As. Dr. Ana Lakota Družina

Chair of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana
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BIOGRAPHY   Education University Diploma 1979, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. M. Sc. 1987, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Ph. D. 1991, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Post-doctoral Education 1994 (1 month), Ecole Natl. Super Ind. Chim., CNRS, Lab Sci. Genie. Chim., Nancy, France. Teaching Positions Assistant 1981-. Awards Krka Award for students 1979.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS    Undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICUM (30-1009)(CMEMICAL ENGINEERING major) CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICUM (30-0149) ( CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY professional) FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES - PRACTICUM (30-0146) (CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, professional) FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES - TUTORIALS (30-0015) (CHEMISTRY major) PROCESS PLANNING AND ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING – TUTORIALS (30-1010) (CMEMICAL ENGINEERING major) COMPUTATION AND INFORMATICS – TUTORIALS (30-0127)(CHEMICAL TECNOLOGY professional)
RESEARCH INTERESTS (More information at SICRIS)   Research Fields  Hydrodynamics and mass transfer characteristics of two-phase system device (bubble column) Hydrodynamics and mass transfer characteristics in a three-phase system (cocurrent packed bed under different flow conditions) Modeling of trickle-bed reactors Participation in Current Research Projects P0-0519-0103 “Chemical Engineering” (primary investigator professor dr. Tine Koloini) Selected publications (For complete bibliography click COBISS) GOTO, Shigeo, LAKOTA, Ana, LEVEC, Janez. Effectiveness factors of nth order kinetics  in trickle-bed reactors. Chem. eng. sci.. [Print ed.], 1981, vol. 36, no. 1, str. 157-162. LAKOTA, Ana, LEVEC, Janez. Solid-liquid mass transfer in packed beds with cocurrent downward two-phase flow. AIChE j., 1990, vol. 36, no. 9, str. 1444-1448. LEVEC, Janez, LAKOTA, Ana. Liquid-solid mass transfer in packed beds with concurrent downward two-phase flow. V: QUINTARD, Michel (ur.), TODOROVIĆ, Marija (ur.). ICHMT international seminar held in Dubrovnik, May 20-24, 1991. Heat and mass transfer in porous media, (Proceedings of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer). Amsterdam [etc.]: Elsevier, 1992, str. 663-672. LAKOTA, Ana, JAZBEC, Melita, LEVEC, Janez. Impact of structured packing on bubble column mass transfer characteristics. Part 2., Analysis of gas-liquid mass transfer measurements = Vpliv strukturiranega polnila na transportne lastnosti v koloni z mehurčki. Del 2., Analiza meritev snovnega transporta plin-kapljevina. Acta chim. slov., September 2002, letn. 49, št. 3, str. 587-604. LAKOTA, Ana, LEVEC, Janez, CARBONELL, Ruben G. Hydrodynamics of trickling flow in packed beds : relative permeability concept. AIChE j., 2002, vol. 48, no. 4, str. 731-738.