Solid-Liquid and Liquid-Liquid Mixing Laboratory For Chemical Engineering Undergraduates

Authors

  • Sanaz Barar Pour École Polytechnique
  • Gregory Benoit Norca École Polytechnique
  • Louis Fradette
  • Robert Legros École Polytechnique
  • Philippe A. Tanguy École Polytechnique

Abstract

Solid-liquid and liquid-liquid mixing experiments have been developed to provide students with a practical experience on suspension and emulsification processes. The laboratory focuses on the characterization of the process efficiency, specifically the influence of the main operating parameters and the effect of the impeller type.

Author Biographies

Sanaz Barar Pour, École Polytechnique

Sanaz Barar Pour received her B.S. from the University of Tehran in chemical engineering in 2004. She is currently a master's student at Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. Her research activity is related to solid-liquid dispersion in highly viscous media.

Gregory Benoit Norca, École Polytechnique

Gregory Benoit Norca received his B.S. from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal in mechanical engineering. Currently he is following an engineering program in EN STA, France. His field of interest is mechanical structure design and analysis in automobile, aeronautics, and aerospace.

Louis Fradette

Louis Fradette completed his B.S. and M.S. degrees at Laval University (Quebec City). He holds a Ph.D. from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and Institute National Polytechnique de Lorraine, France. He has more than 10 years of process engineering experience in various fields such as petroleum refining, petrochemicals, and software development. Since 2004, he has been working as a research associate at Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal with research activities related to the development of efficient continuous and batch processes for the production of emulsions.

Robert Legros, École Polytechnique

Robert Legros is a professor of chemical engineering at Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. Currently he is the chair of the department. He received his B.S. from Ecole Polytechnique in 1983 and his Ph.D. from the University of Surrey in 1987. His academic research involves solids thermal treatments in fluid beds, modeling of combustion reactor, heat and mass transfer, and hydrodynamics of spouted beds. Some of his current research interests are related to pharmaceutical engineering, namely in powder technology and downstream processes.

Philippe A. Tanguy, École Polytechnique

Philippe A. Tanguy is a professor of chemical engineering at Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. He received his B.S. in 1976, his doctorate de specialite in 1979 from Universite de Paris, and his Ph.D. in 1982 from Laval University. His research interests are in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, CFO and process engineering involving complex fluids, in particular coating processes, and agitation and mixing operations. He is currently Director of the Research Unit in Industrial Flow Processes (URPEI).

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Published

2007-04-01

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2007): Spring 2007

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