AFS 2010 Annual Conference

 

AFS 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

March 22-25, 2010
Grand Hyatt Hotel
San Antonio, TX

Tentative Schedule for 2010 Conference
Schedule is still subject to modification (updated 2/14/10)

Conference Co-Chairs
Dr. Benjamin Fuchs
DuPont - Experimental Station
Wilmington, DE 19880 - 0304
Phone: 302 695 2146
Fax: 302 695 2504
Email: Benjamin.C.Fuchs@usa.dupont.com

Mathias Stolarski, Dipl.-Ing.
DuPont - Experimental Station
Wilmington, DE
Phone: 302 695 6929,
Email: Mathias.Stolarski@usa.dupont.com

**Click on the links in the paper titles to view abstracts.**

 

Time
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
8:00 AM
Welcome
8:20 AM
9:00 AM
"Ultra Scale-Down advances in the rapid development of filtration strategies for biomolecules" Professor Nigel J Titchener-Hooker , FREng, FIChemE, CEng, Head of Department and Director, The Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London
9:40 AM
Break
 
Biotechnology Track
Fundamentals and Applications Track I
Fundamentals and Applications Track II
 
Session/Paper Title
Session/Paper Title
Session/Paper Title
 
Novel Separation Technologies and Novel Applications
Theory and Simulations I
Low-Energy Separations – Application of Membranes
10:10 AM Large scale capture and purification of industrial enzymes Flow And Sedimentation In Industrial Solid Bowl Centrifuges: A Numercial And Experimental Study Organic Solvent nanofiltration a new platform technology in process industry
10:35 AM Continuous Pressure And Vacuum Filtration And Washing Of Organic Cellulose And Biomass Products Numerical Simulation Of Agglomeration And Filtration Of Colloidal Suspensions Asymmetric Metal Membrane Filter For Catalyst Recovery
11:00 AM Low Energy Dewatering Technology For Algae In A Dilute Solution On modelling and simulation of filtration efficiency tests Energy Use, Life-Cycle Cost and Sustainability of Air Filtration
11:25 AM Membrane Filter Press Scale-up from Bench to Commercial Plant Hybrid Continuum and Molecular Modeling of Nano-scale Filter Flows Reuse of Produced Water for Steam Flood Operation
12:00 PM
Award Lunch
Dr. Herbert Griesser, Evonik Fibres GmbH, High Efficiency Fibres for Cleanable Dust Filters
 
Membrane Separation
Theory and Simulations II
Water treatment and recycle including Policy
2:00 PM Mitigating and Modelling Membrane Fouling by Bioactive Mixtures Numerical Investigations On The Influence Of The Fiber Assembly And The Particle Shape To The Separation Efficiency Water Reuse and Recycle
2:25 PM Effect of Particle Size on Extraction, Clarification and Membrane Separation of Soy Proteins Methods For Simulation Of Fluid Flow And Particle Deposition In Virtually Generated Nonwoven Structures Wastewater Treatment Via Dry Filter Aid/Flocculant Addition To An Automatic Pressure Filter (APF)
2:50 PM Microwave Regeneration Of Fouled Filtration Membranes Modeling Particle Filtration in 3-D Electrospun Nanofibrous Filters Cross Flow Filtration Hydrocyclones: Novel Technology for Cleaning Produced Water
3:15 PM   Modeling Particle Loading in Fibrous Filter Media Using Profix to Convert Hazardous Waste Generation of Waste Stream To Dischargeable Waste Stream and Non-Hazardous Disposal of Solids: A Case Study
3:40 PM
Break
 
Membrane Separation (con.)
Modeling of Media Structure
3:50 PM Membranes for molecular separations - A key technology for low carbon chemical manufacturing   Virtual Media Design – New Advanced Method To Obtain Real Fiber Diameter Distribution As Key Input Parameter
4:15 PM High Surface area ("winged") fibers and their impact on energy cost in filtration   CFD Modeling for Developing Woven Meshes
4:40 PM
Break
5:00 PM
5:45 PM
Networking Reception
Time
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
8:00 AM
Welcome
8:20 AM
9:00 AM
Prof. Kuo-Lun Tung, Professor/Dept of Chem Eng, Director/R&D Center for Membrane Tech, Chung Yuan Christian University, Membrane Pore Characterization Techniques - Status Quo and Future Development
9:40 AM
Break
 
Biotechnology Track
Fundamentals and Applications Track I
Fundamentals and Applications Track II
 
Session/Paper Title
Session/Paper Title
Session/Paper Title
Process Design and Integration
Extraction Processes
Cleanable Air Filters
10:10 AM Clarification Of Very Low Concentrated Liquids By "Breathing“ Candle Filters Steps toward the Design & Construction of a Nutraceuticals Extraction Facility Development status of ISO 11057 DIS "Test method for filtration characterization of cleanable filter media" and additional perspectives
10:35 AM Cleaning Challanges In Solid-Liquid-Separation Continuous Ion Exchange for the Purification of Ascorbic Acid Evaluating Performance of Cleanable Filter Media
11:00 AM Sedimentation and consolidation behaviour of flocculated versus non-flocculated dispersions: A reliable laboratory test   Mechanisms and aging behavior of fine particle emissions from baghouse filters
11:25 AM Nanoseparation   Improving Power Output and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emission with HEPA Air Filtration for Gas Turbines
12:00 PM
Lunch (Paid Lunch $20)
Bio Fuels
Solids Liquid Separation In The Chemical Industry
Filter Media/Element Design
2:00 PM Effects Of Biodiesel By- Products And Different Manufacturing Process On Interfacial Tension And Water Separation Properties Of Biodiesel-Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Blends Scale-up of Basket Filtration Centrifuges and a Review of the Principles of Basket Centrifugation Ultra High Efficiency Pleated Depth Filter
2:25 PM New Coalescence Media For Water Removal From Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel And Biodiesel Blends – Element Performance With/Without Dust Contamination The Evaluation and Optimization of Fest Filter Media The influence of pleat geometry on initial pressure drop of air filters
2:50 PM Recent technology of nozzle centrifuges in the ethanol production from sugarcane Case Studies Of High Capacity Filters Simulation of dust loading of pleated air filters
3:15 PM An Update on SAE J1488 and ISO 16332 Water Separation Multiple Plate Pressure Filtration Systems for High Efficiency, Fine Particle Separation Improved Performance with Layer Orientation Incorporated Pleated Media on Calescence Filtration
3:40 PM
Break
 
Centrifugation
New Methods in FPS
Nanofibers
4:00 PM Centrifugal 3-Phase separation: How to handle critical product properties and process alterations Test Equipment Considerations For Water And Alcohol Phase Separation Detecting Filters Effect of Fiber Orientation Distribution on Filter Performance
4:25 PM Applicational design and sizing of Decanter Centrifuges: Different approaches to achieve optimum performance Dewatering of Ultrafine Clean Coal Slurries Using Modified Approaches Simulation of nano fibers and filtration processes
4:50 PM Bioseparation via centrifugation for various Food, Pharma, and Biotech Applications I Polymer Extrusion Filter Design With Hybrid Optimization Techniques Loading of Nanofibrous Filter Media with Solid Aerosol Particles – Experimental and Modeling Study
5:15 PM Bioseparation via centrifugation for various Food, Pharma, and Biotech Applications II A Computational Fluid Dynamic Study on Dust Holding Capacity of Hydraulic Filter Media Optimization of Submicron Fiber Production for Filtration
Time
Thursday, March 25, 2010
 
Biotechnology Track
Fundamentals and Applications Track I
Fundamentals and Applications Track II
 
Session/Paper Title
Session/Paper Title
Session/Paper Title
Selective Separation
G/L and L/L Separations
Media Design & Characterization
8:00 AM Behavior of dispersed magnetic nano- und microparticels in gravitational and centrifugal fields with superimposed magnetic fields Effect of nonwoven drainage channels on the performance of coalescing filters Charge Decay Properties of Meltblown Polylactic Acid (PLA) Fabrics
8:25 AM Magnetic Field Enhanced Centrifugation for Selective Separation The Influence Of Wettability On Separation Efficiency Of Liquid – Liquid Coalescers Edge flow principle maximizes surface, depth and adsorption filtration mechanisms resulting in more cost effective filtration module
8:50 AM Expended Bed Absorption of Protein Fuel/Water Separability On Emulsified Water Filtration Simulation Of The Effect Of Capillary-Channel Polymer Fiber Filter Media On Particulate Air Filtration
9:15 AM Chromatography (exact title coming) Fuel Water Separation - Droplet Size Analysis and Performance Evaluation Characterization of Air Filtration Media Using Capillary Flow Porometer
9:40 AM
Break
Fossil Fuels
Modeling of Media Structure
 Hot Gas Filtration Applications
9:50 AM Analysis of impact parameters on the water/diesel separation process with filter elements   Nanofiber based filter media for Catalyst Applications and Particulate Capture
10:15 AM Numerical simulation of droplet-fiber-interactions in water/diesel coalescence filters   A Compact Granular Bed Filter For High Temperature Gas Cleaning
11:00 AM
Tour of Toyota and SWRI ($30, includes box lunch) - Bus leaves at 11 AM