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The main efforts of the Complex Fluids Engineering Laboratory are focused on the relationship among microstructure, rheology and processing of rheologically complex materials (i.e. asphalts, food dispersions, lubricants, detergents, etc). Its activities started, 20 years ago, in the University of Seville. In 1994, members of its research team organised the Fourth European Rheology Conference. Since 1998, the Laboratory is located in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Huelva. |
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This Laboratory is now very well equipped and we can perform a wide variety of rheological tests on a wide spectrum of materials (from solids to Newtonian fluids). Moreover, a number of techniques to study the morphology (different kinds of electronic microscopes, particle size analyser, optical analysis under shear, etc), thermal properties (i.e. DSC calorimeter) and technological tests (i.e. penetrometer, etc) are currently available. The Laboratory is also equipped with different process pilot plants to optimise the manufacture of a broad diversity of materials. Finally, the Laboratory leads a Ph. D. Program on “Complex Fluids Engineering”, that has received a “Mention of Quality” from the Spanish “Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia”.
Director of the Complex Fluids Engineering Laboratory
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