Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) held on the
occasion of the 15th International Congress of Chemical
and Process Engineering "CHISA 2002" in Prague (Czech
Republic) on August 28th, 2002.
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Place of Meeting:
Duration of the Meeting: |
Czech Technical University in Prague
from 1:30 pm. to 4:00 pm. |
1.PRESENT
| a) WPM Members: | |
| Bulgaria | Dr. S. D. Vlaev |
| Czech Republic | Prof. P. Ditl
Dr. I. Foøt |
| Finland | Mr. J. Soederman |
| Italy | Prof. F. Magelli |
| Latvia | Prof. V. Viesturs |
| The Netherlands | Prof. H. van den Akker |
| b) Invited: | |
| Great Britain | Dr. W. Bujalski |
| Russia | Prof. N. Kulov |
| USA | Prof. J. Y. Oldshue |
2. EXCUSED:
| Czech Republic | Dr. P. Seichter |
| France | Dr. J. Bertrand
Dr. F. Tailly Ms. C. Mathieu |
| Germany | Prof. M. Kraume |
| Germany | Prof. M. Kraume
Dr. R. Geisler |
| Great Britain | Prof. J. M. Smith |
| Italy | Prof. G. Baldi |
| Sweden | Prof. A. Rasmuson |
| Switzerland | Prof. T. Meyer |
| Canada | Prof. S. Kresta |
Prague, September 5th, 2002
I . Foøt
EFCE-WPM Secretary
AGENDA
Item- Introduction of the New Members of the EFCE-WPM.
- Adoption of the Minutes of the WPM Meeting held in Toulousse (France) on June 13th, 2001.
- Activities of the WP on Mixing of the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering.
- Activities of the WP on Mixing in Bulgaria.
- EFCE-WPM Nomenclature upgrading.
- Net of Excellence “SMARTMIX – Advances of Fluid Mixing for Wealthier, Cleaner and Safer Europe”.
- Activities of the Conference Committee within the EFCE - WPM.
- Activities of the Awards Committee within the EFCE - WPM.
- The 11th European Conference on Mixing in 2003.
- WPM Events in 2004.
- Miscellaneous.
Item 1: Introduction of the New Members of the EFCE-WPM.
Prof. P. Ditl a Chairman of the EFCE-WPM introduced following new members of the WPM: Dr. A. Ujhidy (Research Institute of Chemical Engineering, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Veszprem, Hungary), Prof. M. Yianneskis (Division of Mechanical Engineering, King´s College London, UK) and Dr. G. Özcan - Taskin (BHRGroup, Ltd., The Fluid Engineering Centre, Cranfield, UK). He expressed many thanks and gratitude for their long active participation in the EFCE-WPM Events to Prof. J. M. Smith (UK) and Dr. J. Gyenis (Hungary) who resigned there membership in the EFCE-WPM.
Item 2: Adoption of the Minutes of the WPM Meeting held in Toulouse (France)on June 13th, 2001.
No amendments were requested. The Minutes were approved and adopted. Prof. Ditl remembered that all the Minutes from Meetings of the EFCE-WPM are listed on the EFCE-WPM web pages www.efce.cz/wpm.
Item 3: Activities of the WP on Mixing of the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering.
Dr. P. Seichter presented in his absence a written report on the activities of the WP on Mixing of the Czech Chemical Engineering Society (ÈSCHI) within the period 2000-2002. The delegates discussed the report and Prof. Van den Akker asked how many members the Czech WPM consists of. Dr. Foøt informed the meeting that at present approx. 30 persons both from academia and industry represents the members of the WPM in Czech Republic. Main points of the report are summarized in the Enclosure 1.
Item 4: Activities of the WP on Mixing in Bulgaria.
Dr. S. D. Vlaev (Bulgarian delegate at the EFCE-WPM) presented a report on the recent activities of the WP on Mixing in Bulgaria. The delegates discussed the report and Dr. Foøt appreciated an important role of Dr. Vlaev in co-ordination of research and conference activities of the WPM. Main points of the report are summarized in the Enclosure 2.
Item 5: EFCE-WPM Nomenclature upgrading.
Following to conclusions from the EFCE-WPM Meeting held in Toulouse in 2001 it was proposed to include some new symbols and terms to the EFCE-WPM Nomenclature. Dr. Foøt expressed his many thanks to Dr. J. Bertrand and Dr. R. Geisler for their kind preparation of French and German equivalents of the newly introduced terms.
Delegates present discussed carefully the list of additions to the EFCE Mixing Nomenclature and they approved a few additional symbols and terms of the EFCE-WPM Nomenclature (see Enclosure 3). These symbols will be included into official "Mixing: Terms, Symbols, Units," recommended for the EFCE-WPM Events and suggested for the Events of the National WPM´s.
Item 6: Net of Excellence "SMARTMIX - Advances of Fluid Mixing for Wealthier, Cleaner and Safer Europe".
Dr. I. Foøt Secretary of the EFCE-WPM informed about history of preparation of the Expression of Interest of the Net of Excellence (NoE - EoI) on "SMARTMIX - Advances of Fluid Mixing for Wealthier, Cleaner and Safer Europe ".He submitted the NoE-EoI in June 2002 as a Project of the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union (see Enclosure 4) after preparation of the document with help of people from BHR Group in UK and several EFCE-WPM Members. In September the European Commission will inform on its web pages (www.cordis.lu/fp6/eoi-instruments) short evaluation of the submitted NoE-EoI´s and in case of the positive evaluation it is expected to prepare a proposal of the Net of Excellence "SMARTMIX" in the first half of 2002 after the Call for Proposals will be published. Coordinator of the Network is expected to be from to BHR Group (UK).
Delegates expressed their thanks to Dr. Foøt for his effort to prepare a proposal of the EoI-NoE and they came to conclusion that the Net of Excellence of Mixing will improve co-operation inbasic and applied research in mixing technology in Europe. Prof Viesturs mentioned, nevertheless, that competitive proposals of the EoI-NoE in the area of mixing can be expected. Therefore, the delegates recommended to include all main research centres of mixing technology in Europe into the proposed Network.
Item 7:Activities of the Conference Committee within the EFCE - WPM.
Dr. I. Foøt a Chairman of the Conference Committee within the EFCE - WPM prepared a "List of Conferences on Mixing and Sessions on Mixing of the Conferences of Chemical Engineering in 2002" (see Enclosure 5). Delegates discussed the List and expressed their positive view on various countries in Europe and overseas organizing local Conferences on Mixing or special Sessions on Mixing on the occasion of mainly regular International Conferences of Chemical Engineering.
Item 8:Activities of the Awards Committee within the EFCE - WPM.
Prof. P. Ditl a Chairman of the EFCE-WPM informed the Meeting about recent activities of the Awards Committee within the EFCE-WPM. Dr. Giorgio Micale awarded to a price for Young Research Worker is going to receive a grant of 1.000,- Euros and an Award Certificate in the near future. Nominations of EFCE-WPM Awards for the life contribution of a senior researcher and for young researcher (up to 35 years) in the field of mixing technology are expected before the EFCE-WPM Event in 2003 (The 11th European Conference on Mixing). The Company EKATO from Schopheim (Germany) offered to submit the amount of 1.000,- Euros for each of the two awards (see Enclosure 6). Delegates discussed a report and expressed their agreement with both past and future activities of the Awards Committee within the EFCE-WPM. Because of resignation of Prof. J. M. Smith from his membership in the WPM they approved a reconstruction of the Awards Committee:
Chairman: Prof. F. Magelli, Members: Prof. P. Ditl, Dr. R. Geisler, Prof. H. Van den Akker.
The delegates agreed that the deadline for proposals for both types of Awards (to be sent directly to Prof. F. Magelli - his adress see Chapter IV. Survey of Present EFCE-WPM Delegates of the web pages www.efce.cz/wpm) is the end of May 2003. All EFCE-WPM Delegates are asked to make proposals consisting of the Body of Proposal, List of Publication and a few main publications of the proposed person.
Item 9: The 11th European Conference on Mixing.
The 11th European Conference on Mixing will be held in Bamberg Congress Center (Germany, Bavaria) in October 15 - 17, 2003. Prof. M. Kraume a Scientific Secretary of Conference informed in absence delegates about preparation of the Conference (see Enclosure 7).
Delegates Discussed the 1st Announcement "Call for Papers" and appreciated that all steps of the Conference preparation have been made carefully and in time. They expressed following comments and additional proposals to the Conference:
I. It was recommended to use for all papers presented the EFCE-WPM Nomenclature.
II. Because of fact that in 2003 the Silver Jubilee of the EFCE-WPM will be celebrated it was recommended to include a paper dealing with this anniversary into the Conference Programme.
III. As far as the Conference 1st Announcement there appeared a few minor comments:
1. On page 3 it was recommended to use a term "Micromixing and chemical/biochemical engineering" instead of the originally used term "Micromixing and chemical engineering".
2. On page 3 it was recommended to replace the terms "Solids Suspension" and "Dispersed Systems" by the only one term "Multiphase systems".
3. To follow a tradition of the European Conferences on Mixing it was recommended to use on page 3 the word "Proceedings" instead of the word "Preprints", because distribution of the Conference Proceedings among Conference participants always belonged to the main preference of the Conference.
4. As far as the Members of the International Committee of the Conference it was recommended to include into this body new EFCE-WPM members from UK Prof. M. Yianneskis and Dr. G. Özcan-Taskin.
5. It is expected that no parallel Sessions will take place during the Conference and that the Poster Sessions will be introduced by short oral introduction about 2-3 minutes per one contribution.
Item 10: WPM Events in 2004.
Dr. J. Bertrand informed in absence the WPM delegates about a proposal to organize in May 2004 in Sevilla (Spain) as an EFCE-WPM Event the 5th International Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes (ISMIP 5) on "Global Communication, Education and Networking in Industrial Mixing". The main organizers of the Symposium are expected to be Dr. J. Bertand and Prof. P. Tanguy from Montreal Polytechnique (Canada).
Delegated unanimously agreed with the proposal and after short discussion they approved a few recommendations to the Symposium:
1. It would be highly desirable to add a short course (e.g. two days) on Mixing for industrial people just before the Symposium.
2. The length of the Symposium should be shorten to four days, only.
Finally, it was suggested to distribute a draft of the Call for Papers of the Symposium among the EFCE-WPM Members via their e-mail address (included into the EFCE-WPM web pages) to give them a chance to know and approve it well before this circular will be officially distributed.
The EFCE-WPM Meeting in 2004 is intended to be helt on the occasion of the ISMIP 5.
Item 11: Miscellaneous.
Prof. F. Magelli and Prof. G. Baldi suggested to organize the 12th European Conference on Mixing in Italy. Delegates present expressed their cordial agreement with the proposal.
Dr. J. Y. Oldshue informed the Meeting about a time and place of the 19th NAMF Conference on Mixing. The Conference will take place in June 15 - 20, 2003 in Lake Placid (NY, USA). Its Chair is Dr. J. Fasano (Chemireer, Dayton, OH, USA) and Scientific Secretary Dr. D. Dickey (Consultant, Dayton, OH. USA).
Prof. P. Ditl a Chairman of the EFCE-WPM introduced following new members of the WPM: Dr. A. Ujhidy (Research Institute of Chemical Engineering, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Veszprem, Hungary), Prof. M. Yianneskis (Division of Mechanical Engineering, King´s College London, UK) and Dr. G. Özcan - Taskin (BHRGroup, Ltd., The Fluid Engineering Centre, Cranfield, UK). He expressed many thanks and gratitude for their long active participation in the EFCE-WPM Events to Prof. J. M. Smith (UK) and Dr. J. Gyenis (Hungary) who resigned there membership in the EFCE-WPM.
Item 2: Adoption of the Minutes of the WPM Meeting held in Toulouse (France)on June 13th, 2001.
No amendments were requested. The Minutes were approved and adopted. Prof. Ditl remembered that all the Minutes from Meetings of the EFCE-WPM are listed on the EFCE-WPM web pages www.efce.cz/wpm.
Item 3: Activities of the WP on Mixing of the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering.
Dr. P. Seichter presented in his absence a written report on the activities of the WP on Mixing of the Czech Chemical Engineering Society (ÈSCHI) within the period 2000-2002. The delegates discussed the report and Prof. Van den Akker asked how many members the Czech WPM consists of. Dr. Foøt informed the meeting that at present approx. 30 persons both from academia and industry represents the members of the WPM in Czech Republic. Main points of the report are summarized in the Enclosure 1.
Item 4: Activities of the WP on Mixing in Bulgaria.
Dr. S. D. Vlaev (Bulgarian delegate at the EFCE-WPM) presented a report on the recent activities of the WP on Mixing in Bulgaria. The delegates discussed the report and Dr. Foøt appreciated an important role of Dr. Vlaev in co-ordination of research and conference activities of the WPM. Main points of the report are summarized in the Enclosure 2.
Item 5: EFCE-WPM Nomenclature upgrading.
Following to conclusions from the EFCE-WPM Meeting held in Toulouse in 2001 it was proposed to include some new symbols and terms to the EFCE-WPM Nomenclature. Dr. Foøt expressed his many thanks to Dr. J. Bertrand and Dr. R. Geisler for their kind preparation of French and German equivalents of the newly introduced terms.
Delegates present discussed carefully the list of additions to the EFCE Mixing Nomenclature and they approved a few additional symbols and terms of the EFCE-WPM Nomenclature (see Enclosure 3). These symbols will be included into official "Mixing: Terms, Symbols, Units," recommended for the EFCE-WPM Events and suggested for the Events of the National WPM´s.
Item 6: Net of Excellence "SMARTMIX - Advances of Fluid Mixing for Wealthier, Cleaner and Safer Europe".
Dr. I. Foøt Secretary of the EFCE-WPM informed about history of preparation of the Expression of Interest of the Net of Excellence (NoE - EoI) on "SMARTMIX - Advances of Fluid Mixing for Wealthier, Cleaner and Safer Europe ".He submitted the NoE-EoI in June 2002 as a Project of the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union (see Enclosure 4) after preparation of the document with help of people from BHR Group in UK and several EFCE-WPM Members. In September the European Commission will inform on its web pages (www.cordis.lu/fp6/eoi-instruments) short evaluation of the submitted NoE-EoI´s and in case of the positive evaluation it is expected to prepare a proposal of the Net of Excellence "SMARTMIX" in the first half of 2002 after the Call for Proposals will be published. Coordinator of the Network is expected to be from to BHR Group (UK).
Delegates expressed their thanks to Dr. Foøt for his effort to prepare a proposal of the EoI-NoE and they came to conclusion that the Net of Excellence of Mixing will improve co-operation inbasic and applied research in mixing technology in Europe. Prof Viesturs mentioned, nevertheless, that competitive proposals of the EoI-NoE in the area of mixing can be expected. Therefore, the delegates recommended to include all main research centres of mixing technology in Europe into the proposed Network.
Item 7:Activities of the Conference Committee within the EFCE - WPM.
Dr. I. Foøt a Chairman of the Conference Committee within the EFCE - WPM prepared a "List of Conferences on Mixing and Sessions on Mixing of the Conferences of Chemical Engineering in 2002" (see Enclosure 5). Delegates discussed the List and expressed their positive view on various countries in Europe and overseas organizing local Conferences on Mixing or special Sessions on Mixing on the occasion of mainly regular International Conferences of Chemical Engineering.
Item 8:Activities of the Awards Committee within the EFCE - WPM.
Prof. P. Ditl a Chairman of the EFCE-WPM informed the Meeting about recent activities of the Awards Committee within the EFCE-WPM. Dr. Giorgio Micale awarded to a price for Young Research Worker is going to receive a grant of 1.000,- Euros and an Award Certificate in the near future. Nominations of EFCE-WPM Awards for the life contribution of a senior researcher and for young researcher (up to 35 years) in the field of mixing technology are expected before the EFCE-WPM Event in 2003 (The 11th European Conference on Mixing). The Company EKATO from Schopheim (Germany) offered to submit the amount of 1.000,- Euros for each of the two awards (see Enclosure 6). Delegates discussed a report and expressed their agreement with both past and future activities of the Awards Committee within the EFCE-WPM. Because of resignation of Prof. J. M. Smith from his membership in the WPM they approved a reconstruction of the Awards Committee:
Chairman: Prof. F. Magelli, Members: Prof. P. Ditl, Dr. R. Geisler, Prof. H. Van den Akker.
The delegates agreed that the deadline for proposals for both types of Awards (to be sent directly to Prof. F. Magelli - his adress see Chapter IV. Survey of Present EFCE-WPM Delegates of the web pages www.efce.cz/wpm) is the end of May 2003. All EFCE-WPM Delegates are asked to make proposals consisting of the Body of Proposal, List of Publication and a few main publications of the proposed person.
Item 9: The 11th European Conference on Mixing.
The 11th European Conference on Mixing will be held in Bamberg Congress Center (Germany, Bavaria) in October 15 - 17, 2003. Prof. M. Kraume a Scientific Secretary of Conference informed in absence delegates about preparation of the Conference (see Enclosure 7).
Delegates Discussed the 1st Announcement "Call for Papers" and appreciated that all steps of the Conference preparation have been made carefully and in time. They expressed following comments and additional proposals to the Conference:
I. It was recommended to use for all papers presented the EFCE-WPM Nomenclature.
II. Because of fact that in 2003 the Silver Jubilee of the EFCE-WPM will be celebrated it was recommended to include a paper dealing with this anniversary into the Conference Programme.
III. As far as the Conference 1st Announcement there appeared a few minor comments:
1. On page 3 it was recommended to use a term "Micromixing and chemical/biochemical engineering" instead of the originally used term "Micromixing and chemical engineering".
2. On page 3 it was recommended to replace the terms "Solids Suspension" and "Dispersed Systems" by the only one term "Multiphase systems".
3. To follow a tradition of the European Conferences on Mixing it was recommended to use on page 3 the word "Proceedings" instead of the word "Preprints", because distribution of the Conference Proceedings among Conference participants always belonged to the main preference of the Conference.
4. As far as the Members of the International Committee of the Conference it was recommended to include into this body new EFCE-WPM members from UK Prof. M. Yianneskis and Dr. G. Özcan-Taskin.
5. It is expected that no parallel Sessions will take place during the Conference and that the Poster Sessions will be introduced by short oral introduction about 2-3 minutes per one contribution.
Item 10: WPM Events in 2004.
Dr. J. Bertrand informed in absence the WPM delegates about a proposal to organize in May 2004 in Sevilla (Spain) as an EFCE-WPM Event the 5th International Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes (ISMIP 5) on "Global Communication, Education and Networking in Industrial Mixing". The main organizers of the Symposium are expected to be Dr. J. Bertand and Prof. P. Tanguy from Montreal Polytechnique (Canada).
Delegated unanimously agreed with the proposal and after short discussion they approved a few recommendations to the Symposium:
1. It would be highly desirable to add a short course (e.g. two days) on Mixing for industrial people just before the Symposium.
2. The length of the Symposium should be shorten to four days, only.
Finally, it was suggested to distribute a draft of the Call for Papers of the Symposium among the EFCE-WPM Members via their e-mail address (included into the EFCE-WPM web pages) to give them a chance to know and approve it well before this circular will be officially distributed.
The EFCE-WPM Meeting in 2004 is intended to be helt on the occasion of the ISMIP 5.
Item 11: Miscellaneous.
Prof. F. Magelli and Prof. G. Baldi suggested to organize the 12th European Conference on Mixing in Italy. Delegates present expressed their cordial agreement with the proposal.
Dr. J. Y. Oldshue informed the Meeting about a time and place of the 19th NAMF Conference on Mixing. The Conference will take place in June 15 - 20, 2003 in Lake Placid (NY, USA). Its Chair is Dr. J. Fasano (Chemireer, Dayton, OH, USA) and Scientific Secretary Dr. D. Dickey (Consultant, Dayton, OH. USA).
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of the Czech Chemical Engineering Society (ÈSCHI)
Working party "MIXING" of Czech Republic associates people engaged in the area of education, basic and applied research, design and development, manufacture of mixing equipment just as the users of these equipments from industry.
Basic working activities are represented here by:
TU Prague - Institute of Chemical and Food Process Equipment
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Institute of Chemical Engineering
TU Ostrava - Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Metallurgy and Material Engineering
TU Brno - Institute of Process and Ecology Engineering
Firm TECHMIX, Ltd., Brno
Representatives of these groups meet together at least once a year on the following occasions:
Since the last International Congress there were the following meetings of the Czech working party:
This will be intended as a meeting of scientists, designers and users of mixing equipment from industry. There will be papers presented not only by Czech authors but traditionally by Slovak and Polish scientists too.
Basic working activities are represented here by:
TU Prague - Institute of Chemical and Food Process Equipment
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Institute of Chemical Engineering
TU Ostrava - Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Metallurgy and Material Engineering
TU Brno - Institute of Process and Ecology Engineering
Firm TECHMIX, Ltd., Brno
Representatives of these groups meet together at least once a year on the following occasions:
- CHISA National Conferences
- Slovak Chemical Engineering Congresses
- Czech National Conferences on Mixing
- Polish National Conferences on Mixing
Since the last International Congress there were the following meetings of the Czech working party:
- May 2001: Slovak Chemical Engineering Congress in High Tatras
- October 2001: CHISA National Conference in Sumava
- May 2002: Slovak Chemical Engineering Congress in High Tatras
This will be intended as a meeting of scientists, designers and users of mixing equipment from industry. There will be papers presented not only by Czech authors but traditionally by Slovak and Polish scientists too.
Dr.P.Seichter
Brno, August 21st 2002
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To:
Dr. Ivan Fort, Fax Tel. +420 2 2435 2713, Fax +420 2 2431 0292
REPORT
For the local activities in Bulgaria
For the local activities in Bulgaria
The activities of Bulgarian group on mixing have been concentrated on gas-liquid mixing research, seminars and publications:
Dr. S.D. Vlaev
Bulgarian Deíegate at EWP Mixing
Prag, 27.08.2002
Annex
List of papers at BlackSeaSustech session on Mixing in Energy-Saving
S.D. Vlaev, P. Staykov, R. Mann, S. Kraitschev, P. Mavros:
Contribution to Energy-Saving: Experimental and CFD Characterization of a New Energy-Saving Fluid-Foil Mixing Impeller for Sustainable Processing
In: Proceedings of the 9111 International Summer School of Chemical Engineering, Sozopol, Sept. 22/29, 2001, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofía, 2001, pp. 319-322.
P. Staykov, S.D. Vlaev and R. Popov
CFD-Facilitated Energy-Saving Solutions: Examples from Stirred Vessel Performance
Abstr. E27 in: Proc. BlackSeaSustech, Sozopol, Sept, 18/24, 2001-12-05,. p. 312.
Martinov, M.,Vlaev, S.D.
Energy-saving by enhanced mixing efficiency: Improvement of Non-Newtonian mass-transfer by the Narcissus impeller , Abstract E20 in Proc. 9th International Summer School of Chemical Engineering , Sozopol 18/24,2001, p. 305 .
Varbanov, P., Z. Tsvetanova, D. Dimitrov
Prerequisites for biofilm formation in industrial and drinking water supply systems
Proc. 9th International Summer School of Chemical Engineering" , Sozopol 18 / 24, 2001, p. 288.
S. Zhivkova, K.Dimitrov, G. Kyuchukov, L. Boyadzhiev,
Separation of metals by rotating fílm pertraction with Kelex 100
Proc. 9th International Summer School of Chemical Engineering" , Sozopol 18 / 24, 2001, p. 159.
Cs. Sisak, T. Venyige, M. Martinov, S.D. Vlaev
HPA Studies on Small-Scale Liquid Mixing in Liquid Fluidized Bed and Gas-Sparged Bioereactor Systems In: Proceedings of the 9111 International Summer School of Chemical Engineering, Sozopol, Sept. 22/29, 2001, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 2001, pp. 325-328.
Other papers of the mixing group issued in 2001
S.D. Vlaev and P. Staykov:
Analysis ofthe Drag-Reducing Effect of Blade Shape on Impeller Performance m Stirred
Power Law Fluids.
In: Proceedings of the 2" Balkan Conference on Rheology and Balkan Seminar on
Rheology , Sofía, April 22"^ 2001, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofía, 2001, pp.
138-146.
J. Zahradnik, R. Mann, M. Fialova, D. Vlaev, S.D. Vlaev, V. Lossev, P. Seichter
A Network-of-Zones Analysis of Mixing and Mass Transfer in Three Industrial
Bioreactors
Chem. Eng. Sci. 56 (2001) 485-492
H. Hristov, R. Mann, V. Lossev, S.D. Vlaev, P. Seichter
A 3-D Analysis of Gas-Liquid Mixing, Mass Transfer and Bioreaction in a Stirred Bio-
Reactor
Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng., Vol. 79 Part C, Dec. (2001)
P. Mavros, R. Mann, S.D. Vlaev, J. Bertrand
Experimental Visualisation and CFD Simulation of Flow Patterns Induced by a Novel
Energy-Saving Dual Impeller in Stirred Vessels
Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 79 (2001)
M. Martinov and S.D. Vlaev:
Gas dispersion and Mixing Power Characteristics of a Novel Impeller: I. The Effect of
Blade Angle
Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci. 54 (5) (2001) 47-52
S. Kraitschev, S.D. Vlaev and R. Tsekov:
Heat Transfer in a Coiled Vessel Stirred by a Novel NS Impeller Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci. 54 (7) (2001) 41-46
S.D. Vlaev, P. Staykov, R. Mann, S. Kraitschev, P. Mavros:
Contribution to Energy-Saving: Experimental and CFD Characterization of a New Energy-Saving Fluid-Foil Mixing Impeller for Sustainable Processing Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 2001 (accepted)
Cs. Sisak, T. Venyige, M. Martinov, S.D. Vlaev
HPA Studies on Small-Scale Liquid Mixing in Liquid Fluidized Bed and Gas-Sparged
Bioereactor Systems
Bulgarian Chemical Communications (accepted)
S. Kraitchev S.D. Vlaev V. Lossev P. Staykov
A New Arc-Blade Version ofa Turbine Impeller Suitable for Bioreactors
Biotechnol. Biotechnol. Eq., 2001, December Issue
P. Mavros, R. Mann, S.D. Vlaev, J. Bertrand
Experimental Visualisation and CFD Simulation of Flow Patterns Induced by a Novel
Energy-Saving Dual Impeller in Stirred Vessels
In: Proceedings ISMIP 4 CD-ROM, 4111 Int. Conf. on Mixing in Industrial Processes,
EFCE Event No. 623, Toulouse, France, May 14/16, 2001, p. 19.
S. Kraitschev, S.D. Vlaev and V. Lossev:
Study of Mass Transfer in a Bioreactor Stirred by Three Impellers in an Energy-Saving Operation Mode,
In: Proceedings of the Int. Sci. Conference on Energy and Information Systems and Technologies (EIST) 2001, Bitola, Macedonia, June 7-8, 2001 pp. 282-285.
Martinov, M.,Vlaev, S.D.
"Effect of rheology on the structure of gas-liquid dispersion in stirred reactors with a new impeller.
In: Proc. Balkan Seminar on Rheology, Sofia, 2001, pp. 147-153 .
S.D. Vlaev, P. Staykov, R. Mann, H. Hristov, P. Mavros
Experimental and CFD Characterisation of a New Energy-Saving Fluid-Foil Mixing
Impeller for the Process Industry,
Paper presented at Mixing XVIII 18111 Biennial Conference on Mixing, June 24/29, 2001,
Pennsylvania, USA. (Annex 1)
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Dr. Ivan Fort, Fax Tel. +420 2 2435 2713, Fax +420 2 2431 0292
For the local activities in Bulgaria
For the local activities in Bulgaria
The activities of Bulgarian group on mixing have been concentrated on gas-liquid mixing research, seminars and publications:
- Participation at conferences with papers on mixing:
- Four papers at the 9111 International Summer School in Sozopol at the Black Sea.
- Paper at Mixing 18 organized by NAMF in Poccono
- Paper at the 6111 Bulgarian-Hungarian Bilateral Seminar in Chemical Engineering
- Paper at the 2'^ Fluent Users Group Meeting in Bucharest
- Paper for the session "Suspension mixing" at CHISA'02 in Prague
- Arrangement of national and international events in BG:
A national meeting on mixing has been arranged at the 9111 International Summer School on Chemical Engineering in Sozopol, September, 2002. A mixing session was organized on Sept. 22111 2001 in Sozopol within the International Workshop "Chemical Engineering Methods for Sustainable Use of Raw Materials and Energy " BlackSeaSustech. Ten companies took part. Six papers were presented on mixing in a separate session on Energy-Saving Techniques.(See Supplement) - The group is prepared to take part in the European Conference Mixing 11 in Bamberg in October next year, and in the 3d Eastern European Fluent Users Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece in November, as well as in the GLS6 International Conference of Chemical Reaction Engineering in Vancouver, August 2003, and in ACHEMA 2003.
- Contracts on mixing: An EU contract on mixing has been completed:
"Characterization ofa new energy-saving impeller for the process industries", EC Contract IC15 CT98 0502. - Papers on mixing: A total of 15 papers on mixing have been issued mainly in the area of gas-liquid mixing and CFD (Some of them are included in supplemented abbreviated list).
- Support to the European structures:
* Scientists in mixing (Vlaev, Staykov) from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemical Engineering take part in the meetings of the Eastern-European Fluent Users Group, seated in Thessaloniki.
* Meetings of the EFCE events are followed.
The group would apply to join Smartmix, provided it answers its requirements.
We have applied fbr participation in the EMSI (European Multiphase Flow
Scientific Institute) by introducing mixing studies in multiphase flow and mass transfer
We assist to proposals on mixing with the European Federation of Biotechnology
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Dr. S.D. Vlaev
Bulgarian Deíegate at EWP Mixing
Prag, 27.08.2002
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Annex
S.D. Vlaev, P. Staykov, R. Mann, S. Kraitschev, P. Mavros:
Contribution to Energy-Saving: Experimental and CFD Characterization of a New Energy-Saving Fluid-Foil Mixing Impeller for Sustainable Processing
In: Proceedings of the 9111 International Summer School of Chemical Engineering, Sozopol, Sept. 22/29, 2001, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofía, 2001, pp. 319-322.
P. Staykov, S.D. Vlaev and R. Popov
CFD-Facilitated Energy-Saving Solutions: Examples from Stirred Vessel Performance
Abstr. E27 in: Proc. BlackSeaSustech, Sozopol, Sept, 18/24, 2001-12-05,. p. 312.
Martinov, M.,Vlaev, S.D.
Energy-saving by enhanced mixing efficiency: Improvement of Non-Newtonian mass-transfer by the Narcissus impeller , Abstract E20 in Proc. 9th International Summer School of Chemical Engineering , Sozopol 18/24,2001, p. 305 .
Varbanov, P., Z. Tsvetanova, D. Dimitrov
Prerequisites for biofilm formation in industrial and drinking water supply systems
Proc. 9th International Summer School of Chemical Engineering" , Sozopol 18 / 24, 2001, p. 288.
S. Zhivkova, K.Dimitrov, G. Kyuchukov, L. Boyadzhiev,
Separation of metals by rotating fílm pertraction with Kelex 100
Proc. 9th International Summer School of Chemical Engineering" , Sozopol 18 / 24, 2001, p. 159.
Cs. Sisak, T. Venyige, M. Martinov, S.D. Vlaev
HPA Studies on Small-Scale Liquid Mixing in Liquid Fluidized Bed and Gas-Sparged Bioereactor Systems In: Proceedings of the 9111 International Summer School of Chemical Engineering, Sozopol, Sept. 22/29, 2001, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 2001, pp. 325-328.
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Other papers of the mixing group issued in 2001
S.D. Vlaev and P. Staykov:
Analysis ofthe Drag-Reducing Effect of Blade Shape on Impeller Performance m Stirred
Power Law Fluids.
In: Proceedings of the 2" Balkan Conference on Rheology and Balkan Seminar on
Rheology , Sofía, April 22"^ 2001, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofía, 2001, pp.
138-146.
J. Zahradnik, R. Mann, M. Fialova, D. Vlaev, S.D. Vlaev, V. Lossev, P. Seichter
A Network-of-Zones Analysis of Mixing and Mass Transfer in Three Industrial
Bioreactors
Chem. Eng. Sci. 56 (2001) 485-492
H. Hristov, R. Mann, V. Lossev, S.D. Vlaev, P. Seichter
A 3-D Analysis of Gas-Liquid Mixing, Mass Transfer and Bioreaction in a Stirred Bio-
Reactor
Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng., Vol. 79 Part C, Dec. (2001)
P. Mavros, R. Mann, S.D. Vlaev, J. Bertrand
Experimental Visualisation and CFD Simulation of Flow Patterns Induced by a Novel
Energy-Saving Dual Impeller in Stirred Vessels
Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 79 (2001)
M. Martinov and S.D. Vlaev:
Gas dispersion and Mixing Power Characteristics of a Novel Impeller: I. The Effect of
Blade Angle
Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci. 54 (5) (2001) 47-52
S. Kraitschev, S.D. Vlaev and R. Tsekov:
Heat Transfer in a Coiled Vessel Stirred by a Novel NS Impeller Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulg. Sci. 54 (7) (2001) 41-46
S.D. Vlaev, P. Staykov, R. Mann, S. Kraitschev, P. Mavros:
Contribution to Energy-Saving: Experimental and CFD Characterization of a New Energy-Saving Fluid-Foil Mixing Impeller for Sustainable Processing Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 2001 (accepted)
Cs. Sisak, T. Venyige, M. Martinov, S.D. Vlaev
HPA Studies on Small-Scale Liquid Mixing in Liquid Fluidized Bed and Gas-Sparged
Bioereactor Systems
Bulgarian Chemical Communications (accepted)
S. Kraitchev S.D. Vlaev V. Lossev P. Staykov
A New Arc-Blade Version ofa Turbine Impeller Suitable for Bioreactors
Biotechnol. Biotechnol. Eq., 2001, December Issue
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P. Mavros, R. Mann, S.D. Vlaev, J. Bertrand
Experimental Visualisation and CFD Simulation of Flow Patterns Induced by a Novel
Energy-Saving Dual Impeller in Stirred Vessels
In: Proceedings ISMIP 4 CD-ROM, 4111 Int. Conf. on Mixing in Industrial Processes,
EFCE Event No. 623, Toulouse, France, May 14/16, 2001, p. 19.
S. Kraitschev, S.D. Vlaev and V. Lossev:
Study of Mass Transfer in a Bioreactor Stirred by Three Impellers in an Energy-Saving Operation Mode,
In: Proceedings of the Int. Sci. Conference on Energy and Information Systems and Technologies (EIST) 2001, Bitola, Macedonia, June 7-8, 2001 pp. 282-285.
Martinov, M.,Vlaev, S.D.
"Effect of rheology on the structure of gas-liquid dispersion in stirred reactors with a new impeller.
In: Proc. Balkan Seminar on Rheology, Sofia, 2001, pp. 147-153 .
S.D. Vlaev, P. Staykov, R. Mann, H. Hristov, P. Mavros
Experimental and CFD Characterisation of a New Energy-Saving Fluid-Foil Mixing
Impeller for the Process Industry,
Paper presented at Mixing XVIII 18111 Biennial Conference on Mixing, June 24/29, 2001,
Pennsylvania, USA. (Annex 1)
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| Terms | Symbol | Units | Section in Nomenclature |
| “flooding” with gas | AF | - | 1 |
| just suspended particles off vessel bottom (surface) | AJS | - | 1 |
| (internal) circulation | AC | - | 1 |
| macro-mixing | Am | - | 1 |
| meso-mixing | Ad | - | 1 |
| micro-mixing |  |
- | 1 |
| reaction | Ar | - | 1 |
| residence (time) | AR | - | 1 |
| fluctuation component value | A´ | - | 1 |
| space averaged value | A | - | 1 |
| time averaged value | A | - | 1 |
| interfacial area per unit volume | a | m2/m3 | 2 |
| volume fraction of dispersed | phase | 0G,0L,0S | 4 |
| number of baffles | nb | - | 5 |
| pitch of screw of ribbon impeller or propeller | p | m | 5 |
| shaft diameter | Dsh | m | 5 |
| shaft effective length (agitator centre to bearing) | Lsh | m | 5 |
| length of static mixer | Lsm | m | 5 |
| clearance of anchor or helical ribbon agitator from wall | cw | m | 5 |
| dissipation rate of turbulent energy |  |
W/kg | 6 |
| energy dissipation per unit volume | v |
W/m3 | 6 |
| drag coefficient | CD | - | 6 |
| empirical constant of k- theory |
C1,2 | - | 6 |
| empirical constant of k- theory |
 |
- | 6 |
| impeller pumping capacity | Qp | m3/s | 6 |
| segregation scale | Ls | m | 6 |
| linear velocity | v(w) | m/s | 6 |
| vorticity |  |
1/s | 6 |
| terminal falling velocity | utf | m/s | 6 |
| rice velocity | utr | m/s | 6 |
| kinetic energy of turbulence | kt | J/kg | 6 |
| engulfment rate | E | - | 6 |
| flow behaviour (“power law”) index | n | - | 6 |
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| Terms | Symbol | Units | Section in Nomenclature |
| mass flow rate | m | kg/s | 6 |
| volumetric flow rate | Q (V) | m3/s | 6 |
| consistency index | K | Nsnm-2 | 6 |
| Batchelor length scale |  |
m | 6 |
| integral length scale of large eddies | Le | m | 6 |
| Kolmogoroff length scale |  |
m | 6 |
| turbulent length scale |  |
m | 6 |
| yield (global / local) | Y | - | 7 |
| heat transfer rate |  |
W/m2 | 7 |
| heat transfer rate |  |
W/m2 | 7 |
| gas mass transfer coefficient “film” |  |
m/s | 7 |
| liquid mass transfer coefficient “film” |  |
m/s | 7 |
| overall mass transfer coefficient (gas side) | kG | m/s | 7 |
| overall mass transfer coefficient (liquid side) | kL | m/s | 7 |
| reaction rate constant | k | s-1, m3mol-1s-1, etc. | 7 |
| conversion (of reagent A) | XA | - | 7 |
| correlation coefficient | R | - | 9 |
| cylindrical coordinates | r, 0, z | - | 9 |
| frequency | f | 1/s | 9 |
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EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO IDENTIFY RESEARCH ACTIONS READY FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMME TOPICS AS A BASIS FOR THE PREPARATION OF WORK PROGRAMMES FOR THE 6TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH | EoI no :
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Fluid
mixing is a generic technology affecting the sustainable development of
many processes and products proposed within the FP6 programme.A Network of Excellence in Advanced
Fluid Mixing for a Wealthier,
Cleaner and Safer Europe will mobilise this research capability,
with the aim of:
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Advanced Fluid Mixing for a Wealthier, Cleaner and Safer Europe.
1. Need and Relevance
Fluid mixing is essential in many processes and plays a key role in the competitiveness and trading position of European industry as well as the employment prospects of many of its citizens. For example in waste water treatment, chemical production, nano-manufacturing, medical appliances. Mixing technology when properly applied has a major impact on product quality, new product development (eg complex materials), waste minimisation, energy reduction and safer operation. However, the converse is also true that without an adequate understanding of mixing: processes may not be fully flexible, products are not cost competitive, and can have an adverse impact on the environment and the safe operation of many processes. When the agitators were left off therefore, an explosion occurred. Mobilising the capabilities and infrastructure within Europe to develop advanced mixing technologies focused on key business and societal needs would be a significant step towards realising the ambitions of FP6 and the ERA.
The development of advanced fluid mixing technologies will have a strong influence on our ability to achieve the following FP6 themes:
- Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems: research activities having an impact in the short and medium term, ie industrial and municipal waste water systems, drinking water, special chemicals, hydrometallurgy, etc.
- Food, quality and safety: bioreactors, agro-chemicals, pharmaceutical products, and biomedical applications.
- Management of radioactive waste: bitumenisation and cementation of low and middle level of radioactivity.
- Nanotechnology: new production processes, electrical engineering, new materials and/or materials with improved or predicted properties, e.g. polymers. Many bioprocesses for the manufacture of healthcare products e.g. antibiotics , gene therapy products, etc, are critically dependent on agitation during formulation for therapeutic use.”
Engineering operations and technologies involved in these processes and which are affected by mixing are: complex reactions; homogenisation of reactants or substances at both the macro-and microscale; product separation technologies and operations based on diffusion or hydrodynamics; the majority of mass transfer operations in heterogenous liquid particulate solid materials or gas-liquid systems.
To develop of breakthrough solutions for these processes essential for meeting the needs of businesses, customers and society in a timely and sustainable manner will require a rational and systematic mobilisation of capability for performing major research programmes in both mixing (for example multiphase mixing, micromixing, mixing and chemical reaction) and leading-edge developments in related technologies (eg chemistry, biology, materials, measurements, control, etc).
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Europe has many research centres and universities which are world-renowned in their respective fields related to fluid behaviour and mixing. However, mixing covers a diverse range of industrial processes and so this research (and the knowledge it generates) is often fragmented. For it to significantly influence the key themes identified for FP6 and support the development of new high value products or production methods will require the co-ordination and integration of this R&D capacity.
It is for this reason that a Network of Excellence in Advanced Fluid Mixing for a Wealthier Cleaner and Safer Europe (SMARTMIX) should be established. This will bring together experts from a wide range of sectors including the chemical and pharmaceutical, food and agricultural, nuclear and mechanical, and whose mixing and related skills are necessary for developing integrated engineering solutions and designing sustainable products and processes. The SMARTMIX Network of Excellence will strengthen the science and technology base within Europe by co-ordinating academic and industrial research capabilities, providing and facilitating an infrastructure for advanced mixing research and the dissemination and diffusion of information and skills throughout Europe by means of researchers exchanges and the effective application of IT.
2. Excellence
Europe has always had a strong research capability in mixing with this knowledge traditionally dispersed among many research centres and technical experts dealing with a wide range of technological problems. This fact and the importance of mixing for many processes and technologies gave rise to the creation of a European mixing community. At present there are two important bodies in Europe supporting and promoting mixing technology in Europe (both of whom support this proposed Network of Excellence):
1. The Working Party on Mixing of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE-WPM) – established in 1978 (web site: www.efce.cz/wpm). It consists of 21 members (academic and industrial) from 16 Europe countries (its secretariat is located at the Czech Technical University in Prague). Among its main activities are:
- Organisation of the international conferences and seminars on Mixing in Europe
- Standardization of mixing devices.
- Setting up Nomenclature of mixing terms and symbols.
- Dissemination of information about local research and scientific events in Europe (ie local Conferences on Mixing (eg Conferences “Mischvorgänge” in Germany and EFCE “Fluid Mixing Conferences” in UK)) organised by the WP´s on Mixing in the Member countries.
2. MIXNET – Thematic Network on Mixing in the Chemical Industry (Contract No. BRRT-C97-5035); website: http: //mixnet.bham.ac.uk: 8080/ ~ mixnet.. Co-ordinated by the BHRSolutions (UK) which consists of 17 industrial and academic partners from 11 countries of the EU (and associated states).
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Its R & D activities are concentrated on three themes:
- Generic mixing technologies.
- Application of advanced Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) and Numerical Modelling.
- Mixing and chemical reaction.
- BHRSolutions, University of Birmingham, King´s College London and UMIST in Manchester, UK
- CNRS Laboratories in France (Laboratoire des Sciences du Genie Chimique UPR CNRS in Nancy, Laboratoire de Genie Chimique UMR CNRS/UPS in Toulouse)
- Technical Universities in Berlin and Padeborn in Germany
- University of Bologna (UBLG.ICMA) and in Palermo in Italy
- Aristotle University in Greece, Delft Technical University in Netherlands, Czech Technical University in Prague in Czech Republic, Warsaw Technical University in Poland and the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology in Lund.
- Bayer AG, Leverkusen in Germany, at Akzo Nobel BV in the Netherlands, at Statoil RT in Norway and at Precheza Works, Prerov in Czech Republic
- Ekato GbmH, Schoppfheim in Germany, MIXEL SA, Lyon in France, Ahlstrom Pumps Corporation- Salo Mixers Company in Finland, Mixing Equipmemt Ltd., Sankt Petersburg in Russia and TECHMIX Ltd., Brno in Czech Republic, playing important role in industrial applications of research in mixing technology.
The technical excellence and multidisciplinary skills mentioned in the R&D centres has been frequently confirmed by presentation of their research results at major international conferences, seminars and workshops taking part in Europe and overseas. Unfortunately, co-ordination of their research effort has not been possible for a number of commercial, technical and political reasons. This has undoubtedly affected the ability of the research community to contribute effectively to the European added value which in turn has adversely affected the competitive position of EU industry and businesses.
The SMARTMIX Network of Excellence aims to bring as much of this fragmented capability and knowhow together to ensure thus building upon our existing expertise and ensurig that research activities are effectively co-ordinated becoming complementary and as far as it is possible to also adopting common approaches to managing and sharing technical information.
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3. Integration and Structuring Effect
The SMARTMIX Network of Excellence will be built upon the strong relationships already established among Europe‘s mixing community in the existing MIXNET thematic network and the activities of the WP on Mixing of the EFCE. However, attention will be focused on application and development of expertise and knowledge for the new technologies needed to support the major FP6 themes. The principle activities of SMARTMIX will be:
- Maintaining a collective expertise and interdisciplinary cooperation in mixing through the creation of a virtual ‘centre of excellence’ which will provide seamless access to specialists skills and facilities both between researchers and directly to industrial and other non-expert customers.
- Transferring existing mixing knowledge into new technologies, eg new micro- or mini-reactors technologies, and applications through the development of centralised data warehouses and standardised technical libraries which researcher can access to develop or validate their own design methods and models.
- Focussed research activities in the field of mixing (ie jointly executed research) by the planned integration of research programmes and gradual enhancement of key experimental facilities, data collection methods, analysis, techniques, etc.
- Establish the feasibility of a ‘virtual testing’ capability which integrates standard modelling and simulation techniques, accessing the data warehouses, etc.
- Dissemination and circulation of generic information throughout the European industrial and research community by means of personnel exchange, standardised workshops and post-graduate educational programmes, and effective electronic information sharing and communications within and outside the SMARTMIX.
Several important generic research areas have already been identified, including:
- Improving water capture, retention and re-use in water stress regions
- Reducing hazardsous chemical reactors volumes in industrial processes
- Enhanced energy usage across the process industries
- Alternative agro-production methods
- Nuclear waste management
- New polymer materials for high-tech and nanotechnologies.
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During preparation of a full proposal of the network these and other topics will be developed. An important consideration will be the capabilities and focus of the network members and the complementarity of the research in each of the generic research areas (so that generic solutions can where possible be applied to a wide range of industrial applications)
All the research establishments mentioned above are highly professional scientific and technological centres of excellence providing both fundamental and applied research in mixing technology. They are able to facilitate the development and transfer of knowledge and technical know-how to enterprises in the European Union and associated countries in Southern and Eastern Europe and in the Mediterranean region, ie in the countries with developing economies. Some of them are directly involved in developing research policy at national or regional level and so can help with the development of the European Research Area vision at a local level. Their research pilot plant laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art experimental instruments (eg Laser–Doppler Anemometry, Particle Image Velocimetry, Ultrasound Velocimetry, advanced video systems for structure characterisation, equipment for rheometry and surface property measurements) and are provided with powerful computing facilities and advanced software packages (both commercially delivered and internally developed).
Connecting the modelling and simulation capabilities of the network will be a significant step forward as it will facilitate the examination, understanding and prediction of complex processes both at the micro and macro scales. Further, the Working Party on Mixing of the EFCE can through its Secretariat share scientific information from SMARTMIX among the wider European engineering community, eg at European research events or by means of its long established contacts with national Working Parties on Mixing. In total it is expected that around 80 researchers from 25 institutions (academic and industrial) will support the network providing much needed critical mass across a range of mixing and directly related fields.
To realise the vision of a European Research Area the SMARTMIX Network of Excellence will:
- Help achieve the goals of FP6 as many of the priority themes will require high value research activity in the field of fluid mixing.
- Provide a focal point for the fluid mixing community in Europe, help co-ordinate mixing research and, by focussing our resources, strengthen both our research capabilities and our ability to successfully exploit our knowhow to the benefit of European industry and society in general.
- Provide a vehicle for re-distributing knowhow and resources throughout Europe by providing opportunities for researchers to work directly with each other and/or via a ‘virtual’ environment for them to share exchange and to expand the knowledge related to mixing processes.
on Mixing of the Conferences of Chemical Engineering 2002
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- Arbeitssitzung der GVC-Fachausschusse "Rheologie" und "Mischvorgänge", February 13-15, 2002, Bad Boll (Germany)
14 oral papers on Mixing (1 review paper)
Scientific Secretary: Prof. Dr. - Ing. M. Kraume, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, TU Berlin (Germany)
- Fluid Mixing Processes Subject Group Meeting, March 14, 2002, Cranfield (UK)
8 oral papers
Scientific Secretary: Dr. G. Özcan-Taskin, BHR Solutions, Cranfield (UK)
- 5 Köthener Rührer - Kolloquium, June 27, Köthen (Germany)
7 oral papers
Scientific Secretary: Prof. Dr. - Ing. R. Sperling, TH Anhalt Köthen, Germany
- Fluid Mixing VII, UK Conference on Mixing, July 10 - 11, 2002, Bradford (UK)
23 oral papers (special student competition)
Scientific Secretary: Prof. H. Benkreira, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Bradford (UK).
- Forum on the Fluid Mechanics of Mixing Phenomena II: Fundamentals and Industrial Applications, July 14-14, 2002, Montreal (Canada)
Organizers: Dr. K. J. Hammad, Dantec Dynamics Inc., Mahwah (NJ, USA), Dr. Ch. W. Lipp, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport (TX, USA), Dr. G. Papadopoulos, Dantec Dynamics Inc., Mahwah (NJ, USA), Dr.-Ing. M. Schäfer, Wacker Chemie GmbH, Burghausen (Germany)
- The 15th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering "CHISA 2002", August 25 - 29, 2002, Prague (Czech Republic)
Two Sessions on Mixing
22 oral papers and 19 posters
Scientific Secretaries: Dr. I. Foøt, Prof. P. Ditl, Dept. of Process Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague (Czech Republic)
- The 16th International Conference on Water Jetting (New Developments, Applications, Technologies), October 16 - 18, 2002, Aix en Provance (France)
Conference Organizer: Ms. E. Abson, BHR Solutions, Cranfield (UK)
- The 52nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 20 - 23, 2002, Vancouver (BC, Canada)
Session "Mixing in the Process Industries"
Session Scientific Secretaries: Dr. Ch. P.-J. Bennington, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of British Bolumbia, Vancouver (BC, Canada), Dr. S. Kresta, University of Alberta, Dept. of Chemical and Material Engineering, Edgmonton (AB, Canada)
- AIChE Annual Meeting, November 3 - 8, 2002, Indianopolis (Indiana, USA)
Section 06 "North American Mixing Forum" (7 Topical Sessions and 1 Co-sponsored Topical Session).
Scientific Secretary: Prof. P. Armenante, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, NJIT, Newark (NJ, USA)
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