GLS 9
Following the previous successful GLS conferences, the ninth conference in 2009 will cover aspects of multiphase reaction and reactors engineering and GLS systems related to the progress made in advancing the state-of-the-art of their understanding, performance, operation and applications. This progress is particularly needed in processes and technologies related to sustainable and renewable energy and products, environmentally benign and responsible processes, in order to maintain a clean environment, and to improve quality of life.
The conference will bring together scientists and engineers from academia, industry and national laboratories.
Scope
The role of GLS systems (Gas-liquid, liquid-solid, gas-liquid-solid reactor engineering) is the generation of sustainable clean energy and environmentally benign and responsible production of chemicals and materials. Hence this topical conference will be dedicated to improving the state-of-knowledge of the related processes.
The proposed topics are :
Role, applications and advancement in performance of gas-liquid (GL), liquid-solid (LS), and gas-liquid-solid (GLS) systems in processes and technologies related to sustainable and renewable energy (including bioenergy) and products and to environmental protection.
Advances made in processes, technologies and applications related to GL, LS and GLS systems in biotechnology, biochemical, environmental, fuel and alternative fuel, chemical, agrochemical, material, and other processes.
Kinetics and new chemical and biochemical routes of processes and technologies conducted in GL, LS, and GLS systems.
Hydrodynamics of GL, LS and GLS systems.
Integration of kinetics, hydrodynamics and transport effects in GL, LS, and GLS system design and scale-up.
Transport: mass and heat transfer in GL, LS, and GLS systems.
Advanced measurement techniques in GL, LS, and GLS systems.
Computational fluid dynamics applied to GL, LS, and GLS systems.
Reactor modeling, dynamics and control.
Multiphase reaction, bioreaction engineering and bioreactors.
Water and waste water treatment and water recycle.
Reactor scale-up and design.
Innovative reactor design and novel reactor configurations of GL, LS, and GLS systems.
Process intensification.
Microreactors and nanotechnology for GL, LS, and GLS systems.
Packed beds (trickle beds), bubble column, three phase slurry and fluidized reactors, stirred tank reactors.
Publication
This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings. However, selected articles will appear as a Special Issue in a journal (TBA) according to that journal's selection criteria.
Organizers
Prof. Muthanna Al-Dahhan
Professor and Chairman
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Missouri University of science and Technology (Missouri S&T)
Missouri, Rolla 65409
Tel: +1 573-341-7518
aldahhanm@mst.edu
Francis Luck
TOTAL S.A. - DG/DS
Catalysis and Process Engineering
Bureau 29D57 - 2 place de la Coupole
La Défense 6
F-92078 Paris La Défense Cedex
Tel. +33 (0)1 47 44 63 21
Fax +33 (0)1 47 44 44 94
Mob. +33 (0)6 23 07 53 87
francis.luck@total.com
Dr. Sailesh Kumar
UOP LLC
Process Design Modeling and Equipment Center
PO Box 163
Riverside, IL 60546-0163
Tel. +1 (708) 442-3879
Fax. +1 (708) 442-5153
Sailesh.kumar@uop.com
Members of the Scientific Committee
Waheed AL-MASRI, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, walmasry@ksu.edu.sa
F. BERUTTI, University of West Ontario, Canada, berruti@eng.uwo.ca
A. BIN, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw University of Technology
Christophe BOYER, Institut Français du pétrole, France, Christophe.BOYER@ifp.fr
Miryan CASSANELLO, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, miryan@di.fcen.uba.ar
J.C. CHARPENTIER, Lyon, France, president of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering, CPE, charpentier@cpe.fr
H. DELMAS, Laboratorie de Genie Chimique, Toulouse, France, henri.delmas@ensiacet.fr
J. DRAHOS, Czech Republic, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, EFCE, Working Party "Multiphase Fluid Flow", chairman drahos@icpf.cas.cz
N. EPSTEIN, Vancouver, Canada, University of British Columbia, helsa@chml.ubc.ca
G. EVANS, Newcastle, Australia, University of Newcastle, Geoffrey.evans@newcastle.edu.au
L. S. FAN, Ohio State University, USA, fan@chbmeng.ohio-state.edu
JINGHAI Li, Chinese Academy of Science, P. R. China, jhli@home.ipe.ac.cn
J.B. JOSHI, Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, India, jbj@udct.org
S. D. KIM, Korea, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, kimsd@kaist.ac.kr
Rudiger LANGE, Technical University of Dresden, Germany, Ruediger.Lange@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
F. LARACHI, Laval University, Canada, faical.larachi@gch.ulaval.ca
Tiberiu M. LEIB, DuPont Engineering Technology, USA , tiberiu.m.leib@usa.dupont.com
Patrick MILLS, Texas A&M University at Kingsville, USA, Patrick.Mills@tamuk.edu
Robert MUDDE, Delft University of technology, Holland, r.f.mudde@tudelft.nl
Harko MULDER, Sasol, South Africa, harko.mulder@sasol.com
A. W NIENOW, Birmingham, United Kingdom, University of Birmingham, A.W.Nienow@bham.ac.uk
K.D.P. NIGAM, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, nigamkdp@gmail.com
A.B. PANDIT, Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, India, abp@udct.org
C. D. RIELLY, Loughborough, United Kingdom, University of Loughborough, c.d.rielly@lboro.ac.uk
S. ROY, IIT Delhi, India, roys4095@gmail.com
Krishnan SANKARANARAYANAN, ExxonMobil, USA, Krishnan.sankaranarayanan@exxonmobil.com
Adrian SCHUMPE, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, a.schumpe@tu-bs.de
Hugh STITT, Johnson Matthey Catalysts, UK, hugh.stitt@matthey.com
Bala SUBRAMANIAM, Kansas University, USA, bsubramaniam@ku.edu
F. TEYMOUR, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, teymour@sphinx.che.iit.edu
J. A. TEIXEIRA, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, jateixeira@deb.uminho.pt
K. TSUCHIYA, Doshisha University, Ktsuchiy@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
A. TSUTSUMI, Tokyo, Japan, University of Tokyo, a-tsuzmi@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
J. WANG, Tsinghua, P. R. China, Tsinghua University, wangjf@flotu.org
Gabriel WILD, L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques, France, gabriel.wild@ensic.inpl-nancy.fr
Y. WU, Wuhan Institute of Technology, China, wyx@mail.wit.edu.cn