Research on CFD simulations of turbulent reacting multiphase flows

Research on potential business application of deterministic computational mechanics methodologies in the context of insurance. Conceptualization of products and complete development of the most promissing.- Conducted extensive research on the potential application of computational science and engineering methodologies to insurance problems- Developed and validated a comprehensive deterministic computational methodology for the simulation of the disastrous effect of rare events with high… Show more Research on potential business application of deterministic computational mechanics methodologies in the context of insurance. Conceptualization of products and complete development of the most promissing.- Conducted extensive research on the potential application of computational science and engineering methodologies to insurance problems- Developed and validated a comprehensive deterministic computational methodology for the simulation of the disastrous effect of rare events with high impact- Identified new risk factors not taken previously into account in risk engineering of certain disaster scenarios- Developed a cost model translating physical quantities into monetary value for the calculation of insured and total economic losses- Created a database of the total economic loss potential for accidents involving hazardous material transportation along the railway network of the United States of America- Created a casualty scenario simulation methodology without historical data- Communicated with clients for materializing the methodology into business solutions Show less

Research on chemitry description of biomass devolatilization processes and development of post-processing and diagnostics tools for data handling and analysis, sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) of the Federal Government of the United States of America.- Participated in the team that developed the most advanced data analysis product for gas-solid flows- Developed and implemented a CFD-suitable chemical mechanism for the description of tar production during wood… Show more Research on chemitry description of biomass devolatilization processes and development of post-processing and diagnostics tools for data handling and analysis, sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) of the Federal Government of the United States of America.- Participated in the team that developed the most advanced data analysis product for gas-solid flows- Developed and implemented a CFD-suitable chemical mechanism for the description of tar production during wood devolatilization- Conducted the first successful numerical simulations of steam-biomass gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed Show less

Research on reacting multiphase flow focused on biomass gasification processes for the production of biofuels, sponsored by British Petroleum (BP).- Created and led a team of PhD and MSc students towards establishing the lab among the leading ones in the field of fluidization modeling- Developed a framework for multi-scale modeling of gas-solid reacting hydrodynamics in fluidized bed reactors for application to commercial biofuel production via thermochemical conversion of biomass-… Show more Research on reacting multiphase flow focused on biomass gasification processes for the production of biofuels, sponsored by British Petroleum (BP).- Created and led a team of PhD and MSc students towards establishing the lab among the leading ones in the field of fluidization modeling- Developed a framework for multi-scale modeling of gas-solid reacting hydrodynamics in fluidized bed reactors for application to commercial biofuel production via thermochemical conversion of biomass- Conducted large-scale 3D simulations on High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and identified critical performance reactor metrics- Developed thorough post-processing tools handling large datasets to show reliability and performance sensitivities to model parameter uncertainties- Attracted funding for future research effort of the laboratory Show less

-Extensive linear stability analysis on a wide range of hydrogen/air mixtures

Research on numerical solution of partial differential equations describing combustion processes on supercomputers using parallel computing techniques. Analysis of nonlinear dynamics and emergent behavior in complex systems.- Mathematical modeling of flame propagation characteristics based on differential geometry quantities- Linear stability analysis for the description of the emergent behavior of unstable flame fronts - Direct Numerical Simulation of chemically reacting flows on… Show more Research on numerical solution of partial differential equations describing combustion processes on supercomputers using parallel computing techniques. Analysis of nonlinear dynamics and emergent behavior in complex systems.- Mathematical modeling of flame propagation characteristics based on differential geometry quantities- Linear stability analysis for the description of the emergent behavior of unstable flame fronts - Direct Numerical Simulation of chemically reacting flows on High Performance Computing systems using spectral element theory and codes- Development of spherical computational grids consisting of conforming elements with multiple levels of variable refinement- Teaching assistant and guest lecturer in a series of undergraduate and graduate courses Show less

- Grid generation for complex geometry description- RANS modeling of turbulent flows through steam turbine blade cascades