Chem Eng Guest Speaker - Dr Madoc Sheehan

Category: Seminar


17 November 2009
4pm - 5pm
Room 222, Building 36, Clayton campus

Multi-Scale Modelling of Flighted Rotary Dryers: transport, drying and fluid interactions Production

Flighted rotary dryers are robust units used to dry a range of materials
including sugar and mineral  concentrates.  Their design and control
remain a challenge for engineers. In this seminar Dr Sheehan will
describe the development of a multiscale model for rotary drying
including PSE concepts, geometric flight unloading models and CFD models
of particle curtain effects.  Insights into the selection of appropriate
base-model structure will be described. The validation of overall and
sub-models will also be outlined.

About the speaker:

Dr Madoc Sheehan comes from the School of Engineering and Physical
Sciences at James Cook University.  He has extensive research experience
in modelling of flighted rotary dryers and is particularly concerned
with the characterisation of granular flows and gas particle interactions.

Enquiry:   Kate Malcolm | 53555