Particle Technology and its Applications

Particle Technology has wide applications in many industries, including in the chemical, metallurgical, and pharmaceutical industries. This topical symposium will provide a venue for researchers and industrial practitioners to discuss the various interested issues related to particle technology. The symposium will cover most major topical areas of particle technology, but will have several special focuses, such as the application of particle technology in the pharmaceutical industry.

Confirmed keynotes

Aibing Yu
" Particulate Research in Australia. "

Sohrab Rohani
" Crystallization research in canada. "

John W. Carson
" Opportunities and challenges in bulk solids handling. "

Wolfgang Peukert
" From Structures to Functions - Hierarchical Concepts of Product Design. "

Bernd Sachweh
" Integrated process technology for multi-functional nanomaterials. "

Scope

A three day symposium is planned and will be dedicated to a wide spectrum of topics in particle technology. The proposed symposium includes :

Fundamentals of Particle Technology

  • Particle and characterization
  • Particle formation
  • Particle size reduction and classification
  • Particle size enlargement

Bulk Particle Properties and Flow

  • Bulk powder properties
  • Particle rheology
  • Colloids and agglomeration
  • Hindered systems and rheology
  • Fluid flow through porous media

Powder Handling and Multiphase Flow

  • Powder storage and dense phase flow
  • Fluidization and fluidized bed
  • Pneumatic conveying
  • Solids mixing
  • Particle separation
  • Filtration and gas cleaning
  • Simulation and modelling for particulate systems

Greenhouse Gas Capture and Sequestration

  • Capture technologies from coal combustion
  • Gas separation
  • Sequestration in coal beds
  • Enhanced coal bed methane

Innovation and Applications

  • Particulate chemical reactors
  • Particle design, new technology and industrial applications
  • Powder hazards
  • Health, safety, and environmental issues
  • Education

Particle technology in pharmaceutical industry

  • Particle granulation
  • Particle mixing and flow
  • Particle segregation
  • Particle flow uniformity
  • Particle drawing
  • Particle coating

Publication

Extended abstracts will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings. At the same time, we would encourage the submission of the full articles to Powder Technology, for a special issue to be published in late 2009.

Organizers

Prof. Jesse Zhu
Particle Technology Research Centre
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B9
zhu@uwo.ca
Tel: 1-519-661-3807, Fax: 1-519-850-2441

Prof. Arno Kwade
Institut fuer Partikeltechnologie
Universitaet Braunschweig
Volkmaroder Straße 5, 38104 Braunschweig
Germany
Tel.: +495313919611, Fax:+495313919633
a.kwade@tu-bs.de

Members of the Scientific Committee

Yi Cheng, Tsinghua University, China
John Grace, University of British Columbia, Canada
Liang-shih Fan, Ohio State University, USA
Jonathan Seville, Warwick University, England
Yoshiaki Kawashima, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Aichi Gakuin University
Martin Rhodes, Monash University, Australia
Jian-Xin Li, FMC, USA