Conference information
Registration and Overview of the sessions run
- Registration, keynotes, oral and poster presentations will all be held online
- 4 Plenary Sessions and Keynotes are to be held
- Following the keynotes, we will break into four parallel sessions. The parallel sessions will start promptly 10 min after the key notes and they are themed as:
- Parallel session 1 (Process Modelling)
- Parallel session 2 (Advanced Materials)
- Parallel session 3 (Energy and Sustainability)
- Parallel session 4 (Learning & Teaching)
- Poster session.
Instructions for Oral Presenters
- Each keynote presentation is allocated 25 min + 5 min of Q&A.
- Each regular presentation is allocated 12 min + 3 min of Q&A.
- The keynotes and regular presentations should be pre-recorded to facilitate the running of the programme but will appear live on the days.
- Live Q & A will follow the keynotes and presentations.
- We will require participants to register for the parallel sessions.
Instructions for Session Chairs
- Session Chairs will be nominated and instructed on the live operation of their sessions.
- Please arrive at the session room at least 15 minutes before the start of the session.
- Please adhere strictly to the 3 min and the 5 min Q&A after each presentation.
- Please remain until the end of the session.
Instructions for Posters Presenters
- Please stay by your poster during the poster session to answer questions.
Conference programmes
Time | Event |
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10.00-12.30 | Heads of Chemical Engineering UK (HCEUK) Meeting (Online) |
10.00 -12.30 | Registration (Online) |
13.00-13.15 |
Introduction & Welcome |
13.15-13.45 | Opening Plenary: “The Future of UK Chemical Engineering: An Interim Review”, Bill Wilkinson, CBE, FRS |
Parallel sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 Oral presentations 1. Process Modelling, 2. Advanced Materials, 3. Energy & Sustainability, 4. Learning & Teaching |
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14.00-14.15 | Presentation 1.1, Presentation 2.1, Presentation 3.1, Presentation 4.1 |
14.15-14.30 | Presentation 1.2, Presentation 2.2, Presentation 3.2, Presentation 4.2 |
14.30-14.45 | Presentation 1.3, Presentation 2.3, Presentation 3.3, Presentation 4.3 |
Break | |
15.15-15.30 | Presentation 1.4, Presentation 2.4, Presentation 3.4, Presentation 4.4 |
15.30-15.45 | Presentation 1.5, Presentation 2.5, Presentation 3.5, Presentation 4.5 |
Break | |
16.00-17.30 | Recognition of IChemE Medallists 2020 - Jon Prichard (CEO, IChemE) |
17.30-18.00 | Keynote 1: “Rethinking Future Industrial Energy Systems”, Robin Smith (University of Manchester) |
This is a provisional programme and may be subject to changes.
Time | Event |
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08.50-09.20 | Keynote 2: “Food, water, energy, is it worth cleaning up?”, Sandro Macchietto (Imperial College London) |
Parallel sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 Oral presentations 1. Process Modelling, 2. Advanced Materials, 3. Energy & Sustainability, 4. Learning & Teaching |
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09.30-09.45 | Presentation 1.6, Presentation 2.6, Presentation 3.6, Presentation 4.6 |
09.45-10.00 | Presentation 1.7, Presentation 2.7, Presentation 3.7, Presentation 4.7 |
10.00-10.15 | Presentation 1.8, Presentation 2.8, Presentation 3.8, Presentation 4.8 |
10.15-10.30 | Presentation 1.9, Presentation 2.9, Presentation 3.9, Presentation 4.9 |
10.30-11.00 | Break |
11.00-11.15 | Presentation 1.10, Presentation 2.10, Presentation 3.10, Presentation 4.10 |
11.15-11.30 | Presentation 1.11, Presentation 2.11, Presentation 3.11, Presentation 4.11 |
11.30-11.45 | Presentation 1.12, Presentation 2.12, Presentation 3.12, Presentation 4.12 |
11.45-12.00 | Presentation 1.13, Presentation 2.13, Presentation 3.13, Presentation 4.13 |
12.00-13.00 | Break |
13.00-14.00 | Poster presentations |
14.00-14.30 | Keynote 3: "Process Technology: A game for n-players", Mark Talford (Chief Executive of Britest) |
14.30-14.45 | Presentation 1.14, Presentation 2.14, Presentation 3.14, Presentation 1.21 |
14.45-15.00 | Presentation 1.15, Presentation 2.15, Presentation 3.15, Presentation 1.22 |
15.00-15.15 | Presentation 1.16, Presentation 2.16, Presentation 3.16, Presentation 1.23 |
15.15-15.45 | Break |
15.45-16.00 | Presentation 1.17, Presentation 2.17, Presentation 3.17, Presentation 2.21 |
16.15-16.30 | Presentation 1.18, Presentation 2.18, Presentation 3.18, Presentation 2.22 |
16.30-16.45 | Presentation 1.19, Presentation 2.19, Presentation 3.19, Presentation 2.23 |
16.45-17.00 | Presentation 1.20, Presentation 2.20, Presentation 2.24, Presentation 2.25 |
17.00-17.30 |
Closing session Prize for Poster Session of ChemEngDayUK2021 Handover to ChemEngDay UK2022-Queen's University Belfast |
This is a provisional programme and may be subject to changes.
Opening plenary and keynotes
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Opening Plenary Presentation: “The Future of UK Chemical Engineering: An Interim Review”. By William Wilkinson (CBE, FREng, FRS, Liveryman of the Salters’ Company, Professor & HOD Chemical Engineering, University of Bradford, 1967-1979, IChemE President, 1980; British Nuclear Fuels (1979-1994, Main Board Director, 1984-1994), Allied Colloids Ltd Bradford (non-Executive Director, 1989-1996), Chairman of the British Nuclear Industry Forum, 1992–1997; President of the European Nuclear Forum, 1994–1996). |
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Key note Presentation: “Rethinking Future Industrial Energy Systems”. By Robin Smith (FRAEng, FIChemE, CEng, IChemE Hanson Medal 1992, IChemE Sargent Medal 2018, Director of the Centre for Process Integration in the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science of the University of Manchester and co-founder of Process Integration Limited and Process Asset Integration Management Limited). |
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Key note Presentation: “Food, water, energy, is it worth cleaning up?”. By Sandro Macchietto (Cavaliere of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 2004, Professor of Process Systems Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering of Imperial College London, Director of Energy Futures Lab, Member of the Court of Imperial College and co-founder of Process Systems Enterprise Ltd and Hexxcell Ltd). |
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Key note Presentation: "Process Technology: A game for n-players". By Mark Talford (Chief Executive of Britest). Britest owns and applies a suite of proprietary process understanding tools and methodologies that have been developed and honed through years of practice and collaboration to troubleshoot and solve process problems, taking a whole process understanding approach to the design of new products and processes. |
Presentation descriptions
1.1 |
Investigating the Effect of Elevated Pressure on the Flow Characteristics and Regime Transition in a Pressurized Fluidized Bed by Electrical Capacitance Tomography Measurements |
1.2 |
A Novel Lagrangian Recurrence-Based Approach for Local and Global Description of Mixing in Multiphase Flow |
1.3 |
Numerical Study of Thermophoresis Mass Transport in Binary Fluid Mixtures Using OpenFOAM |
1.4 |
Lagrangian Stochastic Modelling of Three-Dimensional Particle-Liquid Flows |
1.5 |
Experimental and CFD Simulations on the Wettability of complex stainless steel gauze packing - Dixon Rings |
1.6 |
Process Modelling Improvements for Yield Stress Sludge and Slurry Handling at Sellafield |
1.7 |
On the existence of the yield stress in gels |
1.8 |
The Development of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Process for the Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel in the UK |
1.9 |
A model-based understanding of degradation in solid oxide electrolysis cells during syngas production |
1.10 |
Experimental and Modeling of CO2 Mineralisation in Scalable Reactor |
1.11 |
Steam-Oxygen Gasification of Refuse-Derived Fuel in Fluidized Beds: Modeling and Data Validation |
1.12 |
Mathematical Model Analysis of Woodchip IR Drying |
1.13 |
Uncertainty analysis and model reduction-based global optimisation of distributed large-scale systems |
1.14 |
Autonomous self-optimising reactors based on low-cost sensors |
1.15 |
Novel Feasible Path Optimization Algorithms for Process Flowsheet Optimization using Rigorous Models |
1.16 |
Ultrafiltration Fouling Model Development and UF System Optimisation for the Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant |
1.17 |
Unraveling Complex Oligomerization Chemistries through Reaction Pathway Analysis |
1.18 |
Is Systems Biology just a Theoretical Tool? A Study of Metabolism in Industrial CHO Cell Cultures |
1.19 |
A novel combination of scale-down techniques and design of experiments to identify operating regions for the process-scale recovery of intracellular proteins |
1.20 |
Integration of digital technologies for engineering, operation and maintenance of process plants |
1.21 |
Determination of Optimum Condenser Area in Multi-Stage MSF Desalination Plants using gPROMS with Economic and Environmental Analysis |
1.22 |
Optimal cleaning schedule of air coolers in concentrated solar power plants |
1.23
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Modelling and simulation of multi effect distillation and solar powered multistage humidification-dehumidification hybrid process for seawater desalination |
2.1 |
Numerical Modelling and Simulation of Volume Variation of pH Sensitive Anionic Hydrogels |
2.2 |
Dissolution of Surfactant Lamellar Phases |
2.3 |
Foam stability under external electric fields |
2.4 |
Application of Nano materials for the treatment of Produced water |
2.5 |
TiO2 based Nanocomposite Hydrogel for Solar Disinfection |
2.6 |
Functionalised Nanoparticles Assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery |
2.7 |
Nanoparticle Modified Polyacrylamide for Enhanced Oil Recovery at Harsh Conditions |
2.8 |
Internal mixing effect of pure viscoelastic fluid during displacement in microchannel |
2.9 |
Microfluidic Synthesis in an Advanced Flow Reactor: A Case Study of Silver Nanoparticles |
2.10 |
Hydrodynamic Flow Focusing for Fouling-Free Production of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles |
2.11 |
Prediction of powdered API gravimetric feeding performance from bulk material properties; a material properties library approach |
2.12 |
Investigating the Intermediate Regime of Granular Materials |
2.13 |
Spray drying TiO2 dispersions, the influence of formulation on inter-particulate forces and subsequent spray dried granule characteristics |
2.14 |
Microencapsulation of fish oil for tableting |
2.15 |
The Arabinoxylan Story |
2.16 |
Predicting Crystal Breakage in Pharmaceutical Agitated Dryers |
2.17 |
Protein crystallisation with high protein-loading silica |
2.18 |
Real-Time X-ray Imaging of Nucleation and Crystal Growth during Continuous Anti-Solvent Crystallisation |
2.19 |
Process induced surface property variation for crystalline pharmaceutical solids |
2.20 |
The Influence of Counterion Selection on Electrostatic Properties of Pharmaceutical Salts |
2.21 |
Advancing the nucleation of peptides using organic templates: The case study of human insulin |
2.22 |
On the reactivity of highly dilute alloys for the NO reduction reaction |
2.23 |
Simulations of carbon fibre reinforced composites |
2.24 |
Analysis of Physio-chemical Properties of Salt |
2.25 |
Case Study: Packing and Filling of Powders at Pilot Scale |
3.1 |
Modelling and design of the porous electrode microstructure for fuel cells and batteries using a 3D pore-scale lattice Boltzmann model |
3.2 |
Dynamic behaviour of a single polypropylene particle in bubbling fluidised bed reactors |
3.3 |
New Strategies for Sustainable Synthesis of Bio-Derived Chemicals through Coupled Dehydrogenation/Hydrogenation Processes: A Fascinating Challenge |
3.4 |
Understanding Cleaning using Chemical Engineering |
3.5 |
Intensified continuous solvent extraction in pharmaceutical processes using ionic liquids |
3.6 |
Optimisation of cesium and strontium removal by ion-exchange column using natural clinoptilolite |
3.7 |
Funnelling strategy for production of a single-component chemical from lignin |
3.8 |
Avoidance of the operational problem of Bed Agglomeration during Gasification of Barley Straw in Fluidized bed energy generation technologies. |
3.9 |
Optimal electric vehicle charging schedule considering user travel behaviour and distributed energy resource availability |
3.10 |
Biogas Upgrade using biomass based physical Activated carbons |
3.11 |
Analysis of flexible operation of CO2 capture plants: Predicting solvent emissions from conventional and advanced amine systems |
3.12 |
Kinetic evaluation of CO2 adsorption over micro and mesoporous activated carbons produced from low-value coal tar distillation products |
3.13 |
Microalgae technology for wastewater and waste treatment |
3.14 |
Energy efficient recycling of thermosets |
3.15 |
Development of an Automated Gas Phase Catalytic Microreactor Platform for Kinetic Studies |
3.16 |
CO2 Pipeline Transportation: Why Supercritical? |
3.17 |
Development of Oil Spill Monitoring Sensors Using Polymer-based Materials |
3.18 |
Upcycling of Elastomeric Waste Residues into Valuable Acoustic & Thermal Insulation Materials |
3.19 |
Modification of Bio-based PLLA to Improve Properties |
4.1 |
From laboratory based experiments to plant design: A students’ journey |
4.2 |
The use of real world problems as an educational tool in Biochemical Engineering and related disciplines |
4.3 |
How students work in project teams |
4.4 |
An investigation into the use of the Microsoft Office 365 toolkit to manage group projects in Undergraduate Chemical Engineering |
4.5 |
Using a Game to Introduce Design to Mid-First Year Chemical Engineering Students |
4.6 |
Teaching with Technology: Investigation of online assessment software, WeBWork, in an introductory probability and statistics course |
4.7 |
Kitchen ChemEng: Teaching Equilibrium Stage Processes Using Classroom Demonstrations |
4.8 |
A cross-cultural study on the perception of the use of immersive virtual reality in health and safety training for professional chemical engineers |
4.9 |
Career Options for Early-Stage Researchers – Navigating through the Crossroads of Professional Development |
P1 |
Rheological Characterization of Non-Newtonian Bubble Suspensions |
P2 |
Application of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) to Understanding Interparticle Interactions in Organic Crystallising Systems |
P3 |
Reactive Inkjet Printing of Silk Fibroin Self-Propelled Particles and Comparative Analysis of Their Propulsion Mechanisms |
P4 |
Structure and Content of BEng Chemical Engineering Programmes in the UK, relative to the Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Education Model |
P5 |
Detection of micro and nanoplastics in water samples using Pyrolysis-Gas chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (PY-GC/MS) |
P6 |
ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS FOR NEXT GENERATION STIRRED TANK CONTROL |
P7 |
Towards Sustainable Road Transport: A Life Cycle Assessment of a Fuel Cell Vehicle |
P8 |
Multi-objective optimisation for pharmaceutical process development |
P9 |
Effects of ingredients and processing conditions on the expansion capacity of bread doughs |
P10 |
An electrochemical investigation probing the corrosivity of Ionic Liquids |
P11 |
Enhanced flexibility in biomass pyrolysis through heating strategies |
P12 |
Biochemical engineering of Carbon di-oxide Supply in a Microalgae Cultivation |
P13 |
Kinetic Modelling of the Ammonia Temperature Programmed Desorption of ZSM-5 |
P14 |
Nitrogen doped activated carbon electrodes for supercapacitor applications |
P15 |
Enhancement of carbohydrate production in Chlorella vulgaris bioprocess using nutrient modification |
P16 |
Disentangling the co-adsorption of water and carbon dioxide on amine-functionalised solid sorbents used for carbon capture from ambient air |
P17 |
Real-time Monitoring of CaCO3 Nucleation and Growth by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
P18 |
Effect of temperature and bath constituents on nickel deposition from sulfamate baths |
P19 |
Performance evaluation of a medium-scale reverse osmosis brackish water desalination plant with different types of membranes |
P20 |
The Development and Optimisation of “The Bradford Titanium Process” |
P21 |
A novel hybrid system of multi effect distillation_ thermal vapor compression and double reverse osmosis processes for seawater desalination: Process description and performance assessment |
P22 |
CO2 Photo-reduction Using MOF-Semiconductor Composites |
P23 |
A novel combination of scale-down techniques and design of experiments to identify operating regions for the process-scale recovery of intracellular proteins |
P24 |
Hydrodynamic Flow Focusing for Fouling-Free Production of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles |
P25 |
Steam-Oxygen Gasification of Refuse-Derived Fuel in Fluidized Beds: Modeling and Data Validation |
P26 |
Simulations of carbon fibre reinforced composites |
P27 |
Spray drying TiO2 dispersions, the influence of formulation on inter-particulate forces and subsequent spray dried granule characteristics |
P28 |
Dynamic behaviour of a single polypropylene particle in bubbling fluidised bed reactors |
P29 |
New Strategies for Sustainable Synthesis of Bio-Derived Chemicals |
P30 |
Dissolution of Surfactant Lamellar Phases |
P31 |
Intensified continuous solvent extraction in pharmaceutical processes using ionic liquids |
P32 |
Ultrafiltration Fouling Model Development and UF System Optimisation for the Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant |
P33 |
Optimisation of cesium and strontium removal by ion-exchange column using natural clinoptilolite |
P34 |
Predicting Crystal Breakage in Pharmaceutical Agitated Dryers |
P35 |
TiO2 based Nanocomposite Hydrogel for Solar Disinfection |
P36 |
The Arabinoxylan Story |
P37 |
On the reactivity of highly dilute alloys for the NO reduction reaction |
P38 |
Nanoparticle Modified Polyacrylamide for Enhanced Oil Recovery at Harsh Conditions |
P39 |
Microfluidic Synthesis in an Advanced Flow Reactor: A Case Study of Silver Nanoparticles |
P40 |
Functionalised Nanoparticles Assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery |
P41 |
Real-Time X-ray Imaging of Nucleation and Crystal Growth during Continuous Anti-Solvent Crystallisation |
P42 |
The Development of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Process for the Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel in the UK |
P43 |
Avoidance of the operational problem of Bed Agglomeration during Gasification of Barley Straw in Fluidized bed energy generation technologies. |
P44 |
Numerical modelling of liquid-solid flow in the thickening process |
P45 |
Biogas Upgrade using biomass based physical Activated carbons |
P46
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Kinetic evaluation of CO2 adsorption over micro and mesoporous activated carbons produced from low-value coal tar distillation products |
P47 |
Teaching with Technology: Investigation of online assessment software, WeBWork, in an introductory probability and statistics course |
P48 |
The Influence of Counterion Selection on Electrostatic Properties of Pharmaceutical Salts |
P49 |
Development of an Automated Gas Phase Catalytic Microreactor Platform for Kinetic Studies |