2015 Multiphase Flow Science Workshop

2015 NETL Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science

Wednesday,  August  12, 2015 – 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
• Keynote Presentation: Multiscale Simulation of Biomass Gasification
  Ahmed Ghoniem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Modeling and Validation of Coal Combustion in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Using Eulerian-Lagrangian Approach
  Haining Gao, Allan Runstedtler, Patrick Boisvert, Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY
• 3-D Multiphase Gas/Particle Flow Modeling for Reactor-Scale Biomass Conversion and Upgrading Simulations: Heat Transfer, Mixing, and Basic Deactivation Modeling in Fixed, Bubbling, and Fluidized Bed Reactors
  Jack Ziegler, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Numerical Simulation of Biomass Gasification in a Steam-Blown Bubbling Fluidized Bed
  Christos Altantzis, Addison Stark, Richard Bates, Akhilesh Bakshi, Rajesh Sridhar, Ahmed Ghoniem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Break and Posters (Ballroom Foyer)

• Modeling the Impact of Bubbling Bed Hydrodynamic Oscillations on the Yield and Composition of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Oil
  Qingang Xiong, Emilio Ramirez, Sreekanth Pannala, C. Stuart Daw, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• High Parallel Computing of Reactive Particulate Flows in Complex Geometries
  P. Fede^1,2, L. Bennani^1,2, H. Neau^1,2, C. Baudry³, J. Laviéville³, O. Simonin^1,2 ,¹Université de Toulouse, ²CNRS Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, ³EDF R&D
• A Coupling Algorithm for Eulerian-Lagrangian Simulation of Dense Gas-Solid Reacting Flows on Unstructured Mesh
  Jian Cai, University of Wyoming
• Simulations of Heat Transfer to Solid Particles Flowing through an Enclosed Solar Receiver
  A. B. Morris¹, Z. Ma², S. Pannala³, C. M. Hrenya¹ , ¹University of Colorado at Boulder, ²SABIC Americas, ³National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• LES-DEM Simulations of Sediment Transport
  Husam Elghannay, Danesh Tafti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lunch (Governor Ballroom) and Posters (Ballroom Foyer)

• Real Residence Time Distribution of Solids from Lagrangian Simulation in OpenFOAM^®
  Yujian Sun, Milorad Dudukovic, Washington University in St. Louis
• Hydrodynamics of Gas-Solids Flow in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed with Immersed Vertical U-Tube Banks
  Vikrant Verma, Tingwen Li, Jeff Dietiker, William Rogers, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Numerical Simulations of Particle-Laden Turbulent Flow through an Elbow and T-junction
  R. Venters, B. Helenbrook, G. Ahmadi, Clarkson University
• DNS Assisted Modeling of Bubbly Flows in Vertical Channels
  Gretar Tryggvason, Ming Ma, Jiacai Lu, University of Notre Dame
• Euler-Euler Anisotropic Gaussian Mesoscale Direct Numerical Simulation of Homogeneous Cluster-Induced Gas-Particle Turbulence
  Bo Kong¹, Heng Feng², Jesse Capecelatro³, Olivier Desjardins⁴, Rodney O. Fox¹ ,¹Iowa State University, ²Tsinghua University, ³University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ⁴Cornell University

Break and Posters (Ballroom Foyer)

• Turbulence Modelling for Gas-Particle Flows
  Mohit Tandon¹, Meera Gupta², Aditya Karnik¹, ¹CD-Adapco, ²Indian Institute of Technology–Delhi
• Spherical and Non-Spherical Particle Transport and Deposition in Turbulent Flows
  Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University
• Development and Validation of a New History Force Model with Collision Treatment
  Husam Elghannay, Danesh Tafti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Bayesian Calibration of Model Parameters in Reacting Multiphase Flow Simulations for Advanced Coal Gasifier Technology Development
  Aytekin Gel^{1, 2}, Mehrdad Shahnam², Jordan Musser², Jean-François Dietiker^{2, 3}, Arun Subramaniyan⁴ ,¹ALPEMI Consulting, ²National Energy Technology Laboratory, ³West Virginia University Research Corporation, ⁴GE Global Research Center
• An Update on the Magnetic Particle Tracking Technique for Evaluating Solids Flow
  Jack Halow, Separation Design Group

Thursday, August 13, 2015 – Governors Ballroom,  Lakeview Resort

Reconvene and Introduction (Governors Ballroom)

• Keynote Presentation: Validation CFD Models for Fluidization Applications
  Ray Cocco, PSRI Inc.
• Driving for High Density Operation for both CFB Riser and Downer
  Jesse Zhu, Tracy Wang, University of Western Ontario
• Rheological Measurements of Liquid-Solid Flows with Inertia and Particle Settling
  E.Linares, M. Hunt, R. Zenit, California Institute of Technology
• Doppler Sensing of Particle Velocity and Density in Mixed-Phase Flows
  David Greve, Carnegie Mellon University

Break and Posters (Ballroom Foyer)

• Two-Phase Turbulent Flow through an Elbow and Tee at High Particle Loading Using Refractive Index Matching
  Andrew Bluestein, Douglas Bohl Clarkson University
• Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography (ECVT) Imaging of Gas-Liquid Multiphase Flows
  Aining Wang¹, Qussai Marashdeh², Liang-Shih Fan¹ ,¹Ohio State University, ²Tech4Imaging LLC
• Determining the Discharge Rate from a Submerged Oil Leak Using ROV Video Part 1 Part 2
  Frank Shaffer¹, Mehrdad Shahnam¹, Pankaj Saha¹, Ömer Savaş², Dave DeVites³, Timothy Steffek⁴, ¹National Energy Technology Laboratory, ²University of California–Berkeley, ³OHMSETT Mar Inc., ⁴DOI Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
• Three-Phase Imaging Using Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography and Multiphase Flow Decomposition
  Qussai Marashdeh¹, Liang-Shih Fan² ,¹Tech4Imaging LLC, ²The Ohio State University
• Recent Developments and Accomplishments in C3M
  Dirk VanEssendelft, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Lunch (Governor Ballroom) and Posters (Ballroom Foyer)

• Numerical Simulation of Countercurrent Gas-Liquid Film Flow Over an Inclined Plate
  Rajesh Singh, Janine Galvin, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Understanding Particulate Flow Physics by Means of Large Simulation Data Sets
  Jessica Torres ^{1, 2}, Juray de Wilde^{1, 3}, Sofiane Benyahia¹, ¹National Energy Technology Laboratory, ²Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ³Université Catholique de Louvain
• Updates: MFIX with Trilinos for High Fidelity Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations
  V. Kumar¹, William Spotz², ¹University of Texas – El Paso, ²Sandia National Laboratory
• Investigation of the Operation of a Gas-Solid Cyclone during an Upset Event
  Arthur Konan, Justin Weber, James Spenik, David Huckaby, Douglas Straub, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Meeting Wrap-up and Adjourn

Posters (Reflections Library)

• A Numerical Investigation Using Pressure Measurements to Develop Methods That Can Detect the Slugging Transition in Fluidized Beds
  Emilio Ramirez, Qingang Xiong, Sreekanth Pannala, C. Stuart Daw, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Application of MFIX-DEM to Study Solids Flow Characteristics of a Calcium-Based Thermochemical Heat Storage Material
  A. Gipperich, M. Kappes, W. Krumm, University of Siegen
• A Study of the Influence of Numerical Diffusion on Gas-Solid Flow Dynamics in Fluidized Beds
  Ronak Ghandriz, M. Reza H. Sheikhi, Northeastern University
• Application of Representative Particle Model to Sediment Transport Simulations
  Husam Elghannay, Danesh Tafti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• MFiX GUI Demonstration
  Justin Weber, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Final Participants List