CHoPS 2027 welcomes original contributions across the full spectrum of particulate systems, granular materials and process innovation. The conference explores granular behaviour from fundamental science through to full-scale engineering applications across a wide range of sectors.
Main Topics
- 1. Sustainability of particulate processes (waste and recycling, low-carbon processes, process intensification, circular economy)
- 2. Bulk solids transportation and logistics (bulk terminal and plant design, system-level design)
- 3. Conveying and storage of bulk solids (pneumatic conveying, mechanical conveying, silo & hopper design)
- 4. Processes with extreme environments and resources (deep sea, extreme temperatures, outer-space/low-gravityapplications)
- 5. Powder processing (compaction and tabletting, drying, coating, additive manufacturing)
- 6. Food production and processing (mixing, drying, packaging)
- 7. Energy applications (battery and energy storage, thermochemical and reactive granular systems, energy management, energy carriers, particles for catalysis, particles for CO2 capture)
- 8. Multiphase flow & fluidisation (fundamentals, heat/mass transfer, dense suspension, chemical looping, reactors, fluids with bubbles and particles)
- 9. Metallurgical processes with granular materials (interactions in metallurgical reactors, additive manufacturing)
- 10. Granular flow in natural environments (natural hazards, avalanching, erosion and sediment transport)
- 11. Particle and particulate systems characterisation (invasive and non-invasive measurement techniques, fundamentals and standards, particle morphology and properties, nanoparticles and aerosols, sampling, CPT / intruders)
- 12. Digitalisation of powder & bulk material handling plants and components (IoT, sensor-based monitoring, process control, digital twins, AI technologies)
- 13. Fundamentals – from particle contact to bulk behaviour (dense suspension, rheology, geomechanical processes, granular physics)
- 14. Processes with evolving particle sizes (granulation, sintering, comminution, milling, grinding)
- 15. Emerging applications - beyond conventional use of particles (particle-based metastructures, granular grippers)
- 16. Education (how to educate future-proof academics and engineers)
Challenges
In addition to the topic area, each submission should identify the core challenge it addresses:
- Segregation and mixing
- Separation and sorting
- Wear, attrition and dust
- Coating and reacting
- Flow and storage
- Production and logistics
- Sensing and automation
- Scale-up
Techniques
Submitters may indicate the methods used in their work:
- Experiment
- Theory
- Simulation
- Design
- AI