In the frame of the Interreg project PowderReg, the University of Luxembourg organises a workshop to exchange about the processes to transport and store granular materials
The PowderReg project aims to boost the competitiveness and attractiveness of the Greater Region, and is part of a plan to optimise processes applicable to industrially relevant powders within the highly developed sectors of the Greater Region (agrifood, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, construction). This project is founded on a rich combination of cross-disciplinary scientific and technological skills within the various universities of the Greater Region (Universities of Lorraine, Saarland, Liège, Luxembourg and Kaiserslautern) and is joining forces with industrial partners (NovaCarb, Granutools) to create a new sector of excellence.
Programme
- 9.30: Welcome coffee
- 9.45: Presentation of PowderReg (N. Louvet, D. Righi)
- 10.00: Interaction between the grains (G. Lumay)
- 10.30: questions/scientific round table
- 10.45: Development of a new humidity controlled cell for the rheological determination of cohesive powders stickiness (P. Marchal – D.C. Florez Parra)
- 11.15: questions/scientific round table
- 11.30: Resolved Analysis of Powder Behaviour with the Extended Discrete Element Method (XDEM) (B. Peters – F. Qi)
- 12.00: questions/scientific round table
- 12.15: Lunch
- 13.15: Modelling of Powder Flow Processes on Industrial Scales (R. Hesse)
- 13.45: questions/scientific round table
- 14.00: Links between powder surface and functional properties (C. Gaiani)
- 14.30: questions/scientific round table
- 14.45: Understanding interaction between grains by rheological measurement with the tube rheometer (J. Fiscina)
- 15.15-15.30: questions/scientific round table
- From 15.30: private meeting with companies if desired