Laboratory: Multiphase flows analysis in particulate processes
Simulation methods
- CFD: Lagrange and Euler-Euler
- DEM
- CFD-DEM
- FEM
Software
Inhouse code „DNSlab“ for CFD and CFD-DEM simulation
- Modeling of porous microstructures
- Filtration
- Electrostatic field in porous structures
- Particle fixed bed adsorption
Modelling of particle contact interactions
- Adhesion/sticking, plastic deformation
- Wet contact (coating, liquid bridges, capillary and lubrication forces)
- Breakage
Other used codes
- Ansys: CFX, Fluent and Rocky CFD-DEM coupling
- OpenFOAM / LIGGGHTS / CFDEMcoupling
- MUSEN DEM
- Abaqus FEM
Experimental methods
- Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
- High-speed Particle Tracking Velocimetry (HS-PTV)
Measuring devices
- PIV, LaVision
- Micro-PIV, (Dantec Dynamics)
- HS-PTV (up to 2000 m/s) (HiWatch CS2, Oseir)
- High-speed cameras, up to 200.000 fps
- Test setup for imaging particle/droplet collision (self-developed)
- Test setup for measuring the restitution coefficient