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EPSRC Reference:	GR/S53619/01
Title:	Granular and Fluid Flow Studies Using Positron Emitting Radiotracers
Principal Investigator:	Parker, Professor DJ
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Department:	School of Physics and Astronomy
Organisation:	University of Birmingham
Scheme:	Senior Fellowship (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 January 2004	Ends:	31 December 2008	Value (£):	242,009
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Fluid Dynamics Multiphase Flow
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Aerospace, Defence and Marine Manufacturing Chemicals Food and Drink Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Energy Water
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 02 May 2003 Engineering Fellowships Sift Panel 2003 Deferred 10 Jul 2003 Fellowships Central Allocation Panel Deferred
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The medical imaging technique of positron emission tomography (PET) is being exploited only at Birmingham for engineering studies involving granular or multi-phase flow, mainly through the use of positron emisison particle tracking (PEPT). The Positron Imaging Centre is already recognised as a national resource for flow studies. I propose to continue developing the tracking technique, taking advantage of improved detector systems (most immediately a medical PET scanner which has just been donated to me) to locate more frequently and more accurately so as to study in detail particle motion between interparticle collisions and during collisions with walls, to develop flexible modular detector systems for use on larger flow setups, to develop combined PET/CT systems for correlating individual particle motion with fluctuations in the surrounding bulk, to perfect techniques for following the rotation of large particles, and to extend our work to the biological area by tracking individual blood cells. All these developments will be exploited through existing collaborations with academic and industrial engineers, to gain further insight into granular and multi-phase fluid flow inside real process equipment. A particularly important area is experimental validation of computational models (CFD and DEM) used to predict such flows.
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