Guide to Modeling of Phase Change Phenomena in Chemical and Materials Engineering
By (author) Petr A. Nikrityuk
Hardback (Forthcoming)
(January 2027)
ISBN: 9783527349678
6.69 x 9.65 inches
Price: $125.00
The first book of its kind to introduce the modeling of phase change phenomena in chemical nd material engineering to students with practical engineering examples as well as selected modeling examples and solutions.
1. THE ROLE OF MODELING IN MODERN ENGINEERING
Goals of modeling
Advantages and disadvantages of modeling
Rules of modeling in Engineering
Rules of programing in Engineering
2. MODELING OF PHASE CHANGE PHENOMENA IN ENGINEERING: MAIN CONCEPTS
Mixture Models
Euler-Eulerbased Models
Euler Lagrange Models: from phases resolved to unresolved models
Scales-bridging for Euler-Lagrange models
3. PHASE CHANGE PHENOMENA IN MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Applications: Materials, Heat Storage, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering
Fundamentals and Examples with solutions:
melting of ice in air and water
freezing of water in cavities (lakes)
freezing of flows in tubes
solidification of alloys in cavities
3D printing: solidification of droplets
freezing/melting inside PCM capsules
modeling of fixed beds ? heat storage
submodels for Euler-Lagrange modeling of metal alloys solidification
4. PHASE CHANGE PHENOMENA IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Applications: -High Temperature Conversion of Materials, Energy to Chemicals
Fundamentals and Examples with solutions:
Introduction of the Stefan flow: evaporation of water droplets
Drying of Solid Carbonaceous Particles: from entrained flows to fixed beds
Devolatilisation of Carbonaceous Particles: from entrained flows to fixed beds
Oxidation of Carbonaceous Particles: from entrained flow to fixed beds
Gasification of Nonporous Carbonaceous Particles
Gasification of Porous Carbonaceous Particles
Melting and solidification of moving ash particles and agglomerates
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
Petr Nikrityuk is a Full Professor at the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, the University of Alberta (UofA), Canada. Professor Nikrityuk’s research and teaching areas are computational heat and mass transfer in multiphase systems referring to heat and energy storage (E2C) technologies, including high-temperature conversion of materials. Having obtained his academic degrees from Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), he spent most of his career working in Germany before taking up his present appointment at UofA. He holds a Habilitation Degree from TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany) on the topic of computational thermo-fluid dynamics in material science and engineering.
Before taking his current position at the University of Alberta, Petr Nikrityuk was the head of the research group ‘Interphase Phenomena’ within the Center for Innovation Competence VIRTUHCON (Virtual High Temperature Conversion) at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany) in the Department of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering. In 2016 and 2019 Petr was awarded the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award. In 2024 Petr was awarded the Jules Stachiewicz Medal from Chemical Institute of Canada for his contributions in the field of heat transfer, including design, research, manufacturing and teaching. In 2025 Petr was awarded Engineering Graduate Teaching Award in recognition of excellence in Graduate Teaching within the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering.
- By (author) Petr A. Nikrityuk
