Dear MFIX user, We are pleased to announce the release of the new version of MFIX (MFIX2015-1). Please download the latest version. Please see the release notes below that highlight the changes from the previous version. Please send any software related questions to mf*******@***********oe.gov or administrative questions to ad***@***********oe.gov. Regards, MFIX Development Team
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On March 19, 2015, DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Environmental Management (EM), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and Idaho National Laboratory Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) held the NETL-IWTU Fluidization Workshop. This workshop discussed various fluidization topics how fluidization forms the basis for many FE and EM applications. Topics discussed included fluidization fundamentals and their applications to power plants, coal kinetics, agglomeration, filter systems,
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The National Energy Technology Laboratory is pleased to announce that Dr. Jordan Musser has been selected to present at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Council for Chemical Research in the “Rising Star” Poster session. The theme of this year’s Council for Chemical Research meeting is Disruption: Impacts and Opportunities for the Chemical Enterprise. Posters
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The proposed CRADA will bring together NETL’s expertise in the area of computational multiphase flows with GE Global Research expertise in the area of meta-modeling and uncertainty quantification (UQ) and application of UQ to robust design, and optimization of fossil fuel based advanced clean energy technology development, such as scale-up studies for coal gasifiers. GE’s
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Dr. Sofiane Benyahia was invited to join the editorial board of APT . This Elsevier journal started as the International Journal of the Society of Powder Technology of Japan and now is expanding world-wide. The journal publishes articles not only on various aspects of powder and particles, but also on all kinds of materials produced
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Please “SAVE THE DATE” for the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL)2015 Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science. Pending approval, this conference will be held Wednesday, August 12 through Thursday, August 13, 2015, at Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa, 150 Lakeview Drive, Morgantown, WV, 26508. This event will brings together international leaders from
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Dear MFIX user, An article describing how simulation tools (here OpenFOAM) are used to complement Chemical Looping experiments is featured in the January 2015 issue of Research News , a monthly publication from NETL’s Office of Research and Development. Regards, MFIX Development Team
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Dear MFIX user, A significant upgrade has been made to the MFIX-Discrete Element Method (MFIX-DEM) version of the software where a huge speedup has been achieved along with enhanced modeling capabilities to increase accuracy. MFIX-DEM has the ability to track the motion, reactions, and temperatures of individual particles which provides detailed insight into equipment behavior. This modeling
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Dear MFIX user, A presentation was made at the AIChE Special Session: Festschrift for Professor Dimitri Gidaspow’s 80thBirthday and Career Long Accomplishments. The presentation describes the use of the MFIX CFD code to support NETL’s Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative and detailed validation experiments using NETL’s multiphase flow experimental facilities. MFIX predictions are compared to very detailed experiments
Dear MFIX user, An NETL researcher presented recent findings from ongoing gasification modeling work at the 2014 Gasification Technologies Conference. The presentation entitled “Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulations of a Pilot-Scale Transport Gasifier Using Mississippi Lignite Feedstock” was co-authored by ORD researchers Tingwen Li and William Rogers; Douglas McCarty of Southern Company Services; and Jenny Tennant of NETL’s
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