2014 NETL Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 – Governors Ballroom, Lakeview Resort
Registration (Grand Ballroom Foyer)
- Welcome and Introduction (Governors Ballroom)
William Rogers, Leader - Multiphase Flow Team U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory - NETL Multiphase Flow Research Overview
Madhava Syamlal, Focus Area Leader – Computational and Basic Science Focus Area U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory - A New Drag Law for the Accurate Prediction of the Pressure Drop in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed
Oladapo Ayeni1, C.L. Wu1,2, J.B. Joshi3, K. Nandakumar1, 1Louisiana State University, 2ANSYS,
Inc., 3Homi Bhabha National Institute - Estimating the Specularity Coefficient for the Accurate Simulation of Fluidized Beds of Different Surface-to-Volume Ratios
Akhilesh Bakshi, Christos Altantzis, Richard Bates, and Ahmed Ghoniem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Development of a Two-fluid Drag Law for Clustered Particles Using Direct Numerical Simulation and Validation through Experiments
Ahmad Baharanchi, Seckin Gokaltun, and George Dulikravich, Florida International University
Break (Grand Ballroom Foyer) and Posters
- A Multiphase Turbulence Theory for Gas-Solids Flows using Favre-Averaging
Thomas O'Brien, Research Scientist Emeritus, NETL - An Adaptive Filter Strategy for Extracting Multiphase Flow Statistics From Euler-Lagrange Simulations
Olivier Dejardins1, Jesse Capecelatro1, and Rodney Fox2, 1Cornell University, 2Iowa State University - Reduced Order Model Development for Fluidized Bed Biomass Gasification: Capturing Bubble Bypassing and Devolatilization Particle Segregation with CFD
Addison Stark, Richard Bates, Christos Altantzis and Ahmed Ghoniem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lunch (Governor Ballroom 4-6) and Posters (Foyer)
Reconvene and Afternoon Introduction (Governors Ballroom 1-3)
- Four-Phase Flow in Dusty Plasma
Mark Koepke, West Virginia University - Numerical Investigation and Modeling of Reacting Gas-Solid Flows In the Presence of Clusters
Olivier Desjardins, Jesse Capecelatro, and Perrine Pepiot, Cornell University - The Dynamics of Unlocking (Fluidization) and Mixing in Particle-Rich, Viscous Mixtures: MFIX-DEM Applications to Hawaiian Volcanoes
Jillian Schleicher and George Bergantz, University of Washington - Modeling of Dry Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems at the Industrial Scale
James Parker, Peter Blaser, and Ken Williams, CPFD Software, LLC
Break (Grand Ballroom Foyer) and Posters
- Assessment of Discrete Bubble Models Using Two-Fluid Simulations Of Thin Rectangular Fluidized Beds
Richard Bates, Christos Altantzis, and Ahmed Ghoniem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Non-Intrusive Uncertainty Quantification for Reacting Multiphase Flows In Coal Gasifiers
Aytekin Gel1, Mehrdad Shahnam2, Arun Subramaniyan3, Jordan Musser2 and Jean-Francois Dietiker2, 1NETL/ALPEMI Consulting, 2NETL, 3GE Global Research Center - Numerical Simulation of Polydisperse Gas-Particle Flow in a Vertical Riser with a Size-Velocity Quadrature-Based Moment Method
Bo Kong, Rodney O. Fox, Iowa State University
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 – Governors Ballroom, Lakeview Resort
Reconvene and Introduction (Governors Ballroom 1-3)
- MFIX Update
Jordan Musser, Janine Carney, Jeff Dietiker, Rahul Garg, Mark Meredith, Justin Weber, NETL - State of the Art in C3M
Dirk Van Essendelft, Terry Jordan, Philip Nicoletti, Tingwen Li, NETL - Accelerating MFIX-DEM Code on the Intel Xeon Phi
Handan Liu and Danesh Tafti, Virginia Tech - Investigating Trilinos Integration with MFIX
Vinod Kumar, University of Texas at El Paso
Break (Grand Ballroom Foyer) and Posters
- Numerical Simulation of Film Flow Over an Inclined Plate: effects of Solvent Properties and Contact Angle
Rajesh Singh and Janine Carney, NETL - A Study of Resident Time Distributions in Riser Reactors for Upgrading Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors
Jack Ziegler1, Sreekanth Pannala2, Ray Grout1, David Robichaud1, Mark Nimlos1, and Thomas Foust1, 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Trickle Bed Reactor Experiment Using Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography
Qussai Marashdeh1, Liang-Shih Fan2, 1Tech4Imaging LLC, 2Ohio State University
Lunch (Governor Ballroom 4-6) and Posters (Foyer)
Reconvene and Afternoon Introduction (Governors Ballroom 1-3)
- Alstom Limestone Chemical Looping System: Experiments and Isothermal Simulations
David Sloan, Herb Andrus, and Paul Chapman, Alstom Power - CFD Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Laboratory-Scale Fluidized Bed Systems for Chemical Looping
N'dri A. Konan, Justin Weber, E. David Huckaby, NETL - Application of Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics to Real Process Challenges: Thien Cyclone
Justin Weber, Dirk Van Essendelft, Douglas Straub, NETL - Validation of Gas-Particle Flows in Vertical Risers
Mohit Tandon1, Aditya Karnik1, and Gaurav Katuria2, 1CD-Adapco, 2Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Meeting Wrap-up and Adjourn
Posters (Reflections Library)
- Characterization of the Physical Properties for Granular Materials
Jonathan Tucker, Lawrence Shadle, Sofiane Benyahia, Joseph Mei, and Chris Guenther, NETL - NETL Small Scale Challenge Problem
Balaji Gopalan, NETL - Modeling of Foamed Cement with MFIX
Surya Deb, William Rogers, NETL - Electrostatic Charging in Gas-Solid Systems
Jonathan Tucker, Lawrence Shadle, Sofiane Benyahia, Mark Koepke, and Chris Guenther, NETL - Microwave Flow Sensor Development
Benjamin Chorpening, NETL
National Energy Technology Laboratory
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