U.S.- United Kingdom Cooperative Research: Three-Phase Fluidization Research

该奖项将支持化学领域的合作研究 工程学博士，俄亥俄州州立大学， J.F.博士戴维森，英国剑桥大学。 的 该项目的目标是定义运输行为 低密度颗粒的三相流化。 研究将集中在非刚性生物颗粒固定化 与活的微生物。 范博士目前的研究 俄亥俄州州立大学的一个项目主要涉及 三相流体力学与轴向液体混合 流化，涉及低密度的刚性颗粒， 如聚苯乙烯、醋酸酯、丙烯酸和尼龙颗粒。的 拟议的工作将补充正在进行的积极研究， 剑桥大学的一个项目， 三相生物流化 在访问剑桥期间， 范博士将研究流体力学和轴向液体 涉及生物颗粒如藻酸钙的混合 具有和不具有细胞包埋和活化的颗粒 固定有细胞的碳颗粒。粒子效应 对三相流态化的性质进行了概括 根据实验的结果。这项研究将 有助于理解三相流化床 在生物处理中的应用。

This award will support cooperative research in chemical engineering between Dr. Liang-Shih Fan, Ohio State University, and Dr. J.F. Davidson, University of Cambridge, England. The objective of the project is to define the transport behavior of three-phase fluidization involving low density particles. The research will focus on non-rigid bioparticles immobilized with living microorganisms. Dr. Fan's current research program at Ohio State University is concerned primarily with the hydrodynamics and axial liquid mixing in three-phase fluidization, involving rigid particles of low densities such as polystyrene, acetate, acrylic and nylon particles. The proposed work will complement the active ongoing research program at the University of Cambridge, which emphasizes three-phase biofluidization. During his visit to Cambridge, Dr. Fan will investigate the hydrodynamics and axial liquid mixing involving bioparticles such as calcium alginate particles with and without entrapment of cells and activated carbon particles immobilized with cells. Effects of particle properties on three-phase fluidization will be generalized based on the results of the experiments. This research will contribute to the understanding of three-phase fluidized bed applications in biological processing.