Western Fluidization Group


Students in front of Spencer Engineering Building
Franco Berruti in the large fluid bed coker in the T. E. Base Syncrude Pilot Plant Lab at Western

Current Projects

Agglomerate stability in a fluidized bed
Project Leader: Sarah Weber with F. Berruti and C. Briens

Characterization of multi-phase flow using capacitance tomography
Project Leader: Bashar Hadi with F. Berruti and C. Briens

Defluidized zones in slurry bubble columns
Project Leader: Ahad Emami with C. Briens

Drying of soft gelatin capsules
Project Leader: William Brennan with L. Briens and C. Briens

On-line monitoring of fluidization quality
Project Leader: Garret Book with L. Briens and C. Briens

Fluidized bed drying of pharmaceutical granules
Project Leader: Megan Bojarra with L. Briens

Pharmaceutical wet high-shear granulation
Project Leader: Erin Hansuld with L. Briens

Development of a mechanical demister for bio-oil
Project Leader: Ran Xu with F. Berruti and C. Briens

Development of an electrostatic demister for bio-oil
Project Leader: Rohan Bedmutha with F. Berruti and C. Briens

Thermal and catalytic gasification of bio-oil into syngas in a fluidized bed reactor
Project Leader: Mohammad Latifi with F. Berruti and C. Briens

Development of attrition nozzles
Project Leader: Nestor Cruz with F. Berruti and C. Briens

Effect of pulsations on jet-bed interaction
Project Leader: Rana Sabouni with F. Berruti and C. Briens

Attrition nozzles in hot fluidized beds
Project Leader: Feng Li with F. Berruti and C. Briens

Jet-bed interaction with commercial scale spray nozzles
Project Leader: Massoumeh Farkhondeh with F. Berruti and C. Briens