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Micro Fluidized Bed Reaction Analysis And Its Applications, Jian Yu, Xi Zeng, Junrong Yue, Jingming Wang, Hongmei Guo, Shuang Geng, Guangwen Xu

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

No abstract provided.

Development And Large-Scale Optimization Of Fluidized-Bed Steam Drying Of Lignite, Hans-Joachim Klutz, Joachim Werther

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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An Assessment Of The Ability Of The Tfm Approach To Predict Gas Mixing In A Pseudo-2d Bubbling Fluidized Bed, Abdelghafour Zaabout, Schalk Cloete, Martin Van Sint Annaland, Fausto Gallucci, Shahriar Amini

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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S-Stem Scholars, A Second Generation: Support For At-Risk Upper Division And Transfer Students In Ceas, Andrew A. Kline, Betsy M. Aller

Academic Leadership Academy

Begun in 2010, the S-STEM Scholar Program increases opportunities for financially needy but academically talented students. These students:

•Are first-time, first year students •Demonstrate financial need through FAFSA applications

•Will enter a major in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

•Have a math ACT of 24 or above

Student awardees receive up to $3,000 per semester, and continue to receive this amount for up to eight semesters with continued academic success and progress to degree.

Conference Program, Cedric Briens, Jesús Arauzo, Dietrich Meier

Bioenergy III: Present and New Perspectives on Biorefineries

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Identification Of Bed Zones And Flow Regimes In Single And Multiple Spout-Operated Beds By Digital Image Processing And Pressure Probes, Stefan Puttinger, Lukas Von Berg, Stefan Pirker

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Hitran Matrix Elements As A Fluidization Promoter In Slugging Columns, Suren Sookai, Avinash Harilal

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Dem Simulations Of Fluidized Beds Including Heat Transfer, A.V. Patil, E.A.J.F. Peters, M. Van Der Hoef, J.A.M. Kuipers

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Experimental Studies Of Phase Change Materials In A Bubbling Fluidized Bed, M.A. Izquierdo-Barrientos, C. Sobrino, J.A. Almendros-Ibáñez, N. Ellis, X.T. Bi, N. Epstein

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Impact Of Flue Gas Recirculation On Distributions Of Temperature And Solids Concentration Inside A Large-Scale Supercritical Cfb Boiler, Artur Blaszczuk, Wojciech Nowak, Szymon Jagodzik

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Agitated Fluidization Of Nanopowders Using Mechanical Stirring, Daniel Lepek, Christopher Loo

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Fluidization Of Nanoparticles: The Effect Of Surface Characteristics, M. Tahmasebpoor, Lilian De Martin, M. Talebi, N. Mostoufi, J. R. Van Ommen

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Pressure Drop Correlation For The Design Of Opensided Draft Tube Conical Spouted Beds, H. Altzibar, G. Lopez, I. Estiati, M. Olazar

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Numerical Analysis Of The Dynamics In Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds And Experimental Validation Using Ultra-Fast X-Ray Tomography, Vikrant Verma, Niels G. Deen, Johan T. Padding, J.A.M. Kuipers, Martina Bieberle, Frank Barthel, Michael Wagner, Uwe Hampel

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Study Of Flow Behavior In Bubbling Fluidized Bed Biomass Gasification Reactor Using Cfd Simulation, Rajan Kumar Thapa, Britt Margrethe Halvorsen

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Theoretical Investigation Of The Behavior Of Cohesive Homogeneous Gas-Fluidized Beds, Oyebanjo Oke, Luca Mazzei, Paola Lettieri

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Behavior Of Magnetofluidized Beds As Affected By Particle Size And Field Orientation, M. J. Espin, J. M. Valverde, M.A.S. Quintanilla

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Integration Of High Level Cfd Process Simulation For Development Of Fluidised Bed Biomass Gasification, Martin Weng, Adlan Omer, Stefan Tschunko

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Agglomerate Behaviour In A Recirculating Fluidized Bed With Sheds: Effect Of Agglomerate Properties, Francisco J. Sanchez, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti, Murray Gray, Jennifer Mcmillan

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Effect Of Electrostatic Forces On The Axial Diffusivity Of Solid Particles, M.A. Hassani, H.R. Norouzi, R. Zarghami, N. Mostoufi

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Estimation Of The Circulating Time In A Largescale Fluidized Bed Using Dbm Simulation Data, Javier Sánchez-Prieto, Sergio Sánchez-Delgado, Néstor García Hernando, Javier Villa Briongos

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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3d Numerical Simulation Of Circulating Fluidized Bed: Comparison Between Theoretical Results And Experimental Measurements Of Hydrodynamic, Renaud Ansart, Mehrdji Hemati, Herve Neau, Olivier Simonin

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Solids Back-Mixing In Cfb-Furnaces, Filip Johnsson, David Pallarès

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Coarse-Grained Models For Momentum, Energy And Species Transport In Gas-Particle Flows, Sankaran Sundaresan, Stefan Radl, Christian C. Milioli, Fernando E. Milioli

The 14th International Conference on Fluidization – From Fundamentals to Products

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Bioreducible Polymer Nanosystems For Gene Delivery, Yi Zou

Wayne State University Dissertations

This dissertation describes the research of bioreducible polymers for gene delivery. A series of bioreducible poly(amido amine)s (PAAs) were synthesized. They complex with DNA forming polyplex nanoparticles and layer-by-layer (LbL) thin films as gene delivery vectors. Atomic force microscope (AFM), especially in situ real time AFM, provides a microscopic view of DNA release dynamics. It is shown that the depolymerization of bioreducible polymer triggers DNA release via disulfide-thiol exchange reaction. The AFM images revealed a three-stage pathway beginning with a morphological change from metastable nanostructures into the more favorable toroid structure. Then toroids interact with each other by aggregation and …

Green Diesel Production Via Catalytic Hydrogenation/Decarboxylation Of Triglycerides And Fatty Acids Of Vegetable Oil And Brown Grease, Elvan Sari

Wayne State University Dissertations

Increase in the petroleum prices, projected increases in the world’s energy demand and environmental awareness have shifted the research interest to the alternative fuel technologies. In particular, green diesel, vegetable oil/animal fat/waste oil and grease derived hydrocarbons in diesel boiling range, has become an attractive alternative to biodiesel— a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters, particularly due to its superior fuel properties that are similar to petroleum diesel. Hence, green diesel can be used as a drop-in fuel in the current diesel engines. The current technology for production of green diesel– hydrodeoxygenation of triglycerides and fatty acids over conventional hydrotreating …

Minimum-Mass Panels Under Probabilistic Aeroelastic Flutter Constraints, Bret Stanford, Philip Beran

United States Air Force: Publications

Aeroelastic flutter is a dangerous failure mode, and aircraft structural components are designed under a deterministic flutter margin. Meeting this safety factor may result in overly-conservative structures, however, an alternative approach incorporates uncertainties into the computational models, and imposes a maximum allowable flutter probability during the optimization process. This technique is demonstrated for the variable-thickness design of an elastic panel subjected to supersonic flow. A performance measure approach based on the first -order reliability method incorporates probabilistic flutter constraints during the search for a minimum-mass panel. Optimization results are given for uncertainties in the panel's boundary conditions, and for non-deterministic …

Multi-Scale Characterization Of Nanostructured Sodium Aluminum Hydride, Shathabish Narasegowda

Doctoral Dissertations

Complex metal hydrides are the most promising candidate materials for onboard hydrogen storage. The practicality of this class of materials is counter-poised on three critical attributes: reversible hydrogen storage capacity, high hydrogen uptake/release kinetics, and favorable hydrogen uptake/release thermodynamics. While a majority of modern metallic hydrides that are being considered are those that meet the criteria of high theoretical storage capacity, the challenges lie in addressing poor kinetics, thermodynamics, and reversibility. One emerging strategy to resolve these issues is via nanostructuring or nano-confinement of complex hydrides. By down-sizing and scaffolding them to retain their nano-dimensions, these materials are expected to …

How Atomic Level Interactions Drive Membrane Fusion: Insights From Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Navendu Bhatnagar

Wayne State University Dissertations

This project is focused on identifying the role of key players in the membrane fusion process at the atomic level with the use of molecular dynamics simulations. Membrane fusion of apposed bilayers is one of the most fundamental and frequently occurring biological phenomena in living organisms. It is an essential step in several cellular processes such as neuronal exocytosis, sperm fusion with oocytes and intracellular fusion of organelles to name a few. Membrane fusion is a frequent process in a living organism but is still not fully understood at the atomic level in terms of the role of various factors …

Polymeric Nanocarriers And Their Oral Inhalation Formulations For The Regional Delivery Of Nucleic Acids To The Lungs, Denise Santos Conti

Wayne State University Dissertations

Gene therapy has attracted attention in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, and bionanotechnology due to the potential for treating a large number of medically relevant diseases. Oral inhalation (OI) is a promising route for the administration of therapeutics, including small molecules and biomacromolecules, such as nucleotides, peptides, and proteins, to (locally) and through (systemically) the lungs. The use of OI is especially attractive for the delivery of nucleic acids as it provides a direct and non-invasive route for targeting the lungs. Pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs), are the most commonly used OI in treatment of lung diseases and are thus promising …