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EPSRC Reference: GR/K33279/01
Title: APPLICATIONS OF NMR IN PROCESS ENGINEERING II
Principal Investigator: Gladden, Professor L
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Department: Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Organisation: University of Cambridge
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 1994 Ends: 31 March 1998 Value (£): 265,819
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Image & Vision Computing
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Manufacturing Chemicals
Food and Drink Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
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The aim of the proposed research programme is to establish a centre of expertise in the application of NMR to diffusion, reaction and flow problems of relevance to, and for use the UK academic process engineering community. There exist three themes to the programme.i) To consolidate and extend our expertise in the application of spectroscopy, PGSE and imaging NMR techniques to studies of adsorption and transport in porous solids, as well as to the characterisation of porous media in general. These studies will be performed in parallel with numerical modelling studies of the same phenomena, with particular emphasis on the optimisation of selectivity in adsorptionbased separation and catalytic processes. We will also increase the time allocated to the in-situ study of catalytic processes and deactivation phenomena.ii) To study flowing systems. Studies will include transport in packed beds, soils and chromatrographic columns, foam drainage and the flow of concentrated suspensions.iii) To study the effect of processing on product microstructure, with particular application in the food industry and materials processing. Probes offering special environment for in-situ study of particular processing operations will be constructed.
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