Current activities
17TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MIXING
Thank you for joining the conference!
Mixing Awards
2023 Alvin and Helen Nienow Lifetime Recognition Award in Mixing
Laureate: Professor Alain Liné
For details see "Awards"
Spotlight Talk
| Date | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2022 |
Overcoming challenges in mixing processes with evolving rheology Working Party on Mixing |
Recording (YouTube) |
| 1 December 2020 | Multiscale Mixing in Multiphase Flows Working Parties on Mixing & Multiphase Fluid Flow |
Recording (YouTube) |
Mission, objectives and history of the Working Party
Mission
The Working Party on Mixing brings together academics and industrialists from all over Europe to make advances in the science and engineering of mixing in the process industries.
Mixing applications extend to a wide range of industries, including fine chemicals, agrichemicals, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, biotechnology, polymer processing, cosmetics and consumer products, food, water treatment, pulp and paper, and minerals processing. These involve diverse mixing operations including:
- Single phase mixing, from turbulent to laminar flow
- Dispersions and multiphase mixing
- Mixing of products high viscosity and complex rheology
- Mixing in reactive flows
- Heat transfer and mixing
Depending on the application, diverse types of mixing technology are used, such as batch, and semi-batch tanks, continuous flow mixers (e.g. inline mixers, static mixers), as well novel equipment types, including those used for process intensification.
OBJECTIVES
- To provide a place/framework for academics and industrialists to exchange ideas and identify topics and challenges that are important for the development of new and improved industrial mixing processes.
- To promote collaboration between both academics and industry in order to tackle the challenges identified and to develop new techniques and tools that will lead to improved and/or novel mixing processes.
- To ensure an exchange of ideas and scientific knowledge with other EFCE working parties to more effectively improve specific mixing applications.
- To maintain an active and well-knit international community in the field of mixing
- via the organization of the European Conference on Mixing every three years,
- by ensuring a liaison with the North American Mixing Forum and national working parties.
HISTORY
Special sessions devoted to mixing in national, as well as international conferences on chemical engineering have existed since the 1950s. Later, recurrent demands in mixing research and development in the chemical and food industries gave rise to specialized mixing conferences in the 1970s.
During the 1st European Conference on Mixing, which was held in Cambridge UK in 1974, experts from several European countries decided to set up a Preparatory Committee for a Working Party on Mixing within the European Federation of Chemical Engineering. This Committee met at the occasion of the 2nd European Conference on Mixing in the Chemical and Allied Industry held in Mons, Belgium, in 1977 and decided to set up the Working Party.
The establishment of the Working Party on Mixing was approved by the General Assembly of the EFCE in 1977. The inaugural meeting took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on the occasion of the 6th International CHISA Congress in 1978. Until 1986, when the first chairman was appointed, the Secretariat of the WPM was run on an honorary basis by the Czechoslovak Society of Chemical Engineering.
SECRETARIAT
| Chairperson | Secretary | |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 – 1987 | Prof. J. Skřivánek | Dr. I. Fořt |
| 1987 – 2004 | Prof. P. Ditl | Dr. I. Fořt |
| 2004 – 2012 | Dr. J. Bertrand | Dr. M. Poux (2004 – 2009) Dr. J. Aubin (2009 – 2012) |
| 2012 - 2019 | Prof. J. Baldyga | Dr. J. Aubin |
| 2019 - 2020 | Dr. J. Aubin (interim chair) |
Working Party Members
Delegates & Elected Members
| Rufat Abiev | Dept. of Optimization of Chemical and Biotechnological Equipment, St Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Russia Contact |
| Ville Alopaeus | Aalto University, Espoo, Finland Contact |
| Joelle Aubin (Chair) |
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, University of Toulouse, France Contact |
| Andrea Ducci | Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom Contact |
| Daniela Dzhonova | Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Contact |
| Cláudio Fonte (Secretary) |
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom Contact |
| Magdalena Jasińska |
Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, Warszawa, Poland Contact |
| Tomas Jirout | Dept. of Process Engineering, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Contact |
| Adam Kowalski | Unilever, Port Sunlight, United Kingdom Contact |
| Matthias Kraume | TU Berlin, Germany Contact |
| José Carlos Lopes | Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal Contact |
| Giuseppina Montante | Dept. of Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy Contact |
| Jérome Morchain | INSA, University of Toulouse, France Contact |
| Gul Ozcan-Taskin | Dept. Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Contact |
| Gustavo Padron | Framatome Limited, United Kingdom Contact |
| Anders Rasmuson | Dept. Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Contact |
| Joachim Ritter | Bayer AG, Germany Contact |
| Francesca Scargiali |
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy Contact |
| Luis Sierra | Organon, Switzerland Contact |
| Marcel Suhner | Sulzer Chemtech, Switzerland Contact |
| Radek Sulc | Dept. of Process Engineering, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Contact |
| Harry Van den Akker | Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland Contact |
Guest MEMBERS
HONARY MEMBERS
| Joël Bertrand |
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, University of Toulouse, France Contact |
| Alvin Nienow | † 5 November 2022 (An Obituary and Memorial by Arthur W. Etchells, DuPont Fellow emeritus) |
| Serafim Vlaev | Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Contact |
| Martine Poux | Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, University of Toulouse, France Contact |
JERZY BALDYGA
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the sudden passing of Prof. Jerzy Baldyga on 19th November 2019. Jerzy was the current Chairperson of the Working Pary of Mixing. Most importantly, Jerzy was an outstanding scientist and leader in the field of mixing and chemical engineering, and an exceptional person.
Obituary
Events
17th European Conference on Mixing
Porto, Portugal, 2-5 July 2023
Thenak you for your participation.
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN MIXING IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES
29 and 30 June 2021
Disruptions due to COVID-19
The 2020 business meeting of the Working Party on Mixing was planned to be held during CHISA 2020 in August. However due to the COVID-19 crisis and the decision to postpone CHISA, the business meeting for the Working Party on Mixing is also postponed. More information will follow in due time.
Two other mixing conferences for the community have also been postponed:
- ISMIP10, Kobe (Japan), originally planned for 29 June – 2 July 2020, has been postponed until 2021. Information will be found on http://ismip10.com/ in due course.
- Mixing XXVII, Niagara Falls (Canada), originally planned for June 2020 has been postponed until June 19-24, 2022. Information will be found on https://mixing.net
17th European Conference on Mixing
Porto (Portugal), 27-30 June 2021
The next European Conference on Mixing will be held in Port, Portugal in June 2021. The conference chair is Prof. José Carlos Lopes, the Portuguese delegate to the Working Party on Mixing of EFCE.
More information can be found at http://mixing17.eu
Mixing Awards
LIFETIME RECOGNITION AWARD
The Lifetime Recognition Award is given every 3 years to a member of the EFCE member countries in recognition of their outstanding contribution to Mixing Science and Technology in Europe. The award is presented at every European Mixing Conference. The next award will be presented at the the 17th European Conference on Mixing.
2023
The 2023 Alvin and Helen Nienow Lifetime Recognition Award was presented to
Professor Alain Liné, France,
at the 17th European Conference on Mixing in Porto, Portugal.
Press release
2021
The 2021 Nienow Lifetime Recognition Award was presented to
Professor Alberto Brucato, Italy, and Professor Matthias Kraume, Germany,
at the online event "PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN MIXING IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES" on 30 June 2021.
Programme 30 June (European Mixing Awards).
Press release
Alberto Brucato
Matthias Kraume
2018
The 2018 award was presented to
Professor Michael Yianneski, United Kingdom
at the 16th European Conference on Mixing in Toulouse and was sponsored by UNILEVER.
Prof. Adam Kowalski (Unilever) presents Prof. Michael Yianneskis (UCL) with the Lifetime Recognition Award in Mixing at Mixing16 in Toulouse, September 2018.
YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD
The Young Researcher Award was established in 2000 to encourage and recognize young researchers for their quality research in the area of mixing. Any young researcher (less than 35 years old) who has completed their PhD in mixing in a European university and is currently active in the mixing research, science and technology is eligible. The award is presented during the European Conference on Mixing held every 3 years.
2023
The 2023 Young Researcher Award in Mixing , sponsored by Ekato, was to
Dr. Margarida Brito
at the 17th European Conference on Mixing in Porto, Portugal.
She was selected by the jury of the EFCE Working Party on Mixing for her excellent PhD thesis on “Mixing Mechanisms in 2D reactors”. Extended abstract
The Award is generously sponsored by EKATO.
2020/2021
The 2020/2021 Young Researcher Award in Mixing , sponsored by Ekato, was presented to
Dr. Lena Hohl and Dr. Franceso Maluta
at the online event "PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN MIXING IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES" on 30 June 2021.
Programme 30 June (European Mixing Awards)
Lena Hohl
Francesco Maluta
2018
The 2018 Young Researcher Award was presented to
Dr. Federico Alberini
at the 16th European Conference on Mixing in Toulouse in September 2018 for his work on the use of advanced experimental techniques to improve mixing of complex fluids. The cash prize was suppported by Bayer and the EFCE. The runner-up was Dr. Antonio Buffo, University of Torino, Italy.
Prof. Jerzy Baldyga, Chairman of the EFCE Working Party on Mixing, presents Dr. Federico Alberini (University of Birmingham) with the 2018 Young Researcher Award in Mixing at Mixing16 held in September 2018 in Toulouse, France
PAST AWARD WINNERS
| Young Researcher Award | Lifetime Recognition Award | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Giorgio Micale (Italy) | John Smith (UK) |
| 2003 | Joëlle Aubin (France) | Alvin Nienow (UK) |
| 2006 | Giuseppina Montante (Italy) | John Bourne (Switzerland) & Ivan Fort (Czech Republic) |
| 2009 | Andrea Ducci (UK) | Joël Bertrand (France) |
| 2012 | Sebastian Maaß (Germany) | Franco Magelli (Italy) |
| 2015 | Claudio A. Pereira da Fonte (Portugal) | Harry van den Akker (The Netherlands & Ireland) |
| 2018 | Federico Alberini (UK) | Michael Yianneskis (UK) |
| 2020/2021 | Dr. Lena Hohl and Dr. Franceso Maluta | Alberto Brucato (Italy) and Matthias Kraume (Germany) |
2006
Lifetime Recognition Award Winners in Bologna, 2006 (from left to right): John Smith, Alvin Nienow, John Bourne, Ivan Fort.
2012
Young Researcher Award winners taken in Poland, 2012 (from left to right): Andrea Ducci, Giuseppina Montante, Joëlle Aubin, Sebastian Maaß.
2015
Prof. Harry van den Akker receives the BHR Group Award for Lifetime Recognition in Mixing presented by Dr. Gül Özcan-Taskin at the 15th European Conference on Mixing in St. Petersburg, June 2015.
2015
Dr. Claudio Antonio Pereira da Fonte, 2015 winner of the Young Researcher Award presented in St. Petersburg, June 2015.
2018
Young Researcher Award winners in Toulouse, 2018 (from left to right): Andrea Ducci, Federico Alberini, Joëlle Aubin, Giuseppina Montante, Claudio Pereira da Fonte.
Previous activities/Archives
PREVIOUS EUROPEAN CONFERENCES ON MIXING
- 1st European Conference on Mixing, 1974, Cambridge, UK
- 2nd European Conference on Mixing in the Chemical and Allied Industries, February 1977, Mons, Belgium
- 3rd European Conference on Mixing, April 1979, York, UK
- 4th European Conference on Mixing, 27-29 April 1982, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands
- 5th European Conference on Mixing, 10-12 June 1985, Würzburg, Germany
- 6th European Conference on Mixing, 24-26 May 1988, Pavia, Italy
- 7th European Conference on Mixing, 18-20 September 1991, Brugges, Belgium
- 8th European Conference on Mixing, 21-23 September 1994, Cambridge, UK
- 9th European Conference on Mixing, 18-21 March 1997, Paris, France
- 10th European Conference on Mixing, 2-5 July 2000, Delft, Netherlands
- 11th European Conference on Mixing, 14-17 October 2003, Bamberg, Germany
- 12th European Conference on Mixing, 27-30 June 2006, Bologna, Italy
- 13th European Conference on Mixing, 14-17 April 2009, London, UK
- 14th European Conference on Mixing, 10-14 September 2012, Warsaw, Poland
- 15th European Conference on Mixing, 28 June – 3 July 2015, St Petersburg, Russia
- 16th European Conference on Mixing, 9-12 September 2018, Toulouse, France
16th European Conference on Mixing,
9-12 September 2018, Toulouse France
Joelle Aubin, Conference Chair, and the Organizing Committee – Martine Poux, Jérôme Morchain & Alain Liné, would like to thank the all of the participants, the Keynote presenters, the Scientific Committee and the sponsors of the conference for their contribution and involvement in the 16th European Conference on Mixing. Thanks to you all, Mixing 16 was a real success!
The conference attracted more than 180 participants from over 30 countries around the world. The scientific program was rich with keynote lectures from five internationally renowned mixing experts, 48 oral presentations and more than 80 poster presentations on core mixing operations in batch, semi-batch and continuous flows, as well as in novel equipment types.
MINUTES OF PAST BUSINESS MEETINGS
Since 2017:
- 2017 – Birmingham, United Kingdom
- 2017 – Barcelona, Spain
- 2018 - Toulouse, France
- 2019 - Florence, Italy