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Topics as diverse as coal combustion,
hydrocyclone performance, oil sands extraction and rogue ocean
waves were presented at the Seventh International Conference on
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the Minerals and Process
Industries held recently at Rydges Hotel in Melbourne.
CSIRO organised the conference, which was jointly sponsored by
the Parker Centre and BHP Billiton. The conference was well
attended with approximately 200 delegates, over 80 of whom were
from overseas.
Opening
of the Sseventh Int. Conference on CFD in the Minerals and
Process Industries.
The conference was opened by Professor Robin Batterham, who
encouraged delegates to think 'outside the box' when tackling
issues such as energy efficiency.
Six eminent keynote speakers:
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Prof. Rodney Fox, Iowa State
University, USA
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Thomas Frank, ANSYS Germany
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Larry Hackman, Syncrude Canada
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Hrvoje Jasak, Wikki Ltd, UK
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Prof. JB Joshi, Mumbai University, India
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Prof. Timothy Wick, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
presented reviews of subjects ranging from the open source CFD
code (OpenFOAM) to a new mathematical description of the
two-phase flow occurring in fluidised bed reactors.
Over the three days mini-symposia were held in the areas of high
temperature processing, gas-solid flows and bio-engineering.
There were 157 technical papers, presented in four parallel
sessions together with a well-attended poster paper exhibition.
The presentations had a very good mix of CFD topics, ranging
from applied industrial applications to fundamental fluid
dynamics. Presenters came from industry, academia and various
research labs around the world.
The conference closed with a short address by Dr Steve Rogers,
CEO of the Parker Centre, who was kind enough to sponsor the
following student prizes:
- Jonathan Nebauer from Monash University won the prize for ‘best student paper’.
- Jelle de Jong from Twente University
in the Netherlands was awarded ‘best student presentation’.
Jonathan Nebauer
wins 'best student
paper'
Dr Steve
Rogers presents Jelle de Jong with his award for 'best student
presentation'
Overall the conference was a big success
with a high level of scientific exchange and with the largest
number of attendees since the conference series was initiated by
CSIRO in 1997.
Various photographs taken at the conference can be viewed
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