Tuesday, 25 April 2006: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Asia 1 (Dolphin Hotel)

Fluidization and Multiphase Flow/Separations (TWd)

#78 - Fluid/Particle Systems in Polymer Processing (TWD11)
This session is devoted to developments in a diverse set of academic or industrial researches related to polymer processing and reaction systems where particulate matter is present and fluid/particle interactions are of interest.
Chair:Nima Shahidi
CoChair:Reza Mostofi
8:00 AMAggregation and Breakage of Polystyrene Particles under Turbulent Conditions: Dynamic Experiments
Amgad S. Moussa, Miroslav Soos, Jan Sefcik, Massimo Morbidelli
8:20 AMModelling the Ram Extrusion Force of a Frictional Plastic Material
Arnaud Perrot, Yannick Mélinge, Patrice Estellé, Christophe Lanos
8:40 AMStudying the Pulverization Mechanism of Low Density Cross-Linked Natural Rubber
Hamid Arastoopour, Mahnaz Eskandari, Jay D. Schieber
9:00 AMNumerical Analysis of Temperature Distributions in a Gas-Phase Polypropylene Reactor with a Single Helical Ribbon Agitator
Tomoyuki Miyadera, Yasunobu Kaneko
9:20 AMMonitoring Industrial Polymerisation Reactors for Early Detection of Agglomeration
J. Ruud Van Ommen, John Nijenhuis, Malte Bartels, Flip Kleijn van Willigen, Marco Dek, Filip Loossens, Ton Backx
9:40 AMThe Application of Air Extraction to the Pneumatic Conveying of Polyethylene Pellets
David Mills

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