in Bfw, Defective AnalysingSystems and Incomplete Treatment of SteamSystems Resulting Serious Transfer LineExchanger Failures • 9:20 AM Methodology for Minimizing Self Inflicted Con-taminants in Ethylene Plants • 10:00 AM Unintended Consequences of Process Additives onAcetylene Converter Performance in a Gas FeedSteam Cracker • 10:25 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3PROCESS SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND CONDUCTING

BUSINESS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Representative from Sinopec • 10:15 AMRepresentative from Braskem, Brazil • 10:35 AMSenior Group Vice President, Safety and Opera-tions, BP • 10:55 AM UK Heath and Safety Executive • 11:15 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 3FLUID/PARTICLE FLOW MEASUREMENTS

Improved Resolution of Charge DistributionAround a Rising Bubble in a Two-Dimensional Flu-idized Bed • 1:00 PM

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Study of the Effect of Flow Intensity and FlowGeometry on the Breakage of Whey ProteinAggregates Using CFD • 1:20 PMEffect of Milling Media on Kinetics of StirredMedia Milling Process - In-Line Monitoring ofParticle Size and Population • 1:40 PMParticle-Impact Sensor for Determining MassFlux in a Spouted Bed • 2:00 PMStudies on Ionic Mass Transfer in Circular Tubeswith Tangential Entry of Fluid through CurvedNozzles • 2:20 PM Some Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Gas Flu-idized Beds at High Temperatures • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6FLUID/PARTICLE SYSTEMS IN

BIOPROCESSING, AND FOOD PROCESSING

Application of Turbulent Taylor-Couette Flow toStudy the Shear Strength of Biological Aggregates• 1:00 PMModel forAssessing Sensitivity of Biologics toFluid Forces During Formulation and Filling• 1:25 PMDispersion and Dissolution: Measurements ofFood Powder Mixing by Electrical ResistanceTomography • 1:50 PMHigh Selectivity Microporous Silica Membranesfor Lactic Acid Dehydration • 2:15 PMInvestigating the Effect of Pipe Diameter Contrac-tion on the Breakage of Whey Protein AggregatesUsing CFD • 2:40 PMBuilding Structural Model for Biological Aggre-gate • 3:05 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF SILO LOADS AND FLOWS

Flushing Phenomenon due to the Impact Forceon the Powder Surface by Free Falling of Parti-cles • 1:00 PM Pressure Measurements in Full-Scale Steel Silos •1:20 PMOn the Use of Plate-Type Normal Pressure Cellsfor Silos • 1:40 PM Predicting Flow Behavior of Solids after FiftyYears Storage Using Sampling and FlowabilityStudies • 2:00 PM The Influence of a Cone-in-Cone Insert on FlowPattern and Wall Pressure in a Full Scale Silo •2:20 PM Digital Particle Image Velocimetry in Flow Mea-surements • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere BCDHYDROGEN TOPICAL PLENARY

Challenges and Benefits of a Move TowardsHydrogen Fuel • 1:35 PMAn Overview of the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative• 2:05 PM Thermochemical Cycles for the Production ofHydrogen from Water Using Nuclear Energy• 2:35 PM Sustainability Issues Related to the HydrogenEconomy • 3:05 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3CULTIVATING A GLOBAL PROCESS SAFETY CULTURE

Considerations on Creating a Total Safety Culturein a Latin American Country • 1:45 PM How to Make Problem Customers an Asset? Pro-cess Safety Challenges When Working withDiverse Customers • 2:15 PM The Next Generation of Chemical Process Safe-ty: a Comparison with the Nuclear Industry •2:45 PM • Greg Schultz*

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 4IMPROVING SAFETY CULTURE

Safety Culture in the CCPS Risk-Based ProcessSafety Model • 1:55 PM Safety Climate and Decision Making • 2:20 PMMaintaining a Healthy Safety Culture • 2:45 PMImpact of Engineering Ethics on Safety Culture •4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 4 & 5MECHANICAL INTEGRITY

Risk-Based Integrity Modeling of Process Equip-ment • 2:15 PM Flexible Storage Phosphor Plate Versus Film-Based Technology for Erosion/Corrosion Profiling• 2:45 PM Managing on Stream Leak Repairs • 3:15 PM Beyond Compliance - Taking Your MechanicalIntegrity Program to the Next Level • 4:15 PM Mechanical Integrity Best Practice for SulfuricAcid Plants • 4:45 PMAn Analysis of the Gas Pipeline Explosion atGhislenghien, Belgium • 5:15 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 1ADVANCES IN DESALTING

Parallel Comparison of Two Different DesaltingTechnologies-a Case Study • 2:00 PMBimodal Modulation for Enhanced Desalting• 2:35 PM New Control Technology for Desalter Optimiza-tion • 3:10 PMDesalter Interface Control and Diagnostics Utiliz-ing Sonar Transducers • 3:45 PM Removal of Calcium and Other Metal SpeciesForm Crude Oil in the Desalting Process, Part 2• 4:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 2ADVANCES IN FCC

Heat of Cracking for Naphtha in Risers of FccUnits • 2:00 PMHow FCCU Trickle Valves Affect Catalyst Losses •2:25 PM Heat Transfer and Heat Removal in FlowingDense Phase Fluidized Beds • 2:50 PMMolecular Based Kinetic Modeling of FCC Pro-cess • 3:15 PM Evaluation of the PID Performance for Fcc Units •3:40 PMOptimizing FCC: LPG rate and Cat GasolineOctane Constraints • 4:05 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 3AROMATICS

Investigation into a Novel, Green Technology forAromatic Thiol Production, a Density FunctionalTheory (DFT) Study • 2:00 PM Commercialization of a New Ultra High Purity/High Yield Phenol Process from Sunoco-UOP •2:25 PM Production of Metaxylene within the AromaticComplex • 2:50 PM Integrating Petrochemical Industry with a FuelOriented Refinery • 3:15 PMFactors That Affect the Quality of the EssentialLemon Oil (Citrus Aurantifolia) During the Distil-lation • 3:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 3DISTILLATION HONORS: JOHN FARONE

On Trays, Packings, and a Life in Distillation• 2:00 PM

Different Strokes: a Review of the Various UniqueDevices Tested at Fractionation Research, Inc •2:30 PM Evaluation of Structured Packing Hydraulic Per-formance Using X-Ray Computed Tomography •3:00 PM Pressure Drop of Packed Column Internals• 3:30 PMSix Sigma Evolutionary Improvement Approachfor Distillation Process Optimization • 4:00 PMExtractive Distillaton: a Process ImprovementProject • 4:30 PM

Swan Hotel, LarkPOLYMERIZATION IN MICRO-REACTORS

Novel Tubing Microreactor for Monitoring Chem-ical Reactions • 2:02 PM Amino Acid Polymerization in Micro-Reactor• 2:47 PM Synthesis of Dendrimers Using Continuous FlowMicroreactors • 3:10 PMNMP Homopolymers and Two-Stages CopolymersSynthesis in Microtube Reactors: Improvement ofthe MacromolecularArchitecture Control • 3:33 PMA Micro-Reactor for Preparing Uniform Molecu-larly Imprinted Polymer Beads • 3:56 PMSynthesis of Monodisperse Polymer Particles byPhotopolymerization in Flow Micro-Reactors• 4:19 PMSynthesis of Polymer Beads Necklaces in aMicrofluidic Device • 4:42 PM Nanoparticle-Doped Polymer Minirods Made byMicro Segmented Flow • 5:05 PM

Swan Hotel, HeronMICROTECHNOLOGY AND PROCESS ANALYTICS

Applying Microreactor Technology in ChemicalProduct Research and Process Development •2:00 PMCharacterization of Microchannel Microreactorsas Tools for Laboratory Measurements of Reac-tion Kinetics • 2:40 PMAnalytical Sensors, Instrumentation, and Labora-tory Applications of NESSI • 3:00 PM Online Analysis in Microreaction Technology: Suit-able Tools for Process Screening and Optimization •3:20 PMDetermination of Temperature Profile within Con-tinuous Micromixer-Tube Reactor Used for theExothermic Additon of Dimethyl Amine to Acry-lonitrile • 3:40 PM On-Line Chemical Process Analytics Using Lab-on-Chip Systems • 4:00 PMUse of Catalytic Micro-Reactor to Improve Selec-tivity of Gas Sensors • 4:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 2PLANT SAFETY

Quench Oil Fire in Cracking Furnace • 2:30 PMStainless Steel Drum Failure at Olefins Plant• 3:00 PMThe Safe Use of Copper -Containing Catalysts inEthylene Plants • 3:45 PMASix Sigma Approach to Operational Safety IssuesRelated with Nitrogen Oxides in the Cold Separa-tion Section of Ethylene Units • 4:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 1SELF INFLICTED CONTAMINANTS AND

FOULING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Fouling Mechanism and Performance Evalua-tion of a Gasoline Fractionator • 2:55 PMOptimize Until It Hurts • 3:20 PM

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BUILDING ON LESSONS LEARNED

Six Sigma Fire & Explosion Reduction Project• 8:00 AMTracing Source of Ethylene Oxide Gas HouseExplosion Using Damage Indicators and ThermalModeling • 8:30 AMThe Inclusion of Construction Trailers and Modu-lar Buildings in Siting Studies (for CCPS) • 9:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4COMMUNITION, ATTRITION AND

AGGLOMERATION IN GRANULAR FLOWS I

Impact of Particles Characteristics and MixingConditions on Wheat FlourAgglomeration Behav-ior • 8:00 AMApplication of X-Ray Tomography to the Descrip-tion of Single Granules • 8:20 AM Las Acid Bridges in Detergent Granulation:a Com-parison of Adhesion Force and Wetting Behaviourof Different Neutralised States • 8:40 AMInfluence of Liquid Binder Dispersion on Agglom-eration in an Intensive Mixer • 9:00 AMDiagnostic Tools for Stickiness Evaluation• 9:20 AMHydrophobic Nucleation in Particle Agglomeration• 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4COMMUNITION, ATTRITION AND

AGGLOMERATION IN GRANULAR FLOWS II

Experimental Study and DEM Simulation ofGranule Breakage by Impact • 1:00 PM Microdynamics of the Granular Flow in a Grinding Drum under Continuous Operation • 1:20 PMAttrition of Friable Particles by Impact • 1:40 PMDevelopment of an Abrasion Tester for TestingCoated Granules • 2:00 PMEstimation of Specific Rate of Grinding to Opti-mize the Industrial Batch Ball Mill • 2:20 PMA Novel Low Density Media Milling DispersionProcess and Scale-up • 2:40 PM


ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLE STRUCTURES - III

Coating on Single Particle Level • 8:00 AMSingle Droplet Drying: Transition from the Effec-tive Diffusion Model to a Modified RecedingInterface Model • 8:20 AMExperimental Study of Coating in a Bottom-SprayFluidized Bed • 8:40 AMTailor-Made Composites by High Pressure Spray

Processes • 9:00 AMInfluence of Selected Process and FormulationVariables on Granule Impact Strength, Agglomer-ation Tendency and Coating Layer Morphology ofSodium Sulphate Cores Coated in Small-ScaleTop-Spray Fluidized Bed • 9:20 AMUltrafine Powder Coating Technology • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 1FLUID/PARTICLE SYSTEMS IN POLYMER PROCESSING

Aggregation and Breakage of Polystyrene Parti-cles under Turbulent Conditions: Dynamic Exper-iments • 8:00 AMModelling the Ram Extrusion Force of a Friction-al Plastic Material • 8:20 AMStudying the Pulverization Mechanism of LowDensity Cross-Linked Natural Rubber• 8:40 AMNumerical Analysis of Temperature Distributionsin a Gas-Phase Polypropylene Reactor with a Sin-gle Helical Ribbon Agitator • 9:00 AMMonitoring Industrial Polymerisation Reactorsfor Early Detection of Agglomeration • 9:20 AM The Application of Air Extraction to thePneumatic Conveying of Polyethylene Pellets • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3SYNERGIES BETWEEN PROCESS SAFETY AND SECURITY

Expanding Known Process Safety and Risk AnalysisConcepts to Manage Security Concerns • 4:00 PMExplosive Dusts, Us Codes and Standards of SafeManagement Practices • 4:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2IN SITU PARTICLE AND FLOW MEASUREMENTS IN

CONCENTRATED MIXTURES

Electrical Capacitance Tomography - the State ofthe Art • 1:00 PMImaging Large Vessels Using Cosmic-Ray MuonEnergy-Loss Techniques • 1:20 PMIn-Line Measurement of Nano Particles Using Elec-troacoustic Spectroscopy Combined with Zeta Poten-tial and Tomographic Techniques for High Concentra-tion Paticle Suspension Systems • 1:40 PMOn-Line Measurement of the Settling Behavior ofConcentrated 2-Phase Solid/Liquid Mixtures• 2:00 PMThree-Dimensional Representations of PowderMixedness Using a Positron Emission TrackingTechnique • 2:20 PMTomographic 3-D Mapping and Flow Simulation inFlocculated Materials • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2DIRECT MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION OF

CONTACT INTERACTIONS AND TRIBOLOGY OF

PARTICULATE SYSTEMS

Adhesion, Friction and Wear of Particle Contacts• 1:00 PMCharacterization and Modeling of Multi-LayerTablet Compaction • 1:20 PMContact Mechanics of Single Particle Compres-sion and Bulk Compression of Single Componentand Binary Mixtures of Particles • 1:40 PMMeso-Scale Modelling and Measuring Bulk Cohe-sion in Surface-Wet Granular Assemblies • 2:00PMMicro-Mechanics of Particle Adhesion • 2:20 PMSpecific Effects of the Multivalent Cations onFriction between Silica Surfaces in ElectrolyteSolutions • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2ON-LINE AND IN-LINE MEASUREMENT

Crystal Size and Shape Monitoring Using High-Speed, in-Situ Video Imaging and Model-BasedRecognition • 8:00 AM Experimental Investigation of Change in ChordLength Distribution Measured by OnlineBackscattering Technique • 8:20 AM In-Situ Process Monitoring for Plasma Synthesisof Alumina Nanoparticles • 8:40 AM Non-Invasive Slug Sequence and Flow StabilityMonitoring in Pneumatic Conveying • 9:00 AM Online Particle Size Measurement in a High Pres-sure Antisolvent Process • 9:20 AMParticle Velocity and Particle ConcentrationDetermination in Granular Dilute Phase FlowUsing a Single Layer of Optical Sensors • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT - I

PSD by Laser Diffraction Spectrometry: Applica-tion to Cementitious Powders • 8:00 AM Graphical Comparison of Image Analysis andLaser Diffraction Particle Size Analysis Data: aDemonstration of the Incorrect Assumptions ofRandom Particle Orientation and EquivalentSpherical Volume forAcicular Particulates• 8:40 AM Influence of Detector Geometries of CommonLaser Diffractometers on the Particle Size Distri-bution of Elongated Particles • 9:00 AMDetermination of the Optical Constants of Polydis-perse Particulate Systems in the UV-VIS NIRRegion • 9:20 AMRefractive Index Verification via Comparative Wetand Dry Laser Diffraction Measurements• 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT - II

Measuring Size Distribution of Organic Crystalsof Different Shapes Using Different Technologies •1:00 PM

Use of Video Enhanced Microscopy for Charac-terization of Solid-Liquid-Liquid Mixtures• 1:20 PM Analysis of Methods for Description of Yeast CellMorphology • 1:40 PM Determination of Particle Size DistributionsBased on Space and Time Resolved ExtinctionProfiles in Centrifugal Field • 2:00 PMHigh Resolution Measurements of Particles UsingAperture Technology • 2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2BRIAN SCARLET MEMORIAL SESSIONS - I

Brian Scarlett- Myth, Motivator, Mentor, and Man• 8:00 AMTaking the Standards out of Shape Analysis • 8:20 AMCharacterization of Reference Particles of Transpar-ent Glass by Laser Diffraction Method • 8:40 AMThe Influence of Particle Size Distribution on thePerformance of Ceramic Particulate Suspensions •9:00 AMFrom Particle Collectives Characteristics to CakePermeability: The Use of the Pore-Particle ShapeFactor • 9:20 AMSampling Errors in Particle Size Analysis •9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2BRIAN SCARLET MEMORIAL SESSIONS -II

Analysis of Enzyme Dust Formation in DetergentManufacturing Plants • 1:00 PMPowder Flow Testing with Biaxial and TriaxialDevices • 1:20 PMWhy Does the World Need a True Triaxial Tester? •1:40 PMDynamic Mechanical Properties of Partially Satu-rated Granules • 2:00 PMThe Effect of Hydrophobic Surface Modification onBulk Cohesive Strength • 2:20 PMPowder Flow: the 4m Business and Systems Approach• 2:40 PM



FLUID/PARTICLE FLOW SYSTEMS - III

DEM Modeling of Hopper Flows: Comparisonand Validation of Models and Parameters • 8:00 AMFully-3D DEM Fluidization Simulation of a Shal-low Fine Powder Bed • 8:20 AMConvergence Control and Convergence Improve-ment in Lagrangian Predictions of ParticulateTwo-Phase Flows• 8:40 AMModeling of the Hydrodynamics of Gas-SolidFlows by Improved Finite Volume Based FiniteElement Method • 9:00 AMIssues concerning Simulation of Industrial Partic-ulate Handling and Processing Operations Usingthe Discrete Element Method• 9:20 AM


FLUID/PARTICLE FLOW SYSTEMS - IV

Understanding the Gas Residence Time in aCyclones • 1:00 PMNumerical Simulation on Particle Distribution inCyclone Separators • 1:20 PMSimulation of Pattern Formation in a RotatingSuspension of Non-Brownian Settling Particles• 1:40 PMPopulation Balance Application in Rotating Flu-idized Bed Polymerization Reactor • 2:00 PM

Validation of CFD Model for Fluidized Bed overBroad Ranges of Operating • 2:20 PMSimulations of Spouted Bed Dynamics in the Con-text of Coating Nuclear Fuel Particles • 2:40 PM


FLUID/PARTICLE FLOW SYSTEMS - V

The Influence of Binary Drag Laws on MP-PICSimulations of Segregation • 4:30 PMStudy the Effect of Particle Collision on TurbulentPrandtl Number in Gas-Solid Flow Using Turbu-lent Thermo-Mechanical Modeling • 4:50 PMNumerical Simulation of Complex Fluid-SolidFlows • 5:10 PMCFD Modelling of Turbulent Fluidization in FCCUnit Strippers • 5:30 PMThe Interaction Between Small Clusters of Cohe-sive Particles and Laminar Flow: CoupledDEM/CFD Approach • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 3OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN

PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY

Particle Science and Technology Education andResearch at IIT Madras: A Synergistic Approach •8:00 AMERPT - Web Tutorials in Particle Technology• 8:20 AM Swedish Industrial Association for Multiphase

Flows - Bringing Together Industry and Academia• 8:40 AM Using Advances in Communication Tools for theEducation of Users of Particle CharacterizationInstrumentation • 9:00 AMCase Study of Particle Technology Application inAutomotive Industry • 9:20 AMAwareness of Particle Technology in IndustriesThrough Consultancy and Short Course • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2PARTICLE DESIGN VIA SELF-ASSEMBLY - I

Nano-Structured Amphiphile Self-Assembly Phas-es and Particles: New Urea Surfactants as a CaseStudy (Invited Talk) • 8:00 AMExploiting Self Assembly and Phase Separation toProduce Multiscale Porous Architectures in Parti-cles Made by Aerosol Routes • 8:40 AMProduction of Water-Rich Powder by AssemblingHydrophobic Silica Nanoparticles • 9:00 AMColloidal Particles with Directional Interactions •9:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2PARTICLE DESIGN VIA SELF ASSEMBLY - II

Design, Control and Direct Visualization of Het-erogeneous Structure in Colloidal Aggregates andGels (Invited Talk) • 1:00 PMAssembly of Binary Colloidal Particles with


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Opposite Charge • 1:40 PMThe Engineering of Hollow Nanocrystalline IronOxide and Barium Titanate Particles Produced byAerosol Pyrolysis • 2:00 PM Colloidal Atoms and Molecules: Fabrication andEngineering Design (Invited Talk) • 2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEMS - I

A Basic Investigation to Pneumatic Conveyance ofSolid Particles in Pipes • 8:00 AM Saltation Length and Velocity of Granules in AirFlow • 8:20 AMVisual Analysis of Particle Bouncing and Its Effecton Pressure Drop in Dilute Phase Pneumatic Con-veying • 8:40 AM Modelling Solids Friction Factor for Dense-PhasePneumatic Conveying of Powders • 9:00 AMCharacterizing the Transient Behavior of Flu-idized Dense Phase Pneumatic Conveying • 9:20AM Recent Developments in Pneumatic Conveying atthe Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria •9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6PNEUMATIC CONVEYING - II

Experimental Analysis of Line Forces in DensePhase Pneumatic Systems • 1:00 PMOptimum Conveying Conditions for the Pneumat-ic Conveying of Polyethylene Pellets and SimilarMaterials • 1:20 PM Designing Closed Loop Pneumatic Conveying Sys-tems for Optimum Performance • 1:40 PMControl of Solids Flow Distribution at a SplitterJunction in a Two-Phase Turbulent Pipe Flow •2:00 PMMotion of Large Particles in a Horizontal Pneu-matic Pipe • 2:20 PMTransition Between “Clusters” and “Stratified”Flow Regimes in the Pneumatic Conveying Sys-tem - Gas Flow Driven Granular Jump • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3PROCESS INTENSIFICATION FOR

PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY

Precipitation of Nanostructured & Ultrafine Pow-ders: Process Intensification Using the SegmentedFlow Tubular Reactor - Still in Search of the PerfectPowder? • 8:00 AMOperating Parameters of a Continuous Sono-chemical Precipitation Reactor • 8:40 AMPhillipsite Synthesis from Fly Ash Prepared byHydrothermal Treatment with Microwave Heat-ing • 9:00 AM Development of a Novel Platform Technology forCrystallization of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredi-ents • 9:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4SLOW-SHEARING MOVING/PACKED BED FLOWS I

Flow of Dry, Fine, Non-aerated Powders: A Continuum-Mechanics Approach • 8:00 AM Plane Shear Flow of Cohesive Granular Materials• 8:25 AMGranular Fluid Dynamics • 8:50 AMOn the Numerical Calibration of Discrete ElementModels for the Simulation of Bulk Solids• 9:15 AMInfluence of Interface Energy of Primary Particleson the Shear Deformation Behaviour of Agglom-erate Embedded in a Powder Bed • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4SLOW-SHEARING MOVING/PACKED BED FLOWS II

Discrete Element Simulations of Floor Pressurein a Granular Material in a Cylindrical Vessel •1:00 PM Conduction Heat Transfer and the Flow of Granu-lar Materials due to Shear • 1:20 PMMeasurement of Velocity and Density Profileswithin Discharging Conical Hoppers by NMRImaging • 1:40 PMGranular Flow through an Orifice - Effect ofGranule Size and Shape Distributions • 2:00 PMDynamic Mechanisms of a Vibration Bed UnderWeakly Excitation • 2:20 PMNumerical Simulations of Flow Patterns in a Mov-ing Granular Filter Bed with an Asymmetric Lou-vered-Wall and Obstacles • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 3ADVANCES IN DISTILLATION

EQUIPMENT & APPLICATIONS I

Dividing Wall Column Revamp Optimizes XyleneProduction • 8:00 AMInvestigation on a Novel Double-Effective PackingElement • 8:30 AM Measurement of Packed Column Gas/Liquid Con-tact Areas for CO2 Absorption • 9:00 AMDebottlenecking an Acn Heads & Dry Columnwith Vg Af (V-Grid Anti-Fouling) Trays • 9:30 AMModeling the Minimum Entrainment on SieveTrays • 10:00 AM


EQUIPMENT & APPLICATIONS II

Testing of Mellapakplus M452.Y at FractionationResearch, Inc • 2:00 PM Foaming Effect on Random Packing Performance• 2:30 PMNew Random Packing Development, Superblend2-Pac Technology, Goes Beyond Third GenerationRandom Packing Performance • 3:00 PMHow to Surpass Conventional and High CapacityStructured Packings with Raschig Super-Pak •3:30 PMRadioisotope Technology - Benefits & Limitationsin Packed Bed Tower Diagnostics • 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 1ADVANCES IN HYDROPROCESSING I

Impact of Future Fuel and Crude Demand onRefinery Hydprocessing • 8:00 AMLimiting Factors in Deep Hydrodesulfurization ofDiesel • 8:20 AMEffect of Promoters on Structural and ChemicalProperties of Hydrotreating Catalysts • 8:40 AMEffect of the Oxide Precursors on the Sulfurabilityof Hydrotreating Como(P) Catalysts • 9:00 AMStudy About Formation Al2O3-TiO2 Nanofibers asSupports for Hydroprocessing Catalysts • 9:20 AMUnsupported Sulfide and Nitride Catalysts forHydrotreating: New Preparation Approaches• 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 1ADVANCES IN HYDROPROCESSING II

Catalyst Selection for Ultra Low Sulfur DieselOperations: Activity and H2 Consumption Consid-erations • 2:00 PMComparative Study of Vapor-Liquid Equilibriumduring Hydroprocessing of Different PetroleumFeedstocks • 2:30 PMValue Driven Catalyst Developments in FCC Pre-

treatment Service • 3:00 PMHydrocracking for Clean Fuels Production • 3:30 PMLow Emission Diesel Production by UpgradingLCO • 4:00 PMThermochemistry of Coking in HydroprocessingUnits: Modeling Competitive Naphthalene Satu-ration and Condensation Reactions • 4:30 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 3ADVANCES IN LIGHT HYDROCARBON PROCESSING

Comparision of Existing and Emerging AlkylationTechnology • 8:00 AM AlkyleneTM - Improved Solid Catalyst AlkylationTechnology for Clean Fuels • 8:35 AMAlkyclean® - A Demonstrated New Standard forAlkylation Technology • 9:10 AMWelded Plate Exchangers: More Than Ever Need-ed in Catalytic Reforming • 9:45 AMPlatinum Level Effects in C5/C6 Isomerization• 10:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 2ENHANCING LEADERSHIP IMPACT

Leadership--What's It All about? Can You Do It?• 8:00 AM You're Only a Leader If Someone Is Following• 8:30 AMAssessing Leadership • 9:00 AM Using a Management System Maturity Model toDrive Continual Improvement • 9:30 AM Enhancing Leadership Impact When ProblemSolving • 10:00 AMUnderstanding Leadership Challenges in anAging Organization • 10:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 8HYDROGEN AS AN ENERGY CARRIER: HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION ISSUES I

Pre-Conceptual Design and Cost Estimate for aNuclear Hydrogen Production Plant • 8:04 AMExperimental Studies of the Iodine-Water Sys-tem for the Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle• 8:26 AM Sulfuric Acid Decomposition Catalysts and Reac-tion Considerations for Sulfur-Based Thermo-chemical Water Splitting Cycles • 8:48 AMImprovement of the Thermal Efficiency of Hydro-gen Iodide Concentration in I-S Process by UsingRadiation-Induced Polymerized Membrane inElectrodialysis System • 9:10 AMDevelopment of Separation Processes Based onMembrane Technology for the S-I ThermochemicalCycle • 9:32 AMTechnical Barriers and Opportunities in NuclearPlant/Hydrogen Plant Connection Technologies •9:54 AMHybrid Sulfur Cycle Flowsheets for HydrogenProduction from Nuclear Energy • 10:16 AM Solar Production of Hydrogen Using a CadmiumBased Thermochemical Cycle • 10:38 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 8HYDROGEN AS AN ENERGY CARRIER: HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION ISSUES II

A Low-Greenhouse-Impact Hydrogen-Based Liq-uid-Fuels Future • 2:00 PMNuclear Hydrogen Initiative Calcium-BromineCycle: Determine the Feasibility of Using ColdPlasma Dissociation for H2 Generation, andMolten-Spray Contactor for CaBr2 Regenera-tion • 2:20 PMTesting of the Palladium Membrane Reactor andPotential Applications for Hydrogen Production• 2:40 PM

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Logistics Fuel Catalytic Cracking for HydrogenGeneration • 3:00 PMDynamic Simulation of Reforming and Regenera-tion Processes for Fixed-Bed Adsorption-Enhanced Natural Gas Reformer • 3:20 PMHydrogen Generation Using Fixed-Bed Adsorption-Enhanced Natural Gas Reformer • 3:40 PM Analysis of a Novel Process with Integrated CO2

Capture Using Thermal Energy from a High-Tem-perature Nuclear Reactor and Coal for the Pro-duction of Hydrogen and Electric Power • 4:00 PM Preliminary Economic Analysis of a Nuclear-Pow-ered Ammonia Plant • 4:20 PMAspen Plus Plant Design for the Liquid HydrogenProduction by Steam Reforming of Used Automo-tive Lubricating Oil • 4:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 6INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE PROCESSES I

Sustainable Design Conditions in ControllingWastes • 8:00 AM1,3 Propanediol: Innovation Leading to a MoreSustainable Polymer • 8:25 AMDevelopment of Arnold M. Leas Fluidized Cat-alytic Gasification Process • 8:50 AMA New Fischer-Tropsch Technology for China• 9:15 AMThe Effects of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide onthe Zeolite-Based Heterogeneous Friedel-CraftsAcylation of Anisole • 9:40 AMSulfide Refinery Waste Treatment • 10:05 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 6INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE PROCESSES II

CFD Modeling of Particulate Transport to DesignInvert Trap for Sewer Solids Management• 2:00 PMSimultaneous Multiobjective Chemical ModelFitting of Online Measurements: Calorimetry,Spectroscopy and Gas Uptake • 2:25 PMDevelopment of Fuzzy Dynamic Models: Applica-tion to Polymerization Systems • 2:50 PMDevelopment of a Dynamic Model for the Produc-tion of Impact Modified Styrene/Maleic Anhy-dride Copolymers • 3:15 PMContinuous Copolymerization of Vinylidene Fluo-ride with Hexafluoropropylene in SupercriticalCarbon Dioxide • 3:40 PMMicrocellular Foaming for Blends of PP and PESwith Different Viscosity and Elasticity • 4:05 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 2LNG III - ENVRONMENT & ENERGY

Compressed Natural Gas Engines Exhaust GasTreatment • 8:00 AMVersatility of Vacuum Jacketed Pipe in LNGFacilities • 8:20 AMProcesses for High C2 Recovery from LNG -PartIII: SimarApplied to Gas Processing • 8:40 AMNGL Recovery Process Synergies with the LNGValue Chain • 9:00 AMAdvanced Design of Submerged CombustionVaporizer for Low Emission Operation • 9:20 AM Overview of Open Rack Vaporizer and Intermedi-ate Fluid Type Vaporizer, and Possible Impact ofthe Warming Water to Environment • 9:40 AM Low Emissions with Advanced Pipeline GasHeater • 10:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 2LNG IV - CONTROL & SIMULATION

CFD Study on Natural Gas Fluidized Bed Com-bustors • 2:00 PMRasgas Makes Extensive Use of Process Operator

Training Simulators in LNG Operations • 2:20 PMPerformance Characteristics of LNG TandemExpanders • 2:40 PMPressure Induced Non-Linear Oscillations in Two-Phase LNG Pipe Flow • 3:00 PMHow Big Is the Area Required for LNG BaseLoad Plant and Their Design Considerations• 3:20 PMLNG Rollover: Converting a Safety Problem toTank Loading Operational Asset • 3:40 PMAStep Change in LNG Operations throughAdvanced Process Control • 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, American Seminar RoomMICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR

ENERGY APPLICATIONS TUTORIAL

Methanol Powered Microchannel Fuel ProcessingSystems • 8:00 AMComparison of Adiabatic Gas-Liquid Two-PhaseFlows in Microchannels and Minichannels • 8:20 AM Modeling and Evaluation of an IntegratedMicrofluidic Fuel Processor for Miniature PowerSources • 8:40 AMAir-Breathing Laminar Flow Fuel Cells Operatingin Alkaline orAcidic Media • 9:00 AMAddressing Critical Issues in Microscale Fuel Pro-cessing: Demonstration of an Integrated SiliconMicroreactor Based Methanol Steam Reformer• 9:20 AM

Swan Hotel, Macaw 1MIXING AND HEAT EXCHANGE IN MICRO-REACTORS

Single and Multiphase Mixing and Contacting inMicroreactors • 8:00 AMExperimental Investigation of Flow Boiling HeatTransfer in a Microchannel by Using InfraredThermography • 8:40 AMNumerical and Experimental Study of MixingEnhancement in Micromixers Using ResidenceTime Distribution (RTD) • 9:00 AMShape Design of a Tubular Microreactor withDesired Product Distribution • 9:20 AMBehavior of an Instantaneous Liquid-Phase Reac-tion in a Rectangular Microchannel • 9:40 AMOptimization of Metallic Microchannel ArrayEvaporators • 10:00 AMUnderstanding Critical Heat Transfer Issues inThermal Integration of Planar MicroreactorComponents of a Fuel Processor • 10:20 AM

Swan Hotel, ParrottPARTICLES, EMULSIONS AND DISPERSIONS I

New Synthetic Method of Organic Pigment NanoParticle by Micro Reactor System • 8:00 AM Micro-Fluidic Strategies for Synthesis ofNanoparticles • 8:40 AM Formation of Au/Ag Nanoparticles in a Two StepMicro Flow through Process • 9:00 AM Preparation of BaSO4 Nanoparticles in aMicrochannel Reactor • 9:20 AM Production Scale Use of Microstructured Devicesin Solids Technology • 9:40 AMMicrofluidics and Reactors in Porous Materials •10:20 AMAssembling of Nanoparticles Using Ice Crystals •10:40 AM

Swan Hotel, ParrottPARTICLES, EMULSIONS AND DISPERSIONS II

Superior Emulsion Formation in MicrochannelArchitecture • 2:00 PM Droplet Formation by Collision of Two AqueousSolutions in an Organic Phase and Application toAg Particle Formation • 2:40 PM

Direct Nucleation Studies of Colloidal Systemsinside Microfluidic Droplets • 3:00 PMStudy of the Phase Transition Behavior of Self-Oscillating Pnipam Particles • 3:20 PMMiniaturization of Metallic MicroSeparator/ Clas-sifier and Its Application to Emulsion • 3:40 PM Mixing Enhancement by Internal CirculationFlow Using Liquid-Liquid Slug Flow in Microre-actors • 4:00 PMMicrofluidic Networks for Complex Emulsions:From Single Active Elements to Highly Paral-lelized Systems • 4:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 4PETROCHEMICALS FROM HEAVY OILS

Transformation of Heavy Gas Oils Derived fromOil Sands to Petrochemical Feedstock • 8:00 AMSelective Ring Opening of Diesel Fuels • 8:40 AMAdvanced Technology forAromatics Saturation •9:20 AMEffect of Chlorine, Fluorine and Titania on SurfaceStructure, Morphology and HydroprocessingActivity of Ni-Mo Catalysts Supported on Alumina• 10:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 1PILOT PLANT SUCCESS STORIES

Approaches to Pilot Plant Development at DuPont• 8:00 AMArizona American Water C/F Process Evaluation -The Significance of Scheduling and Process Vari-able Selection during Pilot Testing • 8:30 AMAn Industrial Slurry Oxidation Pilot Plant Pro-gram • 9:00 AMA Scale-up Success Story: How a ContinuousStirred Tank Reactor Was Scaled down Uccessful-ly • 9:30 AMScale-up and Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale Elec-trothermal-Swing Adsorption System for the Cap-ture and Recovery of Organic Vapors from aPainting Facility • 10:00 AMControl of an Exothermic Reaction under Cryo-genic Conditions by Direct Liquid Nitrogen Injec-tion to a Glass on Stainless Steel Vessel • 10:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 3THERMODYNAMICS AND PHASE EQUILIBRIA I

Engineering Diversity through Thermodynamics -the Role of WaterActivity in Solid-Liquid Equilib-ria in a Polymorphic Pharmaceutical System •8:00 AMThermodynamic Modeling and Prediction of Solu-bility of Organic Molecules and Pharmaceuticals •8:22 AMInfinite Dilution Partition Coefficients of Naphtha-lene and Benzene in the [Bmim][PF6]-CO2 System •8:44 AM Equilibrium Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide,Methane, and Nitrogen Gases on Argonne Premi-um Coals and an Activated Carbon at VariousMoisture Contents • 9:06 AMNumerical Aspects of the Saft Equation of State •9:28 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 3THERMODYNAMICS AND PHASE EQUILIBRIA II

Determining Parameters of the Lennard-JonesPotential Energy Function for Methane Using theSecond Virial Coefficient • 2:00 PMUsing the Solvation Model to Predict the SaltEffect on Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium • 2:22 PM Stability and Composition of Ceria Nanoparticlesfrom Density Functional Theory Simulations •2:44 PM

Tuesday, April 25


Thermodynamic Characterization of HeavyParaffin Mixtures to Employ the Soave-Read-lich-Kwong Equation of State • 3:06 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 2UPGRADING AND PROCESSING OF OPPORTUNITY CRUDES I

Producing Synthetic Crude Oil from Heavy Oils:Process Heat Integration • 8:00 AM Residue Upgrading of Heavy Crudes with Sydec-Sm Delayed Coking: Benefits and Economics •8:30 AMEffects of Trace Amount of Noble Metal (Pd/Rh)on the Performance of Co-Clay Catalysts forHeavy Oil Upgrading • 9:00 AMSalt Hydrolysis in Crude & Bitumen Refining •9:30 AMHydrotreating of Light Cycled Oil UsingWNi/Al2O3 Catalysts Containing HydrothermallyTreated Zeolite Beta and Chemically Treated Zeo-lite Y • 10:00 AMUnderstanding the Mechanism of Iron SulfideInduced Fouling in Upgrading • 10:30 AM Smart, Integrated Approach to Capturing AcidCrude Value • 11:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 2UPGRADING AND PROCESSING OF

OPPORTUNITY CRUDES II

Compositional Analysis of Opportunity Materials:Characterization of Heavy Crude Oil and Bitu-men by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Reso-nance Mass Spectrometry • 2:00 PMThe State-of-the-Art of Naphthenic Acid and Sul-fidic Corrosion Evaluation and Prediction• 2:30 PMCrude Oil Corrosivity Measurement UsingRadioactive Tracer Technology • 3:00 PMEffect of Naphthenic Acid Structure on Corrosion• 3:30 PM Biological Upgrading of Petroleum - RecentDevelopments and Research Needs • 4:00 PMMarket Developments for Opportunity CrudeProcessing • 4:30 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 4 & 5FIRE, EXPLOSION AND REACTIVE HAZARDS

The Dow Chemical Company's Expert System forFire and Reactivity MSDS Text • 8:10 AMExplosion Consequences of Low Velocity Releasesof Dense Flammable Vapor Inside a ChemicalManufacturing Facility with a Complex Ventila-tion System • 8:40 AMStability of Concentrated Initiator Solutions• 9:10 AMPrediction of Ddt of Hydrogen Explosions• 10:25 AMA Flame Speed Correlation for UnconfinedGaseous Explosions • 10:55 AMElevated Internal Pressures in Vented Deflagra-tion Tests • 11:25 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 4RISK ASSESSMENT

Do You Know Your Engineered Systems?• 8:10 AMDust Explosion Consequence Categories for Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessment • 8:35 AMWhat Risk Should Public Accept from Lng Facili-ties? • 9:00 AMFrequency and Consequence of Rare Events UsingAccidents D • 10:15 AMUtility Failures - Are You Prepared? • 10:50 AMAThree Level Approach for the Assessment ofDomino Effect • 11:25 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 2ETHYLENE PLANT SAFETY TUTORIAL - AUTOREFRIGERATION

Workshop on Auto-Refrigeration and BrittleFracture Analysis • 8:05 AM Cold Brittle Fracture Potential on Cold Box Out-let Piping •11:05 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 1FURNACE LIGHT OFF OPERATIONS ROUNDTABLE

Furnace Light-off Workshop • 8:35 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3RISK ASSESSMENT I

Simplify Ehs Decision Making: Risk-Based Deci-sion Support Tools • 10:15 AM Process Business Risk - A Methodology forAssess-ing and Mitigating the Financial Impact of ProcessPlant Accidents • 10:35 AMRisk Curves: a Comprehensive Program Packagefor Performing a Quantitative Risk Assessment •10:55 AM LOPAApplication, Organization and Outcomes inthe Food Processing Industry•11:15 AM


FORCES IN FINE PARTICLE SYSTEMS III

Particle-Particle Interaction in Non-Aqueous Liq-uids - Effect on Processing Properties • 1:00 PMMolecular Dynamics Simulation of ColloidalNanoparticle Forces • 1:20 PM Applying the Quartz Crystal Microbalance Tech-nique to Determine the Stability of Colloidal Sus-pensions • 1:40 PM Characterization of Interparticle Forces in Aque-ous and Nonaqueous Dispersions Using Multisam-ple Analytical Centrifugation • 2:00 PMEffect of the Structure Disjoining Pressure on Criti-cal Heat Flux (CHF) of Thermal Nanofluids underPool Boiling Heat Transfer Conditions • 2:20 PM Electrostatic and Steric Stabilization of Precipitat-ed Nanoscaled Barium Sulfate • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 3MIXING AND SEGREGATION - I

Experimental and Numerical Comparative Studyof Cohesionless Granular Mixing in a Bin-Blenderand a V-Blender • 1:00 PMAxial Mixing of Granular Material in a Horizon-tal Rotating Cylinder • 1:20 PMLocal Behavior of Solid Mixing in Bubbling Flu-idized Bed • 1:40 PMMixing of Granular Materials • 2:00 PMMixing of Granular Materials in Non-CircularGeometries • 2:20 PMContinuous Mixing of Pharmaceutical PowderMixtures • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 3MODELING OF PARTICLE FORMATION PROCESSES - I

Isothermal Batch Crystallization with C.H. Seedsand Integer Order Kinetics • 1:00 PMModeling of Multi-Component Granule Forma-tion in a Wet Granulation Process • 1:20 PM Breakage Distribution Functions Based on Frac-ture Mechanics • 1:40 PMStochastic Simulation of Agglomeration for Crys-tallization Processes • 2:00 PMStochastic Calculation of Collision Kernels forBrownian Coagulation in Dense Systems• 2:20 PM

Particle Size Distribution of Alumina TrihydratePrecipitated from High Concentrated SodiumAluminate Solution • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 3MODELING OF PARTICLE FORMATION PROCESSES - II

Predictive Simulation of Nanoparticles-Precipita-tion in a T-mixer by Coupling Direct NumericalSimulation with Population Balance Equations •4:30 PM Polydispersity of Primary Particles in Agglomer-ates Made by Coagulation and Sintering • 4:50 PMNumerical Solution of a Two-Dimensional Popula-tion Balance Equation forAggregation • 5:10 PM Assessment of Gel Formation Conditions in Tur-bulent Jets • 5:30 PMA Discrete-Continuous Population BalanceApproach for the Nanoparticle Precipitation inMicroemulsions • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3PARTICLE STRENGTH IN

PARTICLE FORMATION PROCESSES

The Effect of Binder Ratio on Granule Strength,Dissolution and Structure • 1:00 PM Effect of Agitation Intensity during the Forma-tion of Whey Protein Aggregates on BreakageRate Under Subsequent Turbulent Flow Trans-portation • 1:20 PMMechanical Property Measurements of ProteinCrystals by Indentation • 1:40 PMSimulation of Compaction and Shear of CohesivePowders Including Effects of InterparticleMoments • 2:00 PM.Stability of Granules Formed by Solid Bridging •2:20 PMStructural Relaxation of Powdered AmorphousFood Biomaterials • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3PROCESS SAFETY OF LNG PRODUCTION, TRANSPORA-TION AND DISTRIBUTION

The Effects of Uncertainty on Quanitified RiskAssessment for LNG Facilities • 1:45 PMLessons Learned from the Application of RiskManagement in the Shipment of LNG (for CCPS)• 2:05 PMLNG Security Vulnerability Assessment • 2:25 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 4FACILITY SITING ISSUES

Facility Siting and the BPTexas City Incident,What It Means for Our Industry • 1:55 PM Lessons Learned Through OSHA's Enforcementof the Facility Siting Provisions in the PSM Stan-dard • 2:20 PMFacility Siting Following a Merger of Two Large OilCompanies • 2:45 PM Techniques for Siting New Buildings in Petrochemi-cal Facilities • 4:00 PMInfrastructure Impacts during Hurricanes Katri-na and Rita • 4:30 PMFacility Siting Database and Analysis • 4:55 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 4 & 5HAZARD ASPECTS OF COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT

A Proposed Comprehensive Model for ElevatedFlare Flames and Plumes • 1:55 PMFlare Safety and Reliability Enhanced with NewFlare Pilot Systems • 2:25 PMProper Flare Safety • 2:55 PMThe Role of Basic Design Data in PreventingExplosions within Fired Equipment: A Case


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Study • 4:10 PMIn-Line Flame ArresterApplication Limits andMatrix Concept for Process Plant Safety fromFlash Back of Thermal Combustion Units• 4:40 PM Using LOPA to Verify the Design of a BurnerManagement System • 5:10 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 1ADVANCED GAS CONVERSION AND

GASIFICATION PROCESSES

ITM Syngas: Ceramic Membrane Technology forLower Cost Conversion of Natural Gas • 2:00 PMMetal Promoted Binary Oxides of Ceria and Zirco-nia for Low Temperature Water-Gas Shift • 2:25 PMEfficiencies in Small Scale Hydrogen Productionby Methane Steam Reforming in High Tempera-ture Catalytic and Low Temperature Plasma Pro-cesses • 2:50 PM Oxidative Coupling of Methane Enhanced byThermally Optimized Reactors and IntermediateSeparation • 3:15 PMDevelopment and Evaluation of the GasificationTechnology as Alternative Power Generation •3:40 PMOptimization of Amins Mixture ̀ S Formulation byNeural Networks in Gas Sweeting • 4:05 PM

Dolphin Hotel, American Seminar RoomCOMBUSTION - NOX AND SOX CONTROL AND MODELING

Long-Term Sulfation Behavior of Limestone Sor-bents • 2:00 PM Novel Sorbents for Mercury Capture from FuelGas • 2:30 PM The PCO Process for Photochemical Removal ofMercury from Flue Gas • 3:00 PM Performance Optimization and Emission Reduc-tion of a Baled Biomass Combustor • 3:30 PMModeling and Simulation of Diesel ParticulateFilters • 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 3ENERGY CONSERVATION

Energy Conservation and Innovation of BasicChemical Processes • 2:00 PMEnergy Savings for Refinery and PetrochemicalIndustries • 2:25 PMEnergy Integration - a Fresh Look for a ChangedEnergy World • 2:50 PMCombined Energy and WaterAnalysis for the OilSands Industry • 3:15 PMEnhanced Heat Transfer Technology Application inCrude Units for Saving Energy • 3:40 PMExtraction of Benzene from Wastewater UsingRefinery Liquids by L-L Extraction Instead ofDistillation • 4:05 PMDebottlenecking of Heat Exchanger NetworksUsing Optimium Pressure Drops • 4:30 PMSystematic in-Process Modification Approach forEnhanced Waste Energy Recovery in Gas Plants •4:55 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 2ENVIRONMENTAL

Business Value from Sustainable Developmentand the Petrochemicals Industry • 2:05 PMEthylene MACT • 2:25 PMLatest Efforts in Using Infrared Technology toDetect VOC Emissions • 2:45 PMHuntsman VOC Fenceline Monitoring System• 3:20 PM European Ethylene Producers' Committee Fur-nace Emissions Survey • 3:40 PM

Cracking Furnace Emissions Survey of NorthAmerican Ethylene Producers • 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 1ETHYLENE PLANT OPERATIONS

Ethylene Quench System Fouling • 2:00 PMUpgrade to a Tail-End Acetylene Converter atBASF Fina Petrochemicals Naphtha Cracker• 2:20 PMFlare Reduction Strategy at Lyondell ChemicalCompany's Clinton Plant • 2:40 PMSmart Pigs Aren't Geniuses • 3:15 PMIncreased Run Length and Furnace Performancewith Kubota Metal and Nova Chemicals ANK 400Anticoking Technology, Data from Current Instal-lations as Well as Technology Improvements forHigher Thermal Stability and Decoking Robust-ness • 3:35 PMFurnace Incident during Decoking Operation• 3:55 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 2PARTNERSHIPS AND

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES IN INNOVATION

Open Innovation: Existing Models and Analysis• 2:00 PMThe Pleasure, Pain and Pitfalls of Starting a NewBusiness • 2:30 PMIntegrated Product and Process Design at the Uni-versity of Florida • 3:00 PMIncreasing the Probability of Success in Collabo-rative Research: A Procedural Justice TheoryBased Approach • 3:30 PMProtecting Your Intellectual Property in Collabo-rative Ventures • 4:00 PMTechnical & Operational Excellence Via Partner-ships and Alliances While Maintaining Control ofIntellectual Property • 4:30 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 1SUCCESSFUL DEBOTTLENECKING AND IMPROVEMENT

Introduction • 2:00 PMDownscaling for Process Support and Upscalingfor Process Development • 2:05 PMWe'll Do a Plant Test, They'Re Easy — Wrong •2:25 PM Agglomeration of Pharmaceutical Microparticles,the Origin and Implications • 2:45 PMDevelopment of a New Gas/Liquid DistributingTray for Catalytic Reactors Operated in UpwardGas/Liquid Flow • 3:10 PM Studies on Ionic Mass Transfer with CoaxiallyPlaced String of Spheres as Turbulence Promoterin Fluidized Beds • 3:35 PMContinuos Polymerization Process : Some Scale-up Issues • 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN PROCESS SAFETY

Differences in European States' Application ofthe Seveso 2 Directive on Major Accident Haz-ards • 4:00 PMInternational Trends in Process Safety Regula-tions, Enforcement, Cultural Differences and Pro-cess Safety Practices • 4:30 PMProcess Safety Management in India - CurrentTrends and Issues • 5:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2ELECTROSTATIC EFFECTS IN PARTICLE PROCESSING - I

Triboelectrification and Razorbacks: Patterns Pro-duced by Charging Effects in Dry Grains • 4:30 PMMeasurement of Force Curve Due to Electro-

static Charge on a Particle with Atomic ForceMicroscope • 4:50 PMParticle Cleaning in the Martian Environment• 5:10 PMEvaluating the Use of Tribocharging in Electro-static Beneficiation of Lunar Simulant • 5:30 PM Electrostatic Screen for Transport of Martian andLunar Regolith • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 5DENSE-PHASE FLOW COMPONENTS IN

FLUID PARTICLE SYSTEMS

Relationship Between the Hausner Ratio andFrictional Pressure Losses in Fluidized DensePhase Pneumatic Conveying • 4:30 PMModeling of Dense Particle Flow in the Annulus ofSpouted Beds with Draft Tube • 4:50 PMInvestigation of Flow Regimes in a Spout-FluidBed with a Draft Tube Using Pressure Fluctuation• 5:10 PM Calculation of Fundamental Dense Granular Flow• 5:30 PMEffect of Fine Particles on the Flow of Narrow-Sized Coarse Slurry through 90° Bend • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6FLUID/PARTICLE REACTIONS IN

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

Mechanisms of Limestone Attrition in FluidizedBed Combustion • 4:30 PMResearch on Biomass Gasification in CirculatingFluidized Bed • 4:50 PM Comparison of Different Hydrocyclone Arrange-ments for the Cleaning of Contaminated Soil •5:10 PMSilica Gel and Hydroxyapatite Composites withOrmosils for Heavy Metal Removal from Water •5:30 PM Heavy Metal Removal from Gas Phase withHydroxylapatite Sorbent • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4NANO-PARTICLE & ULTRA-FINE POWDER

IMAGING IN PROCESS FLOWS

Probing of Microstructural Evolution of Nano-powder Compacts Using High Resolution X-rayMicrotomography • 4:30 PMMicrostructural Investigations of Nano ParticleFluidization in Model 2-D and 3-D Beds UsingHigh Speed X-Ray Imaging and Microtomography• 4:50 PMWater Resistance of Nano-Particles Water Repel-lent • 5:10 PMDetermination of Colloid Deposition at Particle-Particle Contacts Using X-Ray Microtomography• 5:30 PMReal-Time Particle Size and Shape Characteriza-tion Using in-Process Video Imaging Process Ana-lytical Technology (PAT) • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4PARTICLE TRACKING IN HANDLING & PROCESSING

Particle Tracking Techniques and TheirApplica-tions • 4:30 PM Tracking Pellet Motion in a Wurster Coater UsingPositron Emission • 5:00 PMExperimental Characterization of the ChaoticDynamics of Cohesionless Particles in a V-BlenderUsing Radioactive Particle Tracking • 5:20 PMDry and Cohesive Powders in Vertical Axis HighShear Mixers Using Positron Emission ParticleTracking (PEPT) • 5:40 PMPreliminary Tests on Fluid-Dynamic Featuresand Plastic Separation Feasibility of a Hydraulic

Tuesday, April 25


Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3GLOBAL APPROACHES TO INHERENTLY SAFER TECH-NOLOGY AND HUMAN FACTORS

Incorporation of Inherent Safety Principles inProcess Safety Management • 8:00 AMHuman Factor Considerations for Process Safetyin a Global Economy • 8:30 AMA Multi-Criteria and Fuzzy Logic BasedApproach for the Relative Assessment of Chemi-cal Substances Hazards • 9:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4DEWATERING AND DRYING

Powder Production for Sterile Injectables by aFluidized Bed Granulator • 8:00 AM

Kinetics of Coal Drying in Bubbling FluidizedBeds • 8:20 AMDiscrete Modeling of Contact Heating of Parti-cles in Rotating Drum • 8:40 AMInfluence of Surface Stickiness of Food Productsto Agglomeration in Spray Drying • 9:00 AMDistributed Product Quality by the Example ofMoisture Content of Granular Materials in a Con-tinuous Fluidized Bed Dryer • 9:20 AMDrying of Crystals at Particle-Scale: Modellingand Tomographic Visualisation • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6FLUID/PARTICLE SYSTEMS IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Simulation of the Performance of a Dry Powder

Inhaler Using Computational Fluid Dynamics •8:00 AMBatch Crystallisation of L-Isoleucine Using on-Line Monitoring System • 8:20 AMThe Use of CFD and Population Balance forAnti-Solvent Crystallization Scale-up • 8:40 AMControl of the Particle Properties of a Drug Sub-stance by Crystallization Engineering and theEffect on Drug Product Formulation • 9:00 AMSynthesis of Calcium Alginate Gel Beads by Elec-trodispersion in Vegetable Oil • 9:20 AMNovel Micro and Nano Fabrication TechnologyBased on Self-Organization for Biomaterials andNano-Particles • 9:40 AM

Separator • 6:00 PMRelationships Between Design of Mixers and Scal-ing Phenomena in Powder Flow • 6:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3PROCESSING AND DISPERSION OF

PARTICLES INTO CONCENTRATED SUSPENSIONS

Preparation of Stable Nano-Dispersions • 4:30 PMChanges in the Wettability of Calcium Pyrophos-phate Induced by Glow-Discharge Radio Fre-quency Plasma and Muffle Furnace Heating• 4:50 PMAggregation of Concentrated Colloidal Silica Dis-persions in a Stirred Tank • 5:10 PMEffect of Inorganic Surface Treatment on theDispersability of TiO2 Pigment • 5:30 PM The Effect of Glow-Discharge Plasma and MuffleFurnace Heating on the Surface Chemistry ofKaolinite • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2CHARACTERIZATION OF

PARTICLES MADE BY FLAME SYNTHESIS

Quantitative Single Particle Mass Spectrometryfor Characterization of Nanoparticle Compositionand Reactivity • 4:30 PM

Non-Intrusive Dynamics During Spray FlameSynthesis of ZrO2 • 4:50 PMThe Granulometric Properties of Pyrogenic SilicaSuspensions • 5:10 PM On-the-Fly Length Classification of Carbon Nan-otube Aerosols and the Kinetics of Growth • 5:30 PMIn-Situ Saxs Measurement of SiO2 NanoparticleGrowth in Diffusion Flames • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2MEASURING AND MODELING THE

RESPONSE OF PARTICLE SYSTEMS - I

Stick-Slip Mechanism in Powder Flow • 8:00 AMPenetration and Rebound of Steel Projectile fromAggregated Particles in Random Packing • 8:20 AMNumerical Modeling of Filling and Discharge Pro-cesses in Hoppers of Different Shapes • 8:40 AMMechanic Waves in Sand, 3D Simulations • 9:00 AMEffect of Moisture Induced Capillary Forces onFlow Properties of Thermal Power Station Coal •9:20 AMEnergy Distribution in the Squeezing of Particlesin Concentrated Suspension • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2MEASURING AND MODELING THE

RESPONSE OF PARTICLE SYSTEMS - II

Contact Algorithm for Tablet-Shaped Particles

and Its Application in Dem Simulation • 1:00 PMStudy on Frictional Property of Powder for Cos-metics • 1:20 PMThe Flow Field in the Mill - A Key Factor for thePrediction of the Comminution Result • 1:40 PM Three-Dimensional Shape Descriptors andTomographic Reconstruction Techniques forGranular Materials • 2:00 PMImaging Based Size, Gradation and Shape Char-acterizations of Aggregate Particles Used in RoadPavements • 2:20 PMVisualization of Shear Motions of Powders in theTrue Biaxial Shear Tester • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1CAKING PHENOMENA - I

A New Measurement System for Evaluation ofPowder Flowability Based on Vibrating CapillaryMethod • 4:30 PM Sticky Point Determination in Dairy PowdersUsing the Particle Gun Technique • 4:45 PMDevelopment of Novel Stickiness MeasurementDevices (Thermal Mechanical Compression andCyclone Stickiness Tests) for Food Powders •5:00 PMRound Robin Tests with the Uniaxial Tester toPredict Caking • 5:15 PMCaking: Predicting the Bulk Strength of GranularMaterials • 5:30 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2ADVANCES IN THE MECHANICAL TESTING AND

SIZE MEASUREMENT OF POWDERS

Mechanical Testing on Small Quantity of LooselyCompacted Cohesive Powders • 4:30 PMPowder Compaction and Particle Shape • 4:50 PM Tensile Strength of Cohesive Powders • 5:10 PMShape Descriptors for Particle Characterizationand Classification Using Imaging and Image Anal-ysis • 5:30 PMMethods for the Adjustment of an ExperimentalPSD to a Reference Model and Its Verification •5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE PARTICLE AND

BULK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES FOR

GRANULAR FLOW SIMULATIONS - I

Micromechanics of Particle Adhesion • 8:00 AMAnalysing the Compaction of High-PorosityMicroscopic Agglomerates Formed by RandomBallistic Deposition • 8:20 AMParticle - Structure Interactions for Wall FrictionStudies Using Discrete Element Models • 8:40 AM Qualitative Assessment of the Influence of Coordi-

nation Number on Crushing Strength Using DEM •9:00 AMA General Approach for the Characterization ofFragmentation Problems • 9:20 AMUnderstanding Intra-Mixture Interactions in theBreakage of Dense Particulate Mixtures • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE PARTICLE AND

BULK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES FOR GRANULAR

FLOW SIMULATIONS - II

Comparison of Ring Shear Cell Simulations in 2Dand 3D with Experiments • 1:00 PMFlow Behavior of Ultrafine Cohesive Powder: A3D-“View” from Inside • 1:20 PM Steady State Flow for Cohesive Powders • 1:40 PMFinite Element Analysis for Incipient Flow of BulkSolid in a Diamondback Hopper • 2:00 PMInfluence of Single Particle Parameters on BulkBehavior of Dense GranularAssembly • 2:20 PMDevelopment of Micromechanical Models for Par-ticulate Media: the Projection Problem in the Tran-sition from Particle to Bulk Mechanical Properties •2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2BRIAN SCARLET MEMORIAL SESSIONS - III

Transition from Dilute to Concentrated Condi-tions • 8:00 AMAir Current Segregation of Alumina Powder• 8:20 AMThe Effect of Ultrasound on Crystallisation-Precip-itation Processes • 8:40 AMCoal Fly Ash: from Waste to Industrial Product •9:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2BRIAN SCARLET MEMORIAL SESSIONS - IV

The Electrostatic Force between a PartiallyCharged Dielectric Particle and a ConductingPlane • 1:00 PMElectrostatic Charge Transfer Due to SingleImpact of Pharmaceutical Powders • 1:20 PMApplication of Observation Techniques in a ModelPredictive Control Framework of Fed-BatchCrystallization of Ammonium Sulfate • 1:40 PMExperimental Study and Modelling of the Effectof Wetting Properties on the Growth Rate andthe Efficiency in Fluidized-Bed Coating Process• 2:00 PMOn the Consequences of Non-First-Order Break-age Kinetics in Comminution Processes: Absenceof Self-Similar Size Spectra • 2:20 PMGas Dispersion of Ultrafine Powders • 2:40 PM

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Dolphin Hotel, Asia 1FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUIDIZATION

AND FLUID PARTICLE SYSTEMS - I

Modification and Re-Interpretation of Geldart'sClassification of Powders • 8:00 AMJet Hydrodynamics around Fluidized Bed Sparg-ers • 8:20 AMAn Energy-Based Model of Gas-Solids Transportin a Riser • 8:40 AMStress History - A Concept for the Description ofthe Age-Dependent Attrition of Catalysts in Flu-idized Bed Systems • 9:00 AMPredicting the Particle Mass Flowrate in the DraftTube of a Draft Tube Spout-Fluid Bed • 9:20 AMFine Particle Classification Using Fluidized Bedsin Series • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 1FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUIDIZATION

AND FLUID PARTICLE SYSTEMS - II

Fluidization of Coated Cohesive Powders• 1:00 PMExperimental Observations of Wet Bed Fluidiza-tion Hydrodynamics • 1:20 PMEffect of Fluidizing Gas Humidity on BubbleBehaviors in a Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed underVibrated Conditions • 1:40 PMStrange Phenomena and Resonance in Vibra-tionally Fluidized Beds • 2:00 PMVibration Attenuation in a Gas Fluidized Bed ofFine Aeratable FCC Powder • 2:20 PMInjection of a Liquid Spray into a Gas-Solid Flu-idized Bed: Measurement and Modeling of SolidsEntrainment into the Spray • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 3MIXING AND SEGREGATION - II

Simulation of Vibration-Induced Segregation ofEqual-Sized Bronze and Glass Spheres • 8:00 AMDrag Force Model for Fluidized Bed of BinaryMixture of Particles • 8:20 AMExperimental Verification of Drag Laws for Binary,Gas-Fluidized Systems • 8:40 AMThe Influence of Cohesion on Segregation Mecha-nisms • 9:00 AMContinuous Classification of Dissimilar Solids• 9:20 AMThe Fluidization Pattern of Density-SegregatingBinary Mixtures • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 3MODELING OF COMMINUTION PROCESSES

Interpretation of Breakage Data via MomentModels • 8:00 AMModelling and Measurement of Granule Friability• 8:20 AMAnalysis of Single Ball Mill by Distinct ElementMethod • 8:40 AMDEM Prediction of Particle Flows and Breakagein Comminution Processes • 9:00 AMPrediction of Optimum Milling Condition andPower Consumption • 9:20 AMApplication of the Theory of Markov Chains toModel Non-Linear Phenomena in Comminution •9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3NANOPARTICLE PROCESSES IN

EMISSION CONTROL AND CLEAN ENERGY

Catalytic Performance and Carbon DepositionBehavior of Noble Metals Promoted NiO-MgOSolid Solution in Oxidative Steam Reforming ofMethane • 8:00 AM

Developing Situation of TiO2 Coating for Photo-catalytic Application • 8:20 AMPreparation of the Novel Pore Structure Catalysts• 8:40 AMSize Distribution Dynamics of Fuel-Borne Cat-alytic Ceria Nanoparticles • 9:00 AM Aerosol Spray Pyrolysis Synthesis of Synthesis ofWater-Splitting Ferrites for Solar Hydrogen Pro-duction • 9:20 AMNanostructured Catalysts for Diesel Soot Com-bustion • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2PARTICLE FORMATION AND

MODIFICATION IN TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS

Application of Seeding as a Process Actuator in aModel Predictive Control Framework for Fed-Batch Crystallization of Ammonium Sulfate •8:00 AM Precipitation of Tailored Crystals in an Ultra-sound Levitator • 8:20 AMProcess Function of Stirred Media Milling• 8:40 AM Process Development of a Media Milling Processfor a Nanoparticle Drug Formulation • 9:00 AM The Effect of Supersaturation on SupercriticalFluid Antisolvent Precipitation of Particles• 9:20 AMPreparation of Emulsion-Suspension CompositePolymer Particle Via Seed-Coagulation Process •9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4RAPID GRANULAR FLOWS IN

CHUTES, CHANNELS AND FEEDERS

Mixing of Cohesive Particles in a Shear Cell• 8:00 AMThe Unsteady Drag Force on a CylinderImmersed in a Dilute, Decelerating Granular Flow• 8:20 AM Drag Correlations for 3-D, Dilute Granular Flow •8:40 AMNumerical Simulations of Granular MaterialsFlow around Obstacles: the Role of the InterstitialGas • 9:00 AMExperimental Investigation and Kinetic TheoryBased Model of an Annular Granular Shear Flow •9:20 AMTime-Dependent and Steady-State Characteristicsof Rapid Granular Shear Flows • 9:40 AM


MODELING & PROCESSES

Tray Design Techniques at Low Liquid Load Con-ditions • 8:00 AMDistillation Column Flooding Predictor • 8:30 AMComputer-Aided Graphical Tool for ComplexColumn Design • 9:00 AMHeat-Integrated Distillation Sequence Synthesis •9:30 AM Synthesis and Design of Energy Efficient Distilla-tion • 10:00 AMHow to Decide When and How Much to Use Reac-tive Distillation: A Case Study on MTBE System •10:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 1ADVANCES IN HYDROPROCESSING III

Meeting the Challenge of Delayed Coker NaphthaHydroprocessing • 8:00 AMDeveloping Knowledge from Spent Hydroprocess-ing Catalyst Chemical Analysis • 8:30 AMRecombination: A Complicating Issue in FCC

Naphtha Desulfurization • 9:00 AMA Novel Oxidative Desulfurization (Oxyds) Pro-cess for Diesel and VGO • 9:30 AMComparison of Renewable Diesel Fuels• 10:00 AMMathematical Modeling of a Trickle Bed Bio-Desulfurizer of Hydro-Treated Diesel with Recyclefor the Production of ULSD (Ultra-Low SulfurDiesel) • 10:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 6BUSINESS CASE & SUSTAINABLE FEEDSTOCKS

New Views on Climate Change and Societal Impli-cations Thereof • 8:00 AMModeling the Combined Effects of Forests andAgriculture on Future WaterAvailability• 8:40 AMPyrolysis Kinetics of Bagasse Fibers • 9:05 AMCatalytic Conversion of Biomass in Organic Sol-vents • 9:30 AM Use of Molecular Sieves to Remove H2S and CO2

from Landfill Gas, Producing a High-Energy Con-tent Methane Stream • 9:55 AMPhysical-Mechanical Properties of Panels Manu-factured from the Blend of Residues of theWood, Asparagus and Bagasse of Sugar Cane •10:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 1CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION IN REFINING I

Apriori Alarm Management during Project FeedStage Using the Results from the HAZOP • 2:00 PMUserApproval of Safety Instrumented SystemDevices • 2:30 PMAdvances in Abnormal Situation Prevention inRefineries and Petrochemical Plants • 3:00 PMStrategic Proof Testing • 3:30 PMFired Heater Safeguarding Survey • 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 2CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION IN REFINING II

New Techniques for Meeting New Product Specand Products Demand Under Catastrophic Fail-ure through Multi Objective Multi Refinery Opti-mization • 8:00 AM Optimization of the Benzine and Diesel FuelsBlending • 8:30 AM Energy Management • 9:00 AMDevelopment and Implementation of Process Ana-lytical Toolbox • 9:30 AMFault Identification in Black-Box Simulink Mod-els Using Optimisation Methods • 10:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 2CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION IN REFINING III

A Self-Tuning Regulator for Fluid CatalyticCracking Units • 2:00 PMRobust Dynamic Principal Component Analysisfor Process Performance Monitoring • 2:30 PMWireless Instrumentation Enables New Best Prac-tices in Monitoring and Automation • 3:00 PMUsing Industrial Wireless Sensors to MonitorSafety Showers and Eye-Wash Stations • 3:30 PMAdvanced Control Strategy to a FermentationProcess to Obtain Ethanol • 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 8ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SHORT COURSES PART I

Performance Based Management Concepts andImplementation • 8:00 AMIntergovernmental Data Quality Framework,MIR, UFP • 10:00 AM

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SHORT COURSES PART II

RPO Implementation at AFCEE • 2:00 PM

Swan Hotel, IbisFINE CHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS

PRODUCTION IN MICRO-SYSTEMS

Micro Reaction Technology as a Means of Chemi-cal Process Intensification • 8:00 AMChemical Synthesis in Micro Reactors • 8:40 AMProcess Optimization of a Catalyzed Bleach Oxi-dation for the Production of Functionalized Alde-hydes Using Microreaction Technology • 9:00 AMHigh-P,T Micro-Reactor Processing for the Aque-ous Kolbe-Schmitt Synthesis of Hydroquinoneand Phloroglucinol • 9:20 AMCatalyst-Trap Microreactor for Hydrogenation ofa Pharmaceutical Intermediate • 9:40 AMKinetic Study of Catalytic Hydrogenation of O-Nitroanisole to O-Anisidine in a MicrochannelReactor • 10:00 AMMicrochemical Engineering - A Powerful Tool forProcess Intensification • 10:20 AMA Novel Microfabricated Device Capable of Con-tinuous-Flow Separations Utilizing Vapor-LiquidEquilibria • 10:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 1FISCHER-TROPSCH AND ALTERNATIVE

SYNGAS CONVERSION PROCESSES

Overview of Fischer-Tropsch Products and TheirUpgrading to Useful Products • 8:00 AMFischer-Tropsch Synthesis with Ultrafine Iron-Based Catalyst: Nano-Scale Growth of Particlesand Associated Effects on Wax/Catalyst Separa-tion • 8:25 AM Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Gasoline • 8:50 AMEnhanced Natural Gas Conversion into Methanolin a Membrane Driven Reactor • 9:15 AMOne-Step Dimethyl Ether Synthesis from Car-bon Monoxide-Rich Syngas in a Slurry Reactor •9:40 AMRCC Algorithm forAutomated AttainableRegions Analysis: Methanol Synthesis • 10:05 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 8HYDROGEN STORAGE SCENARIOS FOR

TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS

Solid-State Hydrogen Storage System Develop-ment and Engineering Analysis • 8:04 AMVehicular Hydrogen Storage: Goals, Challenges,and Progress • 8:26 AM Bench Scale Saes St 909 Tests for Methane andCarbon Dioxide Removal from Helium, Hydro-gen, and Nitrogen Gas Streams • 8:48 AM Novel Light Weight Complex Hydrides for Hydro-gen Storage • 9:10 AM Fundamental Structural Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Reopening the Debateover Hydrogen Storage • 9:32 AMSafe, Efficient Storage of Hydrogen in LiquidAmmonia and Ammonia-Based Solid Chemicals •9:54 AMEmissions from a Hydrogen-Compressed NaturalGas Fueled Ford F-150 • 10:16 AM Examination of Thermal Performance of Insula-tion Systems Combining Novel and ConventionalMaterials for LH2 Storage • 10:38 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 2LNG V - COST & FACILITIES

Understanding Ambient LNG Vaporizers • 8:00 AMTechnical Challenges and Design Features of the

Largest LNG Tank in Korea • 8:20 AMMaintenance and Inspection Methodologies forLNG Liquefaction Plants and Terminals • 8:40 AMLNG SMART Vaporization Process • 9:00 AMOptimization of Ambient Air Vaporization Pro-cesses• 9:20 AMPractical Optimization of LNG Terminal Process •9:40 AMSCV (Submerged Combustion Vaporizer) withLow Emission - Flameless Burner Technology• 10:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 4PHARMACEUTICAL WATER TECHNOLOGY I

Technologies and Design Strategies Used in Suc-cessful Real-Time Total Organic Carbon WaterRelease Systems • 8:00 AMMicrobiology of USPWater Systems • 8:50 AMReal Time, on- Line Detection and Classificationof Microorganisms Using Laser Scattering Tech-nology • 9:40 AMClean Steam System Design, Start-up, and Quali-fication • 10:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 4PHARMACEUTICAL WATER TECHNOLOGY II

Operating Parameters for High Purity Water Dis-tribution Systems • 2:00 PMHigh Purity Water Storage and DistributionDesign • 2:20 PMRouging, Passivating and Cleaning of StainlessSteel • 2:40 PMWFI and USP Purified Water Systems, Case Stud-ies • 3:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 3PREDICTION AND CORRELATION OF

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES

Viscosity and Phase Equilibria Prediction Via a Viri-al Optimized Site-Site M-6-8 Potential • 8:00 AMPrediction of Gas Diffusion Layer TransportProperties and Their Effect on the Performance ofPEM Fuel Cells • 8:22 AMBionanotubes of Escherichia Coli K-12 and ItsApplication in Facilitated Membrane Transport ofBiological Molecules • 8:44 AMGeneralized Svrc-Qspr Predictions of SaturatedLiquid and Vapor Viscosities • 9:06 AM

Dolphin Hotel, American Seminar RoomPROCESS FIRED HEATERS

Kinetic Analysis of Boudouard Reaction and ItsDependence on Porous Structure • 8:00 AMTwo-Phase Pipe Side Process Model for FiredHeaters • 8:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 7PROCESS INTENSIFICATION I

Studies on Ionic Mass Transfer with CoaxiallyPlaced String of Spheres as Turbulence Promoterin Homogeneous Flow • 8:00 AMPulsing to Improve Bubble Column Performance- Low Gas Rates • 8:20 AMPulsing to Improve Bubble Column Performance- Jetting Gas Rates • 8:40 AMHydrogen Production Using Electrolysis ProcessModelling from the Bubble to the LaboratoryElectrochemical Cell • 9:00 AMProcess Intensification Using Win Tray Extractors• 9:20 AM Bubble Size and Gas Holdup in Bubble Columnswith Vibrating Internals • 9:40 AMScheduling and Optimisation of the Fixed BedCatalytic Reactors Network • 10:00 AMAlternative Two-Layer Optimization Approach of

a Three Phase Catalytic Slurry Reactor by Evolu-tionary Optimization with Genetic Algorithms •10:20 AMPhenomena-Based Modelling to Encourage Inten-sive Design: Challenging the Paradigm of UnitOperations • 10:40 AMA Procedure for Large Scale Process OptimizationBased on Genetic Algorithm: Application toDynamic Model of a Cyclic Alcohol IndustrialReactor • 11:00 AMOptimization of Large Scale Industrial Processby Genetic Algorithms • 11:20 AMEvaluation of Genetic Algorithm Coding to Opti-mization of a Large Scale Dynamic Systems •11:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 7PROCESS INTENSIFICATION II

Rapid Thermal Swing Adsorption in Microchan-nels • 2:00 PMDesign and Experimental Characterization of aNew Photocatalytic Reactor for Wastewater Treat-ment • 2:20 PMSensibility Analysis of Genetic Algorithm Opera-tors in the Productivity of a Large Scale DynamicProcess • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 5SENSORS- REAL TIME SENSORS FOR

RAPID DETECTION AND MONITORING OF

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS

Recent Advances in Sensor Technology to MitigateTerrorist Threats in Potable Water DistributionSystems • 8:00 AMEffect of Sensing Materials for Detecting Chemi-cals by QDLTS Method • 8:20 AMSelf-Cleaning Sensors for Removing the Oil Tracesfrom the Carbon Charcoal Filters • 8:40 AMMechanical and Electrical Properties of Nanos-tructured Polymer Systems • 9:00 AMHyperspectral Signatures for Differentiating Livefrom Dead Endospores • 9:20 AMDetection of Explosives by QDLTS Method •9:40 AMBiosensors for Real Time in Situ Monitoring ofMunitions • 10:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 9SUSTAINABILITY AND UNIVERSITIES

A Master's Programme in Environmentally Sus-tainable Process Technology • 8:00 AM Sustainability Initiatives at Arizona State Univer-sity • 8:35 AMRequired Course on Sustainability at Universityof British Columbia • 8:55 AMAn Industrial Perspective on Education in Sus-tainability • 9:15 AMSustainability Activities at Universities• 9:35 AMSustainability in Engineering Education atRowan University • 9:55 AMContinued Assessment of Green Engineering Ped-agogy • 10:15 AMSustainabilty in K-12 Active Chemistry Curricu-lum • 10:35 AMYouth Council on Sustainable Science and Tech-nology Update • 10:55 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 3UPGRADING AND PROCESSING OF

OPPORTUNITY CRUDES III

Opportunity Crudes - Addressing the Challengesof Mechanical Reliability • 8:00 AMCrude Oil Management: Reduce OperatingProblems While Processing Opportunity Crudes• 8:30 AM


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Metallurgy for Opportunity Crudes • 9:00 AMThe Impact of Hydrogen Sulfide Scavengers onRefinery Operations • 9:30 AMA Comprehensive Approach to Assessing Oppor-tunity Crudes • 10:00 AMRefinery Optimum Crude Blending and Opera-tion • 10:30 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 4 & 5HAZARDS & RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH

ALTERNATE ENERGY SYSTEMS

The Hazards and Risks of Hydrogen• 8:10 AMSafety Considerations for Interfacing Hydrogenwith the Public for Vehicles • 8:40 AMHazards and Hazard Mitigation Techniques forNatural Gas and Hydrogen Refueling Operations• 9:10 AMLNG and Safety Concerns • 10:25 AM Risk Analysis of Hydrogen Gas TransmissionUsing Natural Gas Infrastructure • 10:55 AM Experimental Study of Accidental Industrial LPGReleases • 11:25 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 4SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS AND

SAFETY CRITICAL DEVICES

Risk Abatement Provided by Safety InstrumentedSystems May Cause Remote Hazards with HigherRisks • 8:10 AMFailure Conundrum • 8:35 AMUsing Layer of Protection Analysis to Define Safe-ty Integrity Level Requirements • 9:00 AMUse of Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) to Deter-mine Protective System Requirement • 10:15 AM Asset Protection, Applying Safety Life CycleMethods • 10:50 AMEquipment Safety Manuals - A User's Expecta-tions • 11:25 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 1FUNDAMENTALS AND TECHNOLOGY

Magnetic Imaging of Pyrolysis Feedstocks Appliedto AGOs • 8:05 AMCFD Simulations and Rigorous NOx Modeling ofUltra Low NOX Burners in Ethylene Furnaces •8:30 AM APU, a Novel Technology for Producing HighPurity BTX • 8:55 AMEthylene Cracker Capacity Increase and Modern-ization • 9:35 AMProduction of Ethylene by Oxidative Dehydro-genation in Microchannel Reactors • 10:00 AMS.R.C. - Super Radiant Coil . the New Frontier forthe Steam Cracking Furnaces • 10:25 AMA Novel Approach to Ethylene Furnace CoilDesign • 10:50 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 2MANAGERS AND THEIR RESPONSE TO

HSE SUSTAINABILITY

National Footprints - a Significant Resource forSustainability Decision Tools and Databases• 8:00 AMPerformance Based Ehs Assessment Techniques:Focusing on Behaviors and Ehs Performance-Outcomes • 8:45 AMBASF and Sustainability in Business Practices• 9:30 AMLeadership Issues with Implementing a HumanPerformance Initiative in a Non-Reactor NuclearFacility • 10:15 AMManagement of New Project Hse Design • 11:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 2ROTATING EQUIPMENT

Torque Measurement Devices on Large Turboma-chinery • 8:30 AMEquipment Protection & Performance MonitoringUsing Bently Nevada System 1 • 9:00 AMGuidelines for Specifying and Evaluating New andRerated Multistage Centrifugal Compressors •9:30 AMUprating Steam Turbines to Improve Efficiency,Output and/or Reliability • 10:20 AM Ethylene Plant Process Gas Compressor Foulingand Fouling Control • 10:50 AM Mitigation of Fouling in Charge Gas Compressor -an Experimental Study • 11:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3RISK ASSESSMENT II

Layer of Protection Analysis: Selecting Cost Effec-tive Safety Measures • 10:15 AMAssessing the Inherent Safety of Substances: Pre-cursors or Hazardous Products in the Loss of Con-trol of Chemical Systems • 10:45 AMDevelopment of Hazardous Material Compatibili-ty Storage Guideline and Tool • 11:15 AMImpact of Failure Data Especialization in Quanti-tative Risk Assessment of Process Plants • 11:45 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4COMPACTION AND SINTERING

Compaction Properties of Pregelatinized Starch(Starch 1500): Self-Lubrication • 1:00 PMA Novel Experimental Study of TemperatureEnhanced Cohesive Interparticle Forces• 1:20 PMSimulation of Liquid Phase Maldistribution Dur-ing the Extrusion of Highly Filled ParticulatePastes • 1:40 PMInstrumented Uniaxial Compaction Experimentson Silicon Nitride Granulates Under Varied Cli-matic Conditions • 2:00 PMDEM Simulation of the Compaction of Fine Powders• 2:20 PMCapping Mechanisms during PharmaceuticalPowder Compaction • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 3DEVELOPMENT/APPLICATION OF

COURSE MATERIAL IN PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY

Teaching Particle and Powder Technology inChemical Engineering at University College Cork •1:00 PMDevelopment and Assessment of a Web-BasedInteractive Aerosol Program for UndergraduateEducation • 1:20 PM Determination of the Kinetic Parameters of theLimestone Size Reduction in a Laboratory BallMill, Application to the Design of an IndustrialMill • 1:40 PMUsing Aspen Plus Solids-Handling Blocks in Parti-cle Technology Education • 2:00 PMSolidsim - Teaching the Complexity of Solid Pro-cesses • 2:20 PM Teaching Bulk Solids Handling - Development ofCourse Material • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2EXTRAPOLATORY SCALING IN PARTICLE PROCESSING

Scaling Effect in Dem Simulations of Direct ShearTest • 1:00 PMThe Flowability of Fine Powders in ReducedGravity Conditions • 1:20 PM

On the Particle Size Scaling and the Behavior ofGeomaterials: Experimental and Numerical Find-ings • 1:40 PMEngineering Properties of Granular MaterialsUnder Very Low Effective Stresses • 2:00 PMProperties of Lunar and Other Regoliths, fromComparisons Between Light Scattering Observa-tions and Numerical or Experimental Simulations• 2:20 PMModeling, Simulation, and Experiments of Elas-tic-Quasi-Static Granular Flow in a CompressingSlot • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES AND

NANOCOATINGS ON PARTICLES

Carbon-Embedded or -Supported Pt Nanoparti-cles Made in Flames • 1:00 PMPlasma Coating of Submicron Particles and theFabrication of Core-Shell Nanostructures forLow-K Elecgtronics • 1:20 PMIndividual Nanocoating of Ceramic NanoparticlesVia Atomic Layer Deposition • 1:40 PM Flame Made Fe-Doped TiO2 as Visible-Light Acti-vated Photocatalyst • 2:00 PMTailoring the Properties of Micro-Particles forIndustrial Applications Using Dry Powder Coat-ing • 2:20 PMInvestigation of Chemical HydrophobizationTreatment of Solid Particles Surfaces in OrganicPhase and Fluidized Bed • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 3GAS-PHASE NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS - I

Theoretical and Experimental Investigations onSintering Kinetics of Silica Nanoparticles• 1:00 PMDeveloping Particle Capabilities for New Applica-tions • 1:20 PMThermal and Crystalline Stability of Silica-Tungs-ta/Titania Particles Made by Flame Spray Pyroly-sis • 1:40 PMDesign of a LaserAssisted Aerosol Reactor forProduction of Ceramics on Semi-Industrial Scale •2:00 PM Gas-Phase Nanoparticle Production, Handlingand Separation by Aerodynamic Effects inSupersonic Expansion • 2:20 PMNano-Structured Silica Produced by Evaporation-Induced Self Assembly of Aerosols • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 3GAS-PHASE NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS - II

Nanoparticle Production in Cold AtmosphericPressure Plasmas • 4:30 PMPreparation of Ceramic Nanoparticles Using HfPlasma and TheirApplications • 4:50 PMInfluence of the Quenching Process on ThermalPlasma Synthesis of Engineered Nanoparticles •5:10 PMCarbon Nanotubes Production by Means of Ther-mal Treatment of Polymers in Fluidized Bed Reac-tors • 5:30 PMExperimental Research on Flame Synthesis ofCarbon Nanotubes and Its Growth MechanismAnalysis • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2MILLING AND BLENDING

The Effect of High Shear Blending on LactoseAlpha-Monohydrate • 1:00 PMModeling of Pharmaceutical Milling Operations•1:25 PMUnderstanding Critical Parameters in Roller

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Compaction Process and Development of a NovelScaling Method • 1:50 PMMinimization of Roller Compacted Ribbon DensityGradients through Modified Roll Design • 2:15 PMCascading Granular Flow in a Quasi-Two-Dimen-sional Rotating Drum • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4POLY-DISPERSED GRANULAR SYSTEMS I:MIXING, BLENDING, SEGREGATION

Particle Size Segregation in Flexible IntermediateBulk Containers During Filling, Transport, andDischarge • 1:00 PMSegregation Model for Percolation Mechanism• 1:20 PM Couette Flows with a Bimodal Particle Mixture•1:40 PM Controlling Mixing and Segration in Fine ParticleSystems • 2:00 PMMixing of Spherical and Non Spherical Particlesin a Nauta Mixer • 2:20 PMBrazil Nut's Effect beyond Spherical Grains:Elongation Matters! • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4POLY-DISPERSED GRANULAR SYSTEMS II: MIXING, BLENDING AND SEGREGATION

Transversal Dispersion of Granular Material onVibrating Conveyor • 4:30 PMModeling and Scale-up of Tumble Blenders forHighly Segregating Materials • 4:50 PMFlow Behavior inside a High Shear Mixer • 5:10 PM Using Unconventional Baffles to Reduce Segregationwithin Rotating Drums • 5:30 PMModeling Granular Segregation during HopperDischarge Via Discrete Element Methods • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 5SEPARATION PROCESS - I

Structural Analysis and Dewatering Characteris-tics of Waste Sludge from WWTP MBR • 1:00 PMDesign and Optimization Process of SolventExtraction in E.W unit of Sarcheshmeh CopperInfactory • 1:20 PMSedimentation of Activated Sludge in SecondaryClarifiers • 1:40 PMApplications of Rice Hull Ash FilterAids in Bio-Sludge and Oil Sludge Deliquoring • 2:00 PMModelling Capillary Pressure Curves by Means ofa Distribution Function • 2:20 PMTraveling Wave Particle Separation in Fluidic Cell• 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 5SEPARATION PROCESS - II

Fine Particle Classification with Revised Cyclone •4:30 PMInvestigations on Agglomeration in Gas Cyclones •4:50 PMPreparation and Characterization of Ceramic GasFilters from Waste Fly Ash • 5:10 PMOptimization Strategies in Purifying DispersedParticulate Solids • 5:30 PMPrediction of Compression-Permeability Charac-teristics of Solid-Liquid Systems Using ArtificialNeural Networks • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6SOLID LIQUID SEPARATION - I

Support Particles for Magnetic Field EnhancedSeparations • 1:00 PMSize-Selective Magnetophoretic Trapping of Sub-micrometer, Nonmagnetic Particles Immersed in a

Magnetic Nanofluid • 1:20 PMMagnetic Field Enhanced Press-Filtration • 1:40 PMSedimentation Acceleration of Remanent IronOxide by Magnetic Flocculation • 2:00 PMUse of Multisample Analytical Centrifugation forEvaluation of Separation of Fine Particle Slurriesin the Centrifugal Field • 2:20 PMEffects of FilterAids on Filter Cake Compactibili-ty • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 3CCPS PANEL: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NATURAL DISASTERS

Dolphin Hotel, Pacific Hall CCASE HISTORIES AND LESSONS LEARNED

A Case Study of a TFE Explosion in a PTFE Man-ufacturing Facility • 1:55 PMFlammable Liquid Process Tank Fire • 2:25 PMFired Heater Damage Following Outage Due toManagement of Change Problems • 2:55 PMBPTexas City: March 23rd 2005 • 4:10 PMBPAmoco Texas City Incident • 4:40 PM The Accident in Bhopal: Observations 20 YearsLater • 5:10 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 1ETHYLENE PLANT ROTATING EQUIPMENT ROUNDTABLE

Dolphin Hotel, Southern Hemisphere 2FEEDSTOCK

Improve Steam Cracking Furnace Productivityand Emissions Control through Filtration andCoalescence • 2:00 PMNeutralizer Selection for Control of Acid Corro-sion in Ethylene Plants • 2:30 PMSolving Ammonia Problems in Ethylene Plants• 3:20 PMPrimary Fractionator Feedstock ContaminationCase History • 3:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 9BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Invited Speaker: Sustainability Challenges andOpportunities at 3M• 2:00 PMSustainability Challenges and Opportunities atShell • 2:20 PM Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities atBASF • 2:40 PM Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities atGSK • 3:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere A - 3FOULING MITIGATION

Petroleum Fouling: Causes, Tools, and MitigationMethods • 2:00 PMNewer Techniques to Control Fouling in CrudePre-Heat Exchangers • 2:35 PMImproved Crude Unit Design through Experi-mentation • 3:10 PMHeat Exchanger Tube Inserts - An Update withNew Applications in Crude Distillation Units, Vac-uum Applications and Reboilers • 3:45 PMHeat Exchanger Fouling Monitoring and Clean-ing Optimization Using Opticlean • 4:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 2LNG VI - RISK & SAFETY

Safety Management Activities on LNG Industry inKorea • 2:00 PMLNG Liquefaction Plant Risk Management •2:20 PM

Risk Comparison of off Shore Vs. Onshore LNGTerminals • 2:40 PMDetails of 35 M Diameter LNG Fire Tests Con-ducted in Montoir, France in 1987 - Analysis ofFire Spectral and Other Data • 3:00 PMCFD Modeling Issues regarding LNG Dispersion •3:20 PMUncertainties in Modelling the Physical Behaviourof Large LNG Releases upon Sea-Water • 3:40 PMExperience with FEM3A • 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 8HYDROGEN PURIFICATION AND

FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS

Nanoscale Investigation of Morphologies in Poly-mer Electrolyte/Pvdf Blend Membranes • 2:05 PMMembrane Desulfurization of Logistic Fuels forHydrogen Production for Fuel Cells • 2:30 PMHydrocarbon Membranes Composed ofPoly(Vinyl Alcohol) Derivatives for the Applica-tion of Fuel Cell • 2:55 PM Development of Dense Cermet Membranes forHydrogen Separation • 3:20 PMPerformance of Pd-Alloy Membranes for Hydro-gen Separation from Mixed Feed Streams Con-taining 1000 ppm H2S • 3:45 PMHydrogen Purification with Palladium AlloyMembranes • 4:10 PM Cyanate Ester/Trisilanolphenyl-Poss, CyanateEster/Octaaminophenyl-Poss, 1, and CyanateEster/Cyanopropylcyclopentyl-Poss, 2 Nanocom-posites • 4:35 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 3PREDICTION AND CORRELATION OF

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES II

Mass Transport at an Electrode during Elec-trodeposition Process • 2:00 PMSurvival Probability in the Transition and Knud-sen Diffusion Regimes in Random Fiber Struc-tures • 2:22 PM Heat and Mass Transfer in Fluidized Bed Gran-ulation • 2:44 PMTime Series Modeling Based on Modified GeneticAlgorithm for Vapor-Liquid and Vapor-Liquid-Soled Flow Boiling System • 3:06 PMManifestation of Acceleration of Heat Flow inTransient Transport Phenomena • 3:28 PM

Dolphin Hotel, American Seminar RoomSIMULATION OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

EQUIPMENT IN PROCESS PLANTS

Performance of a Nonlinear Catalytic TubularReactor • 2:00 PMDevelopment of Different Strategies of Refrigerationfor Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactor: Mixed CoolantFlow as Optimal Factor • 2:40 PMAThermal Kinetic Model for the Study of Stere-olithography Process •3:20 PM Melting Heat Transfer in Energy Storage• 4:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 6SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Life Cycle Assessment of Water Usage in Post-Plating Rinse in Electroplating • 2:00 PMCombined Filtration and Catalytic Combustion ofDiesel Particulate: Secondary Nanoparticle Emis-sions during Trap Regeneration • 2:25 PMContinuous Cloud Point Extraction for Removalof Aromatic Contaminants from Wastewater in aMulti-Stage Rotating Disc Contactor • 2:50 PMVacuum Stripping for Toluene Removal fromNonionic Coacervate Phase Solution • 3:15 PM

Adsorption of Cobalt on Molecular Sieves• 3:40 PMCapture of Mercury from Wet CombustionStreams Using a New Powder • 4:05 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Northern Hemisphere E - 1SYNTHETIC FUELS FROM

OIL SHALE, COAL AND NATURAL GAS

Comparison of the Acceptability of Various OilShale Processes • 2:00 PMOverview of Retorting of Eastern Oil Shale• 2:25 PM An Economic Perspective of above-Ground OilShale Retorting R&D Needs • 2:50 PMR&D Data Gaps Identified for Model Develop-ment of Novel in Situ Oil Shale Conversion Pro-cess • 3:15 PMCompact, Mobile Synthetic Fuel Unit• 3:40 PM Opportunities for Co-Feeding Coal and NaturalGas to a Liquids Plant • 4:05 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED

Current Status of Chemical-Looping CombustionTechnology in Korea • 4:30 PMGas-Solid Two-Phase Turbulent Flow in a Circu-lating Fluidized Bed Riser: an Experimental andNumerical Study • 4:50 PMHydrodynamics and Flow Development in TwoCirculating Fluidized Bed Risers Using FCC andSand Particles • 5:10 PM Solids Dynamics in Gas-Solid Risers Inferredfrom CARPT Experiments • 5:30 PMThe Role of the Primary Ash PSD on Bed SolidsInventory during Fluidized Bed Combustion ofSolid Fuels • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES AND

NANOCOATINGS ON PARTICLES - II

Nanoparticle Applications by Dry Particle Coat-ing Technology • 4:30 PMThe Adsorption and Reaction of a Titanate Cou-pling Reagent on the Surfaces of Different Nano-Particles in Supercritical CO2 • 4:50 PMSol-Gel Production of ZrO2 and 8YSZ with a NewOrganic Precursor • 5:10 PMStructure Characteristics and PhotocatalyticActivity of TiO2 Thin Films Synthesized fromRefluxed Sols (RS) • 5:30 PMControl Polymorphism, Size and Surface Proper-ties of Particulate Materials • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF

MULTIPHASE PARTICULATE FLOWS

Investigation of the Formation of Jets in a Three-Dimensional Gas-Fluidized Bed Using MagneticResonance Imaging • 4:30 PMMRI Measurement of Particle Velocity Distribu-tion in Hopper Flow • 4:50 PMMRI Measurement of Axial Segregation in aRotating Tapered Drum • 5:10 PMMRI Investigations of Particle Motion within aThree-Dimensional Vibro-Fluidized Granular Bed• 5:30 PMApplication of Magnetic Resonance ImagingTechniques to Particulate Systems • 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 1SELECTED TOPICS IN FLUID-PARTICLE SYSTEMS

Spouting Phenomenon of Powder through a SmallOrifice at the Bottom of Vessel Using the Fluidiza-

tion and Aeration • 4:30 PMHigh Temperature Crystallization of MicronicPowders by Activated Fluidization Processes• 4:50 PM Experiences with the “Open Source Model” forDisseminating Information in ComputationalGas-Solids Flow • 5:10 PMStudy on the Application of Polystyrene Nanopati-cle in the Preparation of Rfcc Catalysts • 5:30 PM Mixing of Cohesive Material in Low Shear Mixers• 5:50 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2COMPUTATIONAL PROCESS MODELS - MULTI-SCALE,REAL-TIME, PC-BASED, VISUALIZATIONS

Property Predictions for Packed Columns UsingRandom and Distinct Element Digital PackingAlgorithms • 4:30 PM AMethod to Calculate Aerodynamic Diameter ofParticles with Fractal Surface • 4:50 PMHigh-Speed Image Analysis and Dispersion for Sizeand Shape Characterisation of Fibres • 5:10 PMModeling of Simultaneous Deposition of Powder inThree Parallel-Oriented Cylindrical Dies • 5:30 PMDevelopment of Nano- and Micro- Particles OpticalCharacterization • 5:50 PM

April 26, Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1PROCESS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN THE

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Measurement and Control of High Shear Granu-lation by Image Processing • 1:00 PMEffect of Process Variables on Fluid Bed Granula-tion and Coating - In-Line Monitoring of GranuleSize and Population • 1:20 PMInvestigation of Operating Parameters ThatAffect Coating Uniformity in Pan Coating Devices• 1:40 PMScale up of Anti-Solvent Crystallization Usingin-Line Tools • 2:00 PMInformation Content Analysis of near InfraredSpectral Data for in-Line Monitoring of BatchCrystallization • 2:20 PM Determining Particle Size Distribution of Non-Spheres from Chord Length Measurements• 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 5CHARACTERIZATION OF

NANOPARTICLES AND NANOTUBES

Real-Time HRTEM of Atomic-Size MetalNanowires • 8:00 AM Growth of Nanocrystalline Ceria Studied Using aUsaxs Capillary Flow-Cell • 8:40 AMCharacterization of the Dispersion of Nanoparti-cles in a Polymer Matrix • 9:00 AM Influence of Test Conditions on the Quality of PCSResults • 9:20 AMCharacterization of Liquid Nanoparticle Disper-sions by Multisample Analytical Centrifugation -Particle Interaction - Colloidal Crystallization •9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2CHARACTERIZATION OF BULK SOLIDS FOR

HANDLING PURPOSES - I

Powder Characterization as Tool for SuccessfulProcess Development • 8:00 AM Damping of Ultrafine Powders during Vibrationsand Shear Flow • 8:20 AMInfluence of Filling Procedure on the FailureStrength of Powders in a Uniaxial Tester• 8:40 AM

Measurement of Mechanical Properties of FinePowders Using Nanoindentation • 9:00 AM Investigating the Effects of Surface Properties atSingle Particle Level and Storage Condition onPowder Flow Properties Using Atomic Force Micro-scope (AFM) and Jenike Shear Tester • 9:20 AMEffect of Fines and Material Micro-Hardness onUnconfined Yield Strength of Powders • 9:40 AM •

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2PARTICLE ADHESION TO SURFACES

On the Adhesion of Nanocontacts: an AtomicForce Microscopy Study • 1:00 PMEvaluation of the Particle-Particle Interactions ofthe Toner by Colloid Probe AFM • 1:20 PM Adhesion Force of Glass Particle on Silica Surfacewith Periodic Roughness Structure in HumidAtmosphere • 1:40 PMExperimental and Numerical Estimation on aDynamic Liquid Bridge Force Adhered to ThreeSpheres • 2:00 PMSticky Behavior Development of Whey ProteinIsolate and Lactose Droplets during ConvectiveDrying • 2:20 PMComparative Adhesion Force Measurements onConventional and Novel Nanostructured andHighly Porous Filtration Membranes • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1SOFT PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION IN

PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIO-MATERIAL SCIENCE

Characterizing the Particle Specificity of DrugDelivery Systems to Melanoma Cells by the Atom-ic Force Microscope • 8:00 AMCharacterization of Mechanical Proerties of SoftMicro- and Nanoparticles by Analytical Centrifu-gation • 8:20 AMProcess Control and Characterization of PorousStructure of Pharmaceutical Microparticles Pre-pared by the W/O/W Double Emulsion Technique• 8:40 AM Fundamental Insights into Breakage of OrganicMolecular Crystals • 9:00 AMA Novel Method for Measuring Elasticity of Sub-micron-Sized Liposomes with AFM • 9:20 AM Interaction between Artificial Mucin Layer andStimuli-Responsible Nano-Gel Particles for theOral Peptide Delivery Observed in SimulatedIntestinal Solutions by Using Colloid Probe AfmMethod • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1CAKING PHENOMENA - II

Influence of Supra-Molecular Structure and Stor-age Conditions on the Caking of Powders • 4:30 PMSystems Approach to Solution of Caking Problems• 4:45 PMExperimental and Theoretical Description of aSolid Bridge Between Double Particle Systems• 5:00 PM Influence of Formulation upon the Storage Stabili-ty of Detergent Powders: Prediction of SorptionIsotherms • 5:15 PM Temperature Gradient Induced Caking of Phar-maceutical Grade Salt • 5:30 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Particle Technology in Europe • 8:00 AMDevelopments in Particle Technology in MiddleEast and Africa in Past 10 Years • 8:40 AMRecent Developments in Particle Technology - aView from the Americas • 9:20 AM


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Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3CONTROL OF PARTICULATE PROCESSES

Challenges and Benefits in Controlling EnergeticMaterial Particle Size • 8:00 AMRational Design of Pharmaceutical FormulationsPrepared by High Shear Wet Granulation: Intro-duction & Evaluation of the Solid-Liquid-Interac-tion Classification • 8:20 AM Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Fe2O3-Particle Formation in Spray Roasting Reactors• 8:40 AMSize Control and Parameter Estimation for Flu-idized Bed Reaction • 9:00 AMNumerical Bifurcation Analysis of the NonlinearDynamics in Continuous Fluidized Bed SprayGranulation Systems • 9:20 AMOptimal Control of Crystal Size and Shape forBatch Cooling Crystallization • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2ENGINEERED NANOPARTICULATE SYSTEMS

FOR BIO APPLICATIONS

Nanoencapsulation of Hydrophilic Droplets by theRapid Expansion of Water-in-Supercritical CO2

Microemulsion • 8:00 AMThe Effect of Insulin Loaded PLGA Nano-Com-posites on the Glycaemia of Beagle Dogs • 8:20 AMSynthesis of Functional Nano-Composite Particlesfor Bio-separation • 8:40 AMGadolinium-Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles forCancer Neutron-Capture Therapy: Pharmaceu-tical Characteristics and in Vitro AntitumorEffect • 9:00 AM

Charaterization of Talc Powders for TherapeuticParticle Design • 9:20 AMInfluence of Shape, Surface Treatment andMechanical Stretch on Amorphous SilicaNanoparticle Toxicity • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 1FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUIDIZATION AND

FLUID PARTICLE SYSTEMS - III

The Rise of Bubbles and Slugs in Gas-FluidizedBeds Using Ultra-Fast Magnetic Resonance Imag-ing • 8:00 AMMultiresolution Analysis of Pressure Fluctuationsand Tomography Images in a Gas-Solids FluidizedBed • 8:20 AM Granular Temperature in a Gas Fluidised Bed •8:40 AMShape of a Particle Curtain Falling in StagnantAir • 9:00 AMThe Onset of Bubbling in High Temperature Flu-idized Beds • 9:20 AMLaser Diagnostics of Hydrodynamics and Gas-Mix-ing Induced by Bubble Bursting • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 1FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUIDIZATION AND

FLUID PARTICLE SYSTEMS - IV

Comparison of Fibre Optical Measurements andDiscrete Element Simulations for the Study ofGranulation in a Spout Fluidized Bed • 1:00 PMTheoretical Analysis of Fluidization and MixingBehaviors in a Rotating Fluidized Bed • 1:20 PMA Mathematical Model for the Simulation of Bina-

ry Gas Fluidized Beds • 1:40 PMDependence of Particle Fluctuation Velocity on GasFlow, Particle Diameter, and Density in Gas Flu-idized Beds for Polymer, Glass and Metal Spheresin the Geldart B Fluidization Regime • 2:00 PMParticle Velocity Fluctuations of Cork Particles in theRiser of a CFB • 2:20 PMBubble Size Reduction in Electric Field OptimisedFluidized Beds: Simulations and Experiments •2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4GRANULATION AND ENCAPSULATION

How Do Granule Characteristics Change WhenHigh Shear Granulators Are Scaled Up? • 8:00 AMScale Up and Control of BinderAgglomerationProcesses - Batch and Continuous • 8:20 AM"One-Dimensional" Scale-up of High-ShearGranulators • 8:40 AMWet Granule Breakage in High Shear Mixer Granu-lation • 9:00 AMThe Morphology and Strength of SolidifyingInter-Particle Bridges in a Granule • 9:20 AMInvestigation of a Novel Method to ProduceWater-Insoluble Microencapsulated Flavor Gran-ules • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4HANDLING OF ULTRA-FINE POWDERS AND

PREVENTION OF DUST EXPLOSIONS

Development and Design of Handling Technologyfor Highly Explosible Powders • 8:00 AMReducing Dust Emission from Grain Handling

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Ship Loaders • 8:20 AMTheory and Practice of Dust Collector Protection •8:40 AMPrevention of Dryer Fires: Problem Analysis &Application of Results • 9:00 AMSurfactants: Do They Work for Suppression ofDust in Iron Ore Plants? • 9:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 3NANOENERGETIC MATERIALS PROCESSING

Combustion Synthesis of Porous Materials fromNanocomposite Reactants • 8:00 AMComparison of Nanoparticulate Thermite Mix-tures Formed by Conventional and SupercriticalFluid Processes • 8:20 AMThe Effects of Aluminum Particle Size on the Ther-mal Degradation of Aluminum/Polytetrafluoroethy-lene Mixtures • 8:40 AMTuning the Reactivity of Nanoparticles andNanoparticle Mixtures • 9:00 AMChallenges in Processing of Aluminum and MetalOxide Nanopowders in Water • 9:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 5NANOPARTICLE TRANSPORT AND FLUIDIZATION

Fluidization and Study of the Nanometric Pow-ders Behavior: Numerical Approach to Estimatethe Agglomerates Sizes • 8:00 AMFluidization of Nano-Sized Particles - Designand Operation Issues • 8:20 AMEffect of Multi-Stage Agglomerate Structure onthe Fluidization Characteristics of NanoparticlesAgglomerates • 8:40 AM Evaluation of Assisting Methods on the Fluidizationof Agglomerates of Nanoparticles by Studying theAdsorption/Desorption Rate of Moisture • 9:00 AMThe Effect of Gas Viscosity on the AgglomerateParticulate Fluidization State of Fine and Ultra-fine Particles • 9:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 3SELECTED PAPERS IN GRANULAR FLOW

AND SOLIDS PROCESSING

Stress Distribution underneath Granular PilesMade from Monosized Particles • 8:00 AMBreakage and Attrition of Sintered Agglomerates •8:20 AMHonking and Vibrations during the Discharge ofSilos • 8:40 AMDust Explosion Scenario Identification for Layerof Protection Analysis (LOPA) • 9:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 6SOLID/LIQUID SEPARATION - II

Fractionation of Bsa and Lysozyme by Two-SidedDead-End Electrofiltration • 8:00 AMPermeation of Packed Beds Excited by Electricand Hydraulic Gradients • 8:20 AMFiltration Characteristics of Mega-Porous andMicro-Porous Colloids • 8:40 AMInfluence of Leaks in Surface Filters on Particu-late Emissions • 9:00 AMFiltration Characteristics of Insoluble and SolubleColloids • 9:20 AMEffect of Humidity on Pressure-Drop and Penetra-tion of a Membrane Filter During Loading withCharged and Neutralized Particles • 9:40 AM


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Rapid Site Characterization • 1:00 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 9GREEN ENGINEERING

Sustainability Analysis Applied to Active Pharma-ceutical Ingredient Manufacture • 8:00 AMDevelopment and Testing of a Robust Method forDestruction of Perfluorinated Compounds in Semi-conductor Manufacturing • 8:20 AMOpportunities for Biorenewables in PetroleumRefineries • 8:40 AMBioethanol: Synthesis from Biomass and CatalyticReforming for Hydrogen Production • 9:00 AM

Dolphin Hotel, American Seminar RoomLOW GRADE HEAT UTILIZATION

Hestia Distributed Hydrogen Generator • 8:00 AMSpiral Flow Heat Exchanger for Heat Recoveryfrom Gases • 8:20 AMUse of Simulation in Evaluating Energy SavingOpportunities in Process Plants • 8:40 AMEnhanced Waste Energy Recovery Targeting inPulp & Paper Plant Using • 9:00 AMTechnology Assessment of Rejecting Process Heat• 9:20 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 8PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE USES OF ABSORPTION AND

MEMBRANE PROCESSES IN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION II

Adsorption and Membrane Processes in HydrogenProduction • 8:00 AM Chemically Crosslinked Polymer NanocompositeMembranes for Hydrogen Separation • 8:25 AMSorption-Enhanced Reaction Processes: SteamMethane Reforming Combined with in-Situ CO2

Removal for Increased Hydrogen Production •8:50 AMMethanol Steam Reforming and Ethanol SteamReforming in Membrane Reactors: ExperimentalStudy • 9:15 AMUse of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Car-bon Dioxide Separations • 9:40 AMGas Separation in Coal Gasification • 10:05 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 7PROCESS INTENSIFICATION III

Studies on Ionic Mass and Momentum Transfer withCoaxially Placed Twisted Tape - Disc Assembly asTurbulence Promoter in Circular Conduits • 8:00 AMStudies on Ionic Mass and Momentum Transferwith Coaxially Placed Twisted Tape - Disc Assem-bly as a Turbulence Promoters in Circular Con-duits • 8:20 AM Surface Modification of Zn2SiO4:Mn2+ Phosphorsfor Enhancing the Discharging Efficiency in PdpCell • 8:40 AMMicrochannel Fouling Mitigation: Flow Distribu-tion and Wall Shear Effects • 9:00 AMOptimization of a Dynamic Model of Fixed BedCatalytic Reactor Utilizing Genetic AlgorithmsTechnique • 9:20 AMSelectivity Maximization of Maleic AnhydrideProduction through Genetic Algorithm Technique• 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 2ELECTROSTATIC EFFECTS IN PARTICLE PROCESSING - II

Electrostatic Charge Generation Due to ShearDeformation of Pharmaceutical Powders • 1:00 PMA New System for Control of Electrostatic Chargeon Particles in Gas-Solids Pipe Flow • 1:20 PM

Insulator - Insulator Contact Charging as a Func-tion of Pressure • 1:40 PMElectrostatic Charging Phenomenon in Gas-Liq-uid-Solid Flow Systems • 2:00 PMLBM Study on Rayleigh Instability of ChargedDroplet • 2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 4IN-SITU PARTICLE CONCENTRATION, SHAPE, AND SIZE MEASUREMENTS

The Conductivity • 1:00 PMTheoretical and Experimental Studies of theDynamics of Bubbling and Slugging Fluidised Beds• 1:20 PMTomographic Approach to Granular Gravitation-al Flow Dynamics Analysis • 1:40 PMVelocity Measurements in Opaque Flowing Slur-ries Using Electrical Impedance Tomography •2:00 PMOn-Line Particle Size Distribution Analyser •2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS OF

SLIGHTLY CONSOLIDATED AND FLUIDIZED POWDERS

AStudy of the Effect of Fines Size Distribution on theFluidization and Rheological Behaviour of AluminaPowders • 1:00 PMCharacterization of Fluidization Behavior of Gli-dant-Added Geldart C Glass Powders • 1:20 PMThe Flowability of Powders and the Affect of FlowAdditives • 1:40 PMEvaltuation of Particle Interaction for a Gas-SolidSuspending System • 2:00 PMAgglomeration and Rheological Properties of Dif-ferent Wheat Millings • 2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Australia 3NANOSEPARATION

Nanoseparation - from Centrifuges to Filters •1:00 PMOne-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional ParticleSeparation. Experiments and Theoretical Models •1:20 PM Interface Transport of Nanoparticles - Synthesis ofOil-Based Magnetic Fluids • 1:40 PMDesigning Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biosepara-tion • 2:00 PMCleaning Different Kinds of Filter Media forAppli-cations in the Solid-Liquid-Separation • 2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 3SELECTED TOPICS IN PARTICULATE HANDLING, PROCESSING AND GRANULAR SYSTEMS

The Importance of Clearance and Bulk SolidsFlow Properties in Predicting the Thoughput of aScrew Feeder • 1:00 PM Continuous Operation of Zig-Zag Blender forPharmaceutical Applications • 1:20 PMParticle-in-Cell (Pic) Simulations of Two-Dimen-sional Granular Flow in Bins • 1:40 PMThe Effect of Particle Shape on Simple ShearFlows • 2:00 PMThe Effect of Particle Shape on Granular Stress• 2:20 PM Measurement of Gas Velocities in Gas/Solids FlowsUsing Time-of-Flight Ultrasound • 2:40 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 4STOCHASTIC PHENOMENA AND

TIME-DEPENDENT TRANSIENT FLOWS

The Application of Wavelet Transforms to Many-Body Particle Interactions • 1:00 PMParticle-Pressure Induced Transient Pore Pres-

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sure Changes in Oscillated Particle-Fluid Systems• 1:20 PMMicro- and Macro-Dynamic Analysis ofUnsteady State Granular Flow in a CylindricalHopper • 1:40 PM Modelling of Continuous Rotating Drum Mixersfor Surface Renewal • 2:00 PMImpact of Solid Flow on a Granular Bed • 2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Europe 8PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE USES OF ADSORPTION AND

MEMBRANE PROCESSES IN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

Chemical Industry Vision 2020 Overview • 2:00 PMOverview of Hydrogen Production Technologies •2:15 PMPurifying Hydrogen with Inorganic Silica Mem-branes at High Temperatures • 2:40 PMFast Cycle Rotary Adsorption Bulk Separator atLow Pressure • 3:05 PMHydrogen Production Via Pd-Ag Permeators:Membrane Reactor Design and Process Study• 3:30 PMHigh-Pressure CO2/CH4 Separation Using Sapo-34 Membranes • 3:55 PMNovel Thermal Swing Sorption Enhanced Reaction(Tsser) Process Concept for Hydrogen Production •4:20 PM

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Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 2MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF

SLURRY RHEOLOGY

Squeeze Flow Rheometry of Paste and Slurry• 8:00 AMDevelopment of Slurry Characterization Methodfor Tape Casting • 8:20 AM Bridging the Gap: Slurry Behaviour from Coarseto Colloid • 8:40 AMFlow Behavior of Non-Drained Ultrafine Lime-stone Particle Packings • 9:00 AMA Model to Determine the Packing Density of FlyAsh Slurries • 9:20 AM Rheological Properties of Concentrated Suspen-sions • 9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Oceanic 1MEASUREMENT METHODS IN PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY

- THREE-DIMENSIONAL TECHNIQUES

On the ECT Sensor Based Dual Imaging ModalitySystem for Electrical Permittivity and Conductivi-ty Measurements • 8:00 AMMultiple-Particle Tracking Using the BirminghamPositron Camera • 8:20 AMDevelopment of an in-Line Stereoscopic Piv Sys-tem to 3-Component Velocity Measurements witha Single Camera • 8:40 AMCharacterization of Powders • 9:00 AMInfluence of Compaction on the Surface Proper-ties of Alumina (Al2O3) Determined by InverseGas Chromatography (IGC) • 9:20 AMModification of a Button Pressing Machine as an

Axial-Loaded Shear Test Apparatus for ShearStrength Measurement of Mineral Filter Cakes •9:40 AM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2SELECTED TOPICS IN PARTICLE AND

POWDER CHARACTERIZATION

Particle Size Measurement in Aggregating Col-loidal Dispersions: Comparison of Turbidity Spec-tra and Light Scattering • 1:00 PMLaser Diffraction Particle Size Measurement andthe Influence of Structural Iron Reduction in aFerruginous Smectite (Swa-1) • 1:20 PMParticle Shape Characterizing DescriptorsDefined in a First Iso Standard • 1:40 PMA New Microtriaxial Tester for the Characteriza-tion of Fine Particulate Systems • 2:00 PMEffect of Particle Characteristics on Frictional andCompression Properties of Cement Kiln Dust •2:20 PM

Dolphin Hotel, Asia 2RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Recent Advances in Particle Technology: Australiaand New Zealand • 8:00 AMRecent Development of Powder Technology inJapan • 8:40 AMRecent Developments in Particle Technology -Asian Perspective • 9:20 AM

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