Conference Agenda

Validation of volume fraction profiles and velocity PDFs in a pilot scale bubble column

Manjil Ray¹, Saria Hannan¹, Rodney O. Fox², Martin Obligado³, Alberto Passalacqua¹

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, United States of America; ²Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, United States of America; ³Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides de Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France

Mass transfer intensification in stirred tank bioreactors under consideration of local fluid dynamic stress using lattice-Boltzmann CFD supported by 4D-PTV

Noah von Schnitzler¹, Nicolas Nickel¹, Ryan Rautenbach¹, Jürgen Fitschen², Thomas Wucherpfennig², Michael Schlüter¹

¹Hamburg University of Technology, Germany; ²Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH & Co. KG, Bioprocess Development Biologicals, Germany,

Particle-bubble interactions in a counter-current slurry bubble column

Mark W. Hlawitschka¹, Sadra Mahmoudi¹, Masoud Outokesh¹, Mahdi Saeedipour²

¹Institute of Process Engineering, Johannes Kepler University, Austria; ²Department of Particulate Flow Modelling, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

Effect of biotechnologically relevant salts on bubble size distribution and holdup in bubble columns

Rik Volger, Stijn Rommens, Evert Wagner, Cees Haringa

TU Delft, The Netherlands

Modelling of two-phase flow in photobioreactors for process design and optimization

Dale McClure¹, Wenjia Gu², John Kavanagh², David Fletcher²

¹Brunel University London, United Kingdom; ²School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney