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Studies on Fluid-Particle Systems. Raffi M. Turian , Chemical Engineering Department Prime Grant Support: NSF, DOE, EPA, International Fine Particle Research Institute. Prediction of Effective Properties of Suspensions from Properties of Constituents.
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Studies on Fluid-Particle Systems Raffi M. Turian, Chemical Engineering Department Prime Grant Support: NSF, DOE, EPA, International Fine Particle Research Institute • Prediction of Effective Properties of Suspensions from Properties of Constituents. • Prediction of Flow Regimes and Transition Velocities in Slurry Transport and Design of Coal Slurry Pipelines. • Cleaning, De-watering of Fine Coal.and Formulation of Coal-Water Fuels (CWF). • Design of Vitrification Processes for Nuclear Waste Disposal. • Measurement and Correlation of Effective Properties of Solid-Liquid Suspensions. • Experiments and Modeling of Flow of Highly-Loaded Coarse-Particle Slurries through Piping Systems. • Rheology and Flow of Concentrated Fine-Particle and Colloidal Suspensions. • Experiments and Modeling of Filtration and De-watering of Fine Particulate Materials. • Developed a Comprehensive Self-consistent Slurry Flow-Regime Delineation Scheme. • Established Correlations for Prediction of Effective Properties and Friction Losses for Slurries. • Developed Methodologies for Design of Slurry Pipelines and Vitrification Processes. • Developed Methods for Enhancing Dewatering, and Formulation of CWF.