Projects
Computational fluid dynamics study of granular flows KU Leuven
Despite the many advantages of microchemical systems, their increased surface-to-volume ratio leads to difficulties in the handling of solid laden flows. This is especially problematic when solid particles are formed as a by-product of a chemical reaction. In these cases, the amount of solid by-product gradually increases along the axial extent of the microreactor, eventually leading to clogging of the microreactor channels. Specifically, ...
Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of Water Sprays in Fire-Driven Flows Ghent University
Water sprays are known to be an efficient means of fire control and suppression, as demonstrated
by several large-scale and reduced-scale experimental tests. The empirical approach does not
provide though sufficient insight into the complex underlying physics in order to optimize the
efficiency of sprinklers and water mist systems and develop generalized engineering correlations
and/or general design and installation ...
The influence of heat and mass transfer on the formation of SO2 and HCl during combustion in a grate furnace: A study using Computational Fluid Dynamics KU Leuven
In this project, an advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model will be developed to simulate and predict formation and release of SO2 and HCl during the combustion of solid waste in a grate furnace under different process conditions. This work will further build upon an existing CFD model in our research group, which already takes into account the flow and conjugate heat and mass transfer, but only includes for carbon-related ...
Detailed modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment plants using integrated computational fluid dynamics and biokinetic models Ghent University
This research will enable the modeling of nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment plants using integrated CFD and biokinetic models. A reduced model (compartmental model) will be developed still yielding more realistic model predictions compared to current state-of-the-art models. Compartmental model will be used to develop mitigation strategies for nitrous oxide emissions.
Computational Fluid Dynamics of Miscible and Immiscible Flow in Well-Structured Porous Media KU Leuven
In the flow chemistry, the studies revealed that working on a small scale, i.e. on the range of micro- to milli-, enhances the phenomena such as heat transfer and mass transfer. This is due to the fact that the characteristic length scale of the reactor is comparable to the required scale in order to have a spatially uniform scalar field on a short time. However, moving toward the reactor with the small length scale makes the viscous forces ...
Handy natural ventilation rate calculator based on computational fluid dynamics KU Leuven
Considering crop and animal production, IAQ, gas emissions, associated health effects and socio-economic problems, one of the biggest issues, these days, in Europe as well as in the world is to measure the ventilation rate of naturally ventilated buildings. Among various direct and indirect methods, the CFD approach can produce the most practical and timely solutions because of its outstanding potential for analyzing complex air flows. In ...
Hydrodynamic analysis of suction feeding in fishes by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). University of Antwerp
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of small airways in the human lung KU Leuven
The Achillesheel of the lung driving chronic lung disease)dealing with the role of smallairway disappearance as initial step driving lung disease onset. The projectfocuses on 2 chronic lung diseases namely chronic obstructive pulmonarydisease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) which are characterizedby impaired ability to properly protect, regenerate and repair the (small) airwayepithelium and loss of small airways. The overall ...
Simulation and design of novel steam cracking reactors and furnaces using Computational Fluid Dynamics Ghent University
The project aims at evaluating current promising steam cracker furnace technologies and at developing new fundamental concepts that allow to drastically increase furnace run lengths.