Practical Aspects of Chemical Engineering: Selected Contributions from PAIC 2017

Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
 Silage of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) as a Bioenergy Feedstock in Poland  (Mariusz Adamski, Waldemar Szaferski, Piotr Gulewicz, Włodzimierz Majtkowski)....Pages 1-15
 Process Intensification in Practice: Ethylene Glycol Case Study  (Magda H. Barecka, Mirko Skiborowski, Andrzej Górak)....Pages 17-34
 Problems of Heat Transfer in Agitated Vessels  (Magdalena Cudak, Marta Major-Godlewska, Joanna Karcz)....Pages 35-50
 Non-invasive Measurement of Interfacial Surface States  (Krystian Czernek, Małgorzata Płaczek)....Pages 51-65
 The Influence of Rotating Magnetic Field on Biochemical Processing  (Radosław Drozd, Agata Wasak, Maciej Konopacki, Marian Kordas, Rafał Rakoczy)....Pages 67-83
 Chemical Processing of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and Grass Mixtures in Terms of Biogas Yield in Poland  (Karol Durczak, Mariusz Adamski, Piotr Tomasz Mitkowski, Waldemar Szaferski, Piotr Gulewicz, Włodzimierz Majtkowski)....Pages 85-99
 Analysis of Flow Through the Entry Region of a Channel with Metal Foam Packing  (Roman Dyga, Małgorzata Płaczek, Stanisław Witczak, Krystian Czernek)....Pages 101-112
 CFD Modelling of Liquid-Liquid Multiphase Slug Flow with Reaction  (Jakub Dzierla, Maciej Staszak, Krzysztof Alejski)....Pages 113-126
 Effect of Blade Shape on Unsteady Mixing of Gas-Liquid Systems  (Sebastian Frankiewicz, Szymon Woziwodzki)....Pages 127-136
 Supercritical Fluids in Green Technologies  (Marek Henczka, Małgorzata Djas, Jan Krzysztoforski)....Pages 137-148
 The Application of CFD Methods for Modeling of a Three-Phase Fixed-Bed Reactor  (Daniel Janecki, Grażyna Bartelmus, Andrzej Burghardt)....Pages 149-167
 The Use of Spray Drying in the Production of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials with Defined Porous Structure  (Teofil Jesionowski, Beata Michalska, Marcin Wysokowski, Łukasz Klapiszewski)....Pages 169-183
 Applications and Properties of Physical Gels Obtained on the Basis of Cellulose Derivatives  (Patrycja Komorowska, Jacek Różański)....Pages 185-200
 The Characterization of the Residence Time Distribution in a Fluid Mixer by Means of the Information Entropy  (Marian Kordas, Daniel Pluskota, Rafał Rakoczy)....Pages 201-216
 Selected Aspects of Dust Removal from Gas Stream for Chamber Separators  (Andżelika Krupińska, Marek Ochowiak, Sylwia Włodarczak)....Pages 217-229
 Cleaning Porous Materials Using Supercritical Fluids  (Jan Krzysztoforski, Marek Henczka)....Pages 231-242
 Large Eddy Simulations on Selected Problems in Chemical Engineering  (Łukasz Makowski, Krzysztof Wojtas)....Pages 243-261
 Practical Aspects of Settling Tanks Design  (Małgorzata Markowska, Szymon Woziwodzki, Magdalena Matuszak, Marek Ochowiak)....Pages 263-274
 Aerosol Therapy Development and Methods of Increasing Nebulization Effectiveness  (Magdalena Matuszak, Marek Ochowiak, Michał Doligalski)....Pages 275-289
 Hydraulic Mixing  (Piotr Tomasz Mitkowski, Waldemar Szaferski, Mariusz Adamski)....Pages 291-306
 Chemical Engineering in Biomedical Problems—Selected Applications  (Arkadiusz Moskal, Tomasz R. Sosnowski)....Pages 307-318
 Hybrid and Non-stationary Drying—Process Effectiveness and Products Quality  (Grzegorz Musielak, Dominik Mierzwa, Andrzej Pawłowski, Kinga Rajewska, Justyna Szadzińska)....Pages 319-337
 The Use of Pressure Membrane Separation for Heavy Metal Removal or Recovery  (Arkadiusz Nędzarek)....Pages 339-347
 Prospective Application of High Energy Mixing for Powder Flow Enhancement and Better Performance of Hydrogen and Energy Storage Systems  (Ireneusz Opaliński, Karolina Leś, Sylwia Kozdra, Mateusz Przywara, Jerome Chauveau, Anthony Bonnet)....Pages 349-361
 Superheated Steam Drying of Solid Fuels: Wood Biomass and Lignite  (Zdzisław Pakowski, Robert Adamski)....Pages 363-375
 Extensional Flow of Polymer Solutions Through the Porous Media  (Sylwia Różańska)....Pages 377-393
 Measuring Techniques and Potential Applications of Interface Rheology  (Jacek Różański, Joanna Kmiecik-Palczewska)....Pages 395-408
 An Effective Production of Bacterial Biosurfactant in the Bioreactor  (Wojciech Smułek, Agata Zdarta, Ewa Kaczorek)....Pages 409-422
 Reduction of Energy Consumption in Gas-Liquid Mixture Production Using a Membrane Diffuser and HE-3X Stirrer  (Waldemar Szaferski)....Pages 423-436
 Atomizers with the Swirl Motion Phenomenon  (Sylwia Włodarczak, Marek Ochowiak, Magdalena Matuszak)....Pages 437-452
 Process Data Modeling—New Challenges for Education of Chemical Engineers  (Szymon Woziwodzki, Igor Ośkiewicz)....Pages 453-465