Guide to Modeling of Phase Change Phenomena in Chemical and Materials Engineering

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
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• By (author) Petr A. Nikrityuk