CREL ANNUAL REPORT 2007/2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PREFACE i

INTRODUCTION iii

MRE PROJECTPARTICIPATION PLAN vii

INDUSTRIAL SPONSORS DURING 2007/2008 xiii

CURRENT STAFF (2007/2008) xv

INDUSTRIAL EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD xvii

INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARD (2007/2008) xvii

TABLE OF CONTENTS xix

SUMMARY OF CREL MAIN ACTIVITIES 1

1. MRE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 1

2. CREL ACHIEVEMENTS 6

3. CREL PRODUCTIVITY AND FUNDING 8

The 2007 CREL Annual Industrial Meeting 11

4. CREL FUTURE DIRECTIONS 13

CREL EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES 15

LISTING OF ACTIVE PROJECTS (2007/2008) 17

AREA I. MULTIPHASE REACTORS AND PROCESSES: EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING 19

I.1.  / Scale-up of Bubble Columns Using Internals, Youssef, A., graduate student / 21
I.2.  / Heat Transfer in a Large-Scale (18 inch) Bubble Column, Abdulmohsin, R., research associate / 25
I.3.  / A Comparison Of Measurement Methods for Gas-Liquid Flow in 2D bubble Column, Ahmed, F. , research associate / 27
I.4.  / Flow regime Transition in a 2D Bubble Columns, Hamed,M. / 31
I.5.  / Flow distribution in a trickle Bed Reactor – Eulerian CFD Modeling and experimental Investigation, Kuzeljevic, Z. , graduate student / 35
I.6.  / Hydrodynamics and Flow Distribution in a High Pressure TBR, Denecheau, A., visiting research associate / 39
I.7.  / Modeling Non-Isothermal Effects in Multiphase Systems: The Role of Flow Maldistribution and Natural Convection, Combest, D. , graduate student / 45
I.8.  / Dual Source Computed Tomography (DSCT) for Measuring Phase Holdups Distributions in Gas-Liquid-Solid System, Varma, R. , graduate student / 49
I.9.  / Multiphase Systems Studies using Dual Source Computer Tomography, Vasquez-Salvador, P., visiting graduate student / 55
I.10.  / Gamma Ray Computed Tomography (CT) Measurements in a Fluidized Bed Reactor, Ahmed, F., research associate / 57
I.11.  / Volumetric Expansion, Phase Transition and Bubble Dynamics of Expanded Solvents Using a Fiber-Optic Probe, Mueller, S. , graduate student / 61
I.12.  / Mini Reactors for Characterization of Hydrocarbon Oxidations, Jevtic, R. , graduate student / 65
I.13.  / Microchannel Reactor for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis , Yu, G., visiting scholar / 69
I.14.  / Transport in Nanoporous Zeolites Used in Alkylation Processes, Nayak, S. , graduate student / 73
I.15.  / Kinetically Model Free’ Interpretation of the Non-Steady-State Data in the Thin Zone TAP Reactor, Redekop, E. , graduate student / 77
I.16.  / Enhancing Water Removal from Whole Stillage by Enzyme Addition During Fermentation, Henriques, B. , graduate student / 79

AREA II: PREPARATION OF NEW MATERIALS 83

I.17.  / Semiconductor-Grade Silicon, M.P. Dudukovic, P.A. Ramachandran, faculty / 85
I.18.  / Dynamics of Silicon Production in Fluidized Bed, Huang, Y. , research associate / 87

AREA III: PROCESS MONITORING AND CONTROL 91

I.19.  / Oxygen Transport in 300mm Czochralski Crystal Growth of Pure Silicon in Presence of CUSP Magnetic Field, Gunjal, P. , research associate / 93

CREL PUBLICATIONS (1997 – Present) 97

APPENDIX 115