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Kevin Myers

Professor; Graduate Chemical Engineering Program Director

Full-Time Faculty

School of Engineering: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

Profile

Dr. Myers research involves working with an industrial collaborator to find solutions to industrial fluid mixing challenges. This includes developing new hardware and the associated design procedures for miscible fluid blending, gas-liquid contacting, solid-liquid mixing and static mixer applications.

Selected Publications

• Fasano, J., E.E. Janz, and K. Myers. 2012. Design mixers to minimize effects of erosion and corrosion-erosion. International Chemical Engineering.
• Fasano, J.B., K.J. Myers, and E.E. Janz. 2011. Effect of geometric variations on the performance of gas dispersion impellers with semicircular blades. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 89, (October): 961-968.
• Myers, K.J., T. Bao, E.E. Janz, and J.B. Fasano. 2011. Suspension of solid mixtures by mechanical agitation. 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 36b, October 16-21, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Janz, E.E., K.J. Myers, J.K. Jones, and J.B. Fasano. 2011. Effective single-impeller blending in tall vessels. 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 239a, October 16-21, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Myers, K.J., J.P. Herr, and E.E. Janz. 2011. Solids suspension with angle-mounted agitators in unbaffled vessels. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 89, (August): 940-947.
• Janz, E.E., K.J. Myers, and J.B. Fasano. 2010. Turbulent power draw during abnormal agitator operation. 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 232f, November 7-12, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Fasano, J.B., K.J. Myers, and E.E. Janz. 2010. Effect of geometric variations on the performance of gas dispersion impellers with semicircular blades. Mixing XXII, June 20-25, in Victoria, British Columbia.