Bubble and Slurry columns

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 Ashfaq Shaikh and M. H. Al-Dahhan

Bubble Column Reactors

Hydrodynamics Flow Regime Transition Scale-up
Hydrodynamics
 Hydrodynamics of High Pressure Bubble Column Slurry Reactor
 Combination of two single modal tomographic techniques for three
dynamic phase flow imaging
Flow Regime Transition
 Evaluation of CT for regime identification

 New technique and its ‘flow regime identifiers’ developed and

demonstrated
Scale-up
A new hypothesis proposed

Experiments ANN Modeling

 Flow Visualization in Slurry Bubble Column Reactors using
Dual Modal Tomography : Combination of CT and ECT
Three dynamic phase systems

Single modal tomographic techniques can not be applied

Available signal information is function of more than one parameter

Using inherently Improving reconstruction Combining two

multimodal procedure of single single modal
technique modal technique techniques
(Ultrasonic Tomography)
Discrepancy in Assumptions need
key assumptions to be evaluated
Computed Electrical
Tomography Capacitance
Tomography
 Characterization of Hydrodynamic Flow regime in
Bubble Column via Computed Tomography

Homogeneous/Bubbly Heterogeneous/Churn-
Flow turbulent Flow

Different hydrodynamic characteristics

 Explored the potential of CT for flow regime delineation in

bubble column

 Evaluated the developed approach with traditional

methods such as Drift Flux method

 Investigated the effect of operating pressure on flow regime

transition
 A New Methodology for Scale-up of Bubble Column Reactors

CFD Phenomenological approach

Lack of universal closures
Reported scaleup procedures

Global Parameters
A new hypothesis for hydrodynamic similarity proposed

Experimental evaluation ANN correlations for a priori prediction

(CARPT, CT) (Hydrodynamic parameters)

Similarity of global parameter is not enough to ensure similar mixing

 Hydrodynamics and Mixing in Slurry Bubble Column:
Experimentation at Mimic Fischer-Tropsch Conditions using CARPT and CT Techniques.
Lu Han, Chengtian Wu, Muthanna Al-Dahhan
Slurry Bubble Column Reactors
Computed Tomography (CT)
G – Reactant • Vertical cylindrical vessels, 3-phase G-L-S systems
L – Reactant and/or
Product • Simple to construct
S – Catalyst
• Exhibit excellent heat and mass transfer characteristics
bubbly
homogeneous
flow regime Applications:
– Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Synthesis
– Methanol synthesis
churn-turbulent
heterogeneous – Oxidation and hydrogenation
flow regime
– Chlorination and alkylation, polymerization
L+S
L+S

– Waste water treatment

G G
– Bio and biochemical processes

Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking (CARPT)

160

140
Schematic of the CT Setup

120

100
z, cm

80

60

40

20
-8 -4 0 4 8

r, cm

Trajectories of the tracer particle Holdup visualization example - Air-Water-Glassbeads

Schematic of the CARPT Setup and 2-D velocity vector map
 Mass Transfer and Gas Mixing in High Pressure Slurry Bubble Column:
Experimentation using Oxygen Optical Probe and Gaseous Tracer Technique
Lu Han, Muthanna Al-Dahhan

Gaseous Tracer Technique: Optical Oxygen Probe:

measures gas phase back-mixing; measures dissolved oxygen concentration;
G-L mass transfer coefficient of different G-L mass transfer coefficient of oxygen
gases.
Light from the blue LED going to the probe
tip
1.2 Sol-Gel

1
He Tracer
Normalized CT Resp.
0.8
ADM Fitting
0.6

0.4
Overcoat
Collected fluorescence going to the
0.2 spectrometer

0
0 10 20 30 40 Probe Tip
t, s

Optical Oxygen Probe

Gas Tracer Response Fitting
with ADM Model air-water, Optical oxygen probe system
0.1MPa, SGV 2cm/s

0.5 Sol-Gel Sol-Gel 1.2

475 nm 475 nm
O2 1
0.4
0.8
O2 Exp.
Dg, m /s

C/C*
0.3 0.6
2

ADM Fitting
O2 0.4
CSTR Fitting

0.2
O2 0.2
0.1
0
O2
0 20 40 60 80
0 600 nm 600 nm t, s
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3
ug, m/s Fluorescence quenching mechanism Comparison of Data Fitting Using CSTR and
This work Towell et al. (1972)-dc0.406m
Schematic of Setup Field et al. (1980)-dc3.2m Mangartz et al. (1981)-dc0.1m
ADM models
Joseph et al. (1984)-dc0.305m Kago et al. (1989)-dc0.12m
Wachi et al. (1990)-dc0.2m
Kantak et al. (1995)-dc0.25m
Shetty et al. (1992)-dc0.25m Air-water, 0.1MPa, ug=0.12m/s, z/L=0.8
 Heat Transfer Coefficient Measurement
in Air-Water Bubble Column
Chengtian Wu, Muthanna Al-Dahhan
The instantaneous heat transfer coefficient(hi):
hi=Qi / (TSi—Tbi)
3
• The heat transfer probe measures the instantaneous local heat flux(Qi)
and the surface temperature(Tsi) of the probe.
• Three thermocouples are used to measure the bulk temperature(Tbi).
1

normalized heat transfer coefficient

2 4 0.96

Air
0.92
5 6

0.88 1bar-3cm/s
8
1bar-30cm/s
1
7 10bar-3cm/s
0.84 10bar-30cm/s

0.8
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
r/R
1: filter; 2: rotameters; 3: high pressure bubble
column; 4: heat transfer probe; 5: thermocouple Radial profile of normalized heat transfer coefficient
probe; 6: amplifier; 7: DC power; 8: DAQ system. in the fully developed region of a bubble column

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 Circulating Fluidized Beds/
Mini Packed bed reactor

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 Modeling of Vaporization & Cracking of Liquid Oil Injected in a
Gas-Solid Riser
Subramanya V. Nayak, Saket L. Joshi and Vivek V. Ranade*
Products to Fractionator

Yield & Performance Spent Gases

 Droplet Atomization Reactor

Objectives
 Catalyst Coking
Regenerator Spent Catalyst To develop a computational model that
 Thermolysis Regenerator

 Catalyst To Oil Ratio Riser can identify the factor affecting the
 Catalyst Inlet Temperature Feed
Vaporizing process & Reaction kinetics
Regenerated Catalyst

 Coke on Regenerated Catalyst Air

Steam

Schematic diagram of a fluid catalytic

cracking unit (FCCU)

Present Contribution

Riser Reactor Model

Complex chemistry
 Lumped kinetics
 Catalyst Deactivation

CFD Model of Riser Evaporating Model

Gas/Solid hydrodynamics Droplet Vaporization
Solid Holdup Atomization of Oil
Velocity, Concentration & Effect of Solid & Vapor
Temperature Profiles Effusion
Experiments and Mathematical Modeling to Study Effective Diffusivity
& Break-Through Curves for Alkylation Processes
Subramanya V. Nayak, Milorad P. Dudukovic, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

Objectives
Estimating transport parameters like effective diffusivities and
adsorption/desorption isotherms by performing dynamic tracer study on
packed bed and autoclave reactor

Methodology

Experiments Mathematical Models

C

E
t 
C

t
t

t
CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY
 Trickle Bed/
Measurement Techniques

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 Trickle-Bed Reactors – Experimental and
Computation Investigations

Zeljko V. Kuzeljevic, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan and Milorad P.

Dudukovic

Experimental Computation
Investigation Investigation

Gamma-ray Tomography CFD modeling

• Porosity distribution (develop • TBR cell model implementation
suitable correlations needed as input
to CFD) • Closures (development and
evaluation)
• Cross-sectional gas and liquid
distribution along the bed

Collector system
• Measure liquid and gas 2D bed:
fluxes distribution at the
bottom of the column • Relate to capillary closure

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 Reduced Gamma – Ray Tomography for Industrial
Application

Zeljko Kuzeljevic, Rajneesh Varma

Advisors: Dr. Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Dr. Milorad P. Dudukovic

• The overall objective is to assess the effectiveness of the reduced gamma ray
computed tomography for industrial process applications

• Evaluation of reduced tomography can be performed by:

- Theoretical considerations of reconstruction algorithm
- Simulations
- Experimental investigations

• Based on simulations performed we

concluded:
- Reduction in number of pixels in
reconstruction image is needed
- Maximizing average number of rays that
cross pixel is needed
 Liquid Maldistribution in Trickle-Bed
Reactors at Elevated Pressure
Pierre-Yves Lanfrey (July 2005 – October 2006)

TOTAL advisors: Pr. Philippe Tanguy, Jacques Bousquet and Nicolas Dromard.
CREL advisors: Pr. Milorad Dudukovic and Muthanna Al-Dahhan.

Operating conditions:
- real catalyst (porous cylindrical particles),
- 10 bar with pre-wetted beds,
- uniform gas-liquid distributor,
- air-water and air-oil systems.

Study of the phase distribution by:

- gamma-ray Computed Tomography (CT),
- fluids outlet collection.

17
 CREL ANNUAL MEET 2005
Hydrodynamics in Trickle Bed Reactors: Experiments and CFD
Modeling
P. R. Gunjal, V.V. Ranade and R. V. Chaudhari
National Chemical Laboratory
Pune India
Wide Applications Key Characteristics
• Hydrodesulfurizations • Close to plug flow/ Low liquid hold-up
• • Suitable for slow reactions
Hydrocracking/hydrotreati • Poor heat transfer
ng • maldistribution and Difficult to scale-
• Hydrogenations up
• Waste water treatment
Trickle Bed Reactors

Key Issues
Experimental • Multi-scale Transport Computational Model
Processes
Measurements • Bed Characteristics • Multi-Fluid Model
• Wetting Efficiencies • Hetrogeneous Bed
• Pressure Drop • Flow Regimes
• Hydrodynamic Parameters
Definition
• Liquid Hold-up
• RTD • Inter-phase Closures
• Wall Pressure Fluctuations • Capillary Pressure Terms
 CREL ANNUAL MEET 2005
Modeling of the Czochralski Crystal Growth
P. R. Gunjal, Milind Kulkarni and P. A. Ramachandran
Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Division
Washington University at St Louis, MO, 63112
MEMC Electronics Inc. St Peters, MO 63376

Problem Complexities Computational Model

Crystal Pull Velocity • 2D and 3D Flow Simulations
• Phase Transformation
• Multiple Driving Forces • k-e model for Turbulence

• Flow Instabilities ws • Boussinesq Approximation

• Multi-parameter Process • Mushy Zone Model for
Convectio
n+
Crystal Convectio
n+
Interface
Radiation Radiation

Natural wc
Convectio
n
Objectives Mel
t Operating Parameters
• Role of Fluid Dynamics
• Re=1-3x105 Ro=10
on Transport Cz Crystal Growth
Phenomenon Process • Pr=0.01 Ek=0.002
• Effect of Turbulence • Gr=5x1010 Ra=1-
• Interface Tracking 5x108
 Packed bed/
Mixed tanks

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

Reactor Models for Coupling Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
R C Ramaswamy, P A Ramachandran and M P Duduković
-ΔH Exothermic
A B Endothermic
+ΔH
C D

Counter Current Reactor

Adiabatic Reactor
(Frauhammer et. al. 1999, Veser et. al. 2001, Kolios et. al.
(De Groote et. al. 1996, De Smet et. al. 2001, Hohn 2001, Kolios et. al. 2002, Ramaswamy et al. 2006)
and Schmidt 2001, Ramaswamy et al. 2005)

Exothermic
Direct Reaction
Coupling Recuperative
Heat Coupling
Regenerative
Coupling
Endothermic
Reaction

Endothermic Exothermic
Endothermic
Exothermic

Reverse Flow Reactor Co-Current Reactor

( Kulkarni and Dudukovic 1996, Kolios et. al. 2000) (Ismagilov et. al. 2001, Kolios et. al. 2002, Zanfir et. al.
2003, Ramaswamy et al. 2006)
 Modeling of Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane to Syngas
in Short Contact Time Packed Bed Reactor
R C Ramaswamy, P A Ramachandran, M P Duduković

Synthesis Gas (mixture of H2 and CO) (Pena et. al. 1996)

– Feed stock for synthesis of liquid fuels, methanol
– Source of hydrogen for fuel cells
– Feed stock for ammonia plant, hydrogenation plant etc
High Active Catalysts (Rh)
Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane to Syngas

(1) CH 4  2O2  CO2  2 H 2O, H 773K  800kJ / Mol Short Contact Time
Reactors
(2) CH 4  H 2O  CO  3H 2 , H 773K  222kJ / Mol (4-15 milli seconds)
Hohn & Schmidt, 2001
(3) CH 4  2 H 2O  CO2  4 H 2 , H 773K  185kJ / Mol
(4) CO  H 2O  CO2  H 2 , H 773K  37 kJ / Mol
Partial Oxidation (Exo)
&
Steam Reforming (Endo) Steam Addition

H2/CO ~ 2 Wrong-Way Behavior

CH4 & O2
CO2 & H2O
(2:1)
Texit ~ 1300 K
Tin ~700 K
Modeling of Solid Acid Catalyzed Alkylation Reactors
R C Ramaswamy, P A Ramachandran and M P Duduković

Alkylation
 Lighter Paraffins to Octane (LPG to gasoline), Linear Alkyl Benzene
•Currently hazardous liquid acid catalysts are used
•Substitution by solid acid catalysts is environmentally beneficial

Current Challenges
 Catalyst deactivation  Low selectivity
 Catalyst leaching  Low acid capacity
 Catalyst instability  High cost
 Unacceptable activity  Optimal reactor configurations
Modeling Approach
Catalyst Particle Reactor
Film Transport level Model
level Model

Diffusion, Reaction, Residence Time

Deactivation Distribution

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 CFD-BASED COMPARTMENTAL MIXING
MODEL FOR STIRRED TANK
REACTORS
Debangshu Guha, M.P. Duduković and P.A. Ramachandran
 Mixing affects reactor performance when time scale of some reactions are small
compared to time scale of mixing
 Turbulent mixing in stirred tanks take place mainly by
- Convection (bulk flow generated by impeller rotation)
- Turbulent Dispersion (fluctuations due to turbulence)
 Flow field needs to be accounted for properly predicting reactor performance

Methodology:
 Compartmental Approach – Divides the reactor into number of inter-connected
well-mixed compartments
 Incorporation of mean flow and turbulent parameters from complete CFD simulation

Results:
 Mixing effect on reactor performance for multiple reactions
 Effect of different feed locations captured
 Processes and mini
and micro reactors

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 Catalytic Oxidation of Cyclohexane
R. Jevtic, K.C. Ruthiya, P.A. Ramachandran,
M. Al-Dahhan, M.P. Dudukovic

Goal Experimental
• Determine reaction operating S.S. reactor, L~30 m, D=0.762 mm
window (P, T, pO2, Ccat) for max.
conversion with high selectivity.
• Examine the effect of supercritical
CO2.
easurement techniques/ Bioreactors and Bioprocesses
Feeding Section Engineering
Reactor Laboratory
Analysis (BBE

Modeling
Cell N
Performance of the catalytic oxidation of Cell N

cyclohexane is poorly understood in terms of

reaction kinetics, transport parameters, and high Cell j
Cell j
pressure of oxygen.

Mixing cell reactor model including mass and Cell 1

Cell 1

heat transfer combined with boundary layer film

model is developed. Liquid
LiquidGas Gas Liquid Gas
Liquid Gas
 The Integrated Struvite-CANON System
Fan Mei, Sarah Dryden, Biplab Mukherjee, Lars T. Angenent

Objectives:
Design a technology to reduce nitrogen concentration from anaerobic sludge
digestion centrate at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection
(NYCDEP) wastewater facilities.

Study the effects of Several factors on the system: acceptable effluent

concentrations, costs, value-added products, and design stability.

Accomplishments:
1. Reduce the effluent nitrogen levels to the allowable limit
2. Create a marketable product with revenues that compensate for the cost of
all chemical additives in the process
3. Reduce phosphorous levels in the effluent
4. Reduce struvite-scaling formation within piping
5. Dramatically reduce the amount of required aeration

Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory

Modular Microreaction System
A Powerful Tool for Process Development
and Production
Thomas Daszkowski, Eric Boonstra
Peter Ryan, Shaibal Roy

Bayer Technology Services, Americas

8500 West Baye Road, MS #52,
Baytown, TX, 77520, USA

Ph: (281) 383 6000

Email: Shaibal.Roy.b@bayer.com

Matthias Kroschel
Olaf Stange

Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS GmbH

Mikroforum Ring 1
55234 Wendelsheim
Germany
 Benefit of Micro Process Technology

Small characteristic dimensions result in

high concentration rapid mixing
gradients

high temperature rapid

gradients heat exchange

defined residence
defined
times with narrow
flow properties
distribution
short response easy process control
time and automation

2005-10-06
 Modular Microreaction System
Toolbox Applications Examples

• More than 40 different • Nitration

modules like mixers, heat
changer, reactors, sensors • Polymerization
One- and multi-step homo-
etc. and heterogenous reactions • Precipitation
• Flexible concept
• Easy process control and • Oxidation
automation
• Easy Scale-up • Metal organic
• For Research and Bulk reactions
Production • Emulsification
----------------------------------------- High and low temperature
• Operation area
reactions
• Phase transfer
• 0 - 100 bar reactions
• -100°C - 200 °C
• Photo reaction
• Different materials like
stainless steel, hastelloy, • Synthesis of API’s
tantalum Pilot and Production scale • etc.
2005-10-06
 Preparation and Characterization of Supported Catalysts by Atomic Beam
Deposition and TAP Reactor Studies
John Gleaves, Gregory Yablonsky, Rebecca Fushimi, Mike Rude, David French,
Joe Swisher, Rebecca Weaver

Kinetic characterization Key Challenges

RH ROH RH ROH
1. Uniform, precise surface com-
position change
Submonolayer Change
in Surface Composition
Metal Oxide 2. Kinetic analysis of changes in
Particle composition

Kinetic Characterization
Physical characterization

Atomic Beam Thin-zone

Deposition Transition metal source reactor

Atomic beam Catalyst zone

Laser beam
Catalyst particle Inert zones

Vibrate bed
 Measurement techniques/
Bioreactors and Bioprocesses
Engineering Laboratory (BBEL)

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 Dual Source Computer Tomography For Imaging
Three Phase System
Rajneesh Varma Muthanna Al-Dahhan
Critical Issues related to characterizing the hydrodynamics of multiphase systems–
 Hydrodynamic and transport parameters
 Phase distribution, phase recirculation, backmixing
Computer tomography helps accomplish characterization of phase distribution in multiphase systems.
Desired Characteristics:

 Excellent spatial and temporal resolution in phase distribution

Objective studies:

 Experimental Studies: To develop a DSCT Scanner capable of simultaneously scanning a given

domain with two gamma ray sources.
 Simulation Studies: To evaluate algorithms for DSCT by generating simulated DSCT attenuation
data. To test the feasibility of given pair of gamma ray sources

Detectors

Three phase
system (GLS)

1st Gamma Ray

source
2nd Gamma Ray Histogram comparing the Truth to image reconstructed
with data filtered using wavelet transform toolbox with
source a heuristic thresholding (right)
 Radioactive Particle Tracking Studies In Gas Mixed
Anaerobic Bioreactors
Rajneesh Varma Muthanna Al-Dahhan
 Unsafe and improperly disposed
 Waste can be used to generate Methane
 Gas mixed anaerobic bioreactors are found to be the most popular
choice for methane generation
 Compare the efficiency of ejectors ( single point gas injection system)
versus a sparger ( multiple point gas injections) in gas mixed
bioreactors.
30

Gas
25 injection
150 mm

pipe (Dia
20
= 5 mm)

334 mm
153 mm

15
50m
Level 1 38mm m
10 140 mm 100
mm
220 mm

Levels at
which the CT
5 Level 1 mm scans have
been
conducted
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

26mm 40 mm 0
25 Angle Gas Hold up at Level 2
Flow pattern for sparger system with 5% (TS) Superficial gas velocity =7.35
solid loading slurry. Gad flow rate =3 lit/min cm/sec (flow rate = 5 lit/min)
 Development of Multiple-Particle
Tracking Technique (MP-CARPT)
Mehul S. Vesvikar and Muthanna Al-Dahhan
• Advancing CARPT to next level to track
more than one particles simultaneously.
NaI (T1) crystal+
Photomultiplier
Same as previous Bicron 2M2/2-x

• MP-CARPT unit is developed.

CARPT setup 2”x2”

Photomultiplier Tube NaI readout module developed

Power supply Base amplifier at ORNL (8 channels per
Canberra 3002D Canberra 2007 module, needs multiple module) Collects data and
performs data analysis

• Validation is in progress for dual-particle Human interface

Monitor, mouse

tracking. NIM Bin

(crate for power)
ORNL Timing Filter
Amplifier
(8 channels)
Multi-level window
Discriminator
keyboard, etc.

PC on a card
Under windows
Scaler Scaler

• After successful validation, MP-CARPT

Converts pulses to logic pulses, sorting them Acquisition
(10 MHz) (10 MHz)
according to energy range (0.7 to 0.9 Mev, 1 to Program C++
1.2 MeV, for example)
Counts pulses until read out and reset (1 scaler
will be implemented on G-L-S airlift loop per energy range)
Reads data from scalers and interfaces to pc
Bus Interface
Logic
Compact PCI
crate

reactor to track two solids of different Also allows programming energy window, etc. Compact PCI
backplane

physical properties.
 Flow and Shear Mapping in an
Impeller-Mixed Anaerobic Digester
using CARPT
Mehul S. Vesvikar and Muthanna Al-Dahhan
25

Objective:
To quantify the flow
20

field and shear stress

axial location (cm)

15

10
distribution in an
anaerobic digester
5
mixed by mechanical
0
agitation using
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Radial shear stress
CARPT
radial location (cm)

Flow pattern
 Performance Study of a Pilot Scale
Anaerobic Digester
Mehul S. Vesvikar, Abhijeet Borole, Thomas Klasson,
Khursheed Karim and Muthanna Al-Dahhan

• Impact of reactor scale and

mixing on the performance of
anaerobic digesters.

• Importance of scale of
operation in experiments for
obtaining reliable results.
Volumetric Expansion and Phase Transition of
Expanded Solvents Using an Optical Probe
Sean G. Mueller, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Dudukovic

Optical probes sense changes in

indices of refraction
Easily detects changes in phase
Used in bubble columns to
determine bubble geometry,
velocity, and gas holdup
Goal: Determine how the optical
probe can be implemented to
quantify volumetric expansion and
determine phase transition to the
supercritical phase
 Multiphase Reactors Modeling

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY

 User Friendly Modules for Modeling
Multiphase Reactors
C. Tunca, S.V. Mehul, R.C. Ramaswamy, A. Shaikh,
M.P. Dudukovic, P.A. Ramachandran
 A series of user friendly simulation packages have been developed for
selected multiphase reactors and specific processes.
 The simulation packages cover the key concepts in reactor design. One
can assess the effect of catalyst parameters, operating conditions, reactor
scale-up, etc. on the reactor performance.
The poster presentation will demonstrate alkylation and methanol
synthesis process simulations.
Potential new technologies using PI
tools

Dr. Radu V. Vladea

Bioethanol- Conventional vs. New Process
Biodiesel – Current vs. New Process
Ethoxylation/ Propoxylation - Conventional
vs. New Process
Monoethylene Glycol – Conventional vs. New
Process
 Washington University and ECI Present:

Bioenergy I: From Concept to Commercial Processes

March 5-10, 2006
Tomar, Portugal

Theme I: Bioethanol and butanol production and technical development

Theme II: Biogas (methane) and biohydrogen process
Theme III:Biodiesel and biorefinery integration
Theme IV: Microbial fuel cells
Theme V: Biomass thermal conversion (gasification, pyrolysis, biopower),
syngas, methanol
Theme VI: Related environmental issues, policies, economic considerations
(including embodied energy involved in producing bioenergy)

November 1, 2005 Deadline for abstract submission

November 30, 2005 Notification of acceptance

Conference Chairs:
Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Professor/Co-Director, Washington University
Dr. Kevin Hicks, Research Leader, USDA
Dr. Charles A. Abbas, Director, Archer Daniels Midland Company
Website: http://www.engconfintl.org/6aebody.html
 Completed Thesis, 2004-2005
Solids Flow Mapping in Gas-Solid Risers
-Satish Bhusarapu
Modeling the Fluid Dynamics of Bubble Column Flows
-Peng Chen
Analyzing and Modeling of Airlift Photobioreactors for Microalgal and Cyanobacteria
Cultures
-Hu-Ping Luo
Catalytic Wet Oxidation Over Pillared Clay In Packed Bed Reactors: Experiments and
Modeling
-Jing Guo
Bubble Velocity, Size and Interfacial Area Measurements in Bubble Columns
-Junli Xue
Flow Distribution and Performance Studies of Gas-Liquid Monolith Reactor
-Shaibal Roy
The effect of shear on the performance and microbial ecology of anaerobic
digesters treating cow manure from dairy farms.
-Rubecca Hoffman

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LABORATORY