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Work-in-Progress: Expanding Use of Affordable Transport Equipment — Fluidized Bed with Applications for Bio- and Chemical Catalysis

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 3: Work-in-Progress Part 1

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Page Count

10

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44416

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https://peer.asee.org/44416

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Zeynep Ezgi Durak Washington State University

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Zeynep Durak is a graduate research assistant at Washington State University. She is working on the design and development of low-cost miniaturized hands-on learning tools to demonstrate heat transfer and fluid mechanics concepts. Specifically she is working on the development of a fluidized bed desktop learning module and its associated learning materials.

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Bernard J. Van Wie Washington State University

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Prof. Bernard J. Van Wie received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., and did his postdoctoral work at the University of Oklahoma where he also taught as a visiting lecturer. He has been on the Washington State University (WSU) faculty for 40 years and for the past 25 years has developed a focus on miniaturized hands-on interactive learning strategies. He has been recognized through two university-wide and one national AIChE innovation awards.

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David B. Thiessen Washington State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0003-4283-5914

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David B.Thiessen received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado in
1992 and has been at Washington State University since 1994. His research interests include fluid
physics, acoustics, and engineering education.

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Olusola Adesope Washington State University

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Dr. Olusola O. Adesope is a Professor of Educational Psychology and a Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education at Washington State University, Pullman. His research is at the intersection of educational psychology, learning sciences, and instructi

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Oluwafemi Johnson Ajeigbe

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Abstract

This paper reports on the development of a new fluidized-bed desktop learning module for chemi-cal engineering students. This new module will supplement a set of existing modules developed by our group in the fluid mechanics and heat transfer domains. Packed bed/fluidized bed instruction appears in most chemical engineering curricula, but hands-on exposure is usually relegated to sen-ior-level unit operations laboratories if the equipment is available at all. We have developed a sim-ple system with manometer ports for understanding pressure losses in particle beds; our system can eventually be used for safe low-low temperature catalytic processes that can be visualized with a color change. Classroom implementation strategies, accompanying conceptual-reinforcement ma-terials, and motivational strategies will be presented.

Durak, Z. E., & Van Wie, B. J., & Thiessen, D. B., & Adesope, O., & Ajeigbe, O. J. (2023, June), Work-in-Progress: Expanding Use of Affordable Transport Equipment — Fluidized Bed with Applications for Bio- and Chemical Catalysis Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44416

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