2010 Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science
May 4-6, 2010

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Presentations

PRESENTATIONS

• Welcome
  Chris Guenther, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL
  Ronald Breault, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL
  Robert Romanosky, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL
• Workshop Overview
  Ronald Breault
  Chris Guenther

Session 1: Fundamentals

• Introduction
  Madhava Syamlal, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL
• Keynote Address [PDF-3,436KB]
  Olivier Simonin, Institut de Mecanique de Fluides de Toulouse
• Experiments and Model Development Polydisperse, Gas-Fluidized Systems [PDF-1,570KB]
  Christine Hrenya, University of Colorado ; R. B. Rice, V. Garzo, S. Tenneti, R. Garg, S. Subramaniam and J. Chew
• Fully Three-Dimensional Simulations of Riser Flow with a Third-Order Quadrature-Based Moment Method [PDF-413KB]
  Alberto Passalacqua, Iowa State University; R. Fox
• Mesoscale Structures in Bidisperse Fluidized Suspensions [PDF-4,430KB]
  William Holloway, Princeton University; S. Benyahia, C. Hrenya & S. Sundaresan
• Interaction of Particles with Carrier Gas revealed by Particle-resolved Direct Numerical Simulation: Improved Drag Laws and Models [PDF-3,990KB]
  Shankar Subramaniam, Iowa State University; S. Tenneti, R. Garg, K. Devendran, M. Mehrabadi, R. Fox and C. Hrenya
• “Do We Need Sub-grid Drag Models for Coarse Continuum and Discrete Simulations of Gas-Solids Flows?” [PDF-2,620KB]
  Sofiane Benyahia, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL
• Use of a DNS Method to Reduce Uncertainties in Two-Fluid Models [PDF-457KB]
  Efstathios (Stathis) Michaelides, University of Texas at San Antonio; Zhi-Gang Feng
• Discrete Element Simulation and Modeling of Granular Flow in Silos and Hoppers [PDF-3,990KB]
  Shankar Subramanian, Iowa State University; Vidyapati, J. Sun, G.Tardos & S. Sundaresan
• Granular Rheology in the Quasi-static, Intermediate and Rapid Flow Regimes: Towards a Comprehensive Model [PDF-2,950KB]
  J. Sun, Princeton University; J. Sun, S. Chialvo & S. Sundaresan
• Improvements to the Eulerian/Lagrangian Multiphase Coupling Algorithm for Polyhedral/polygonal Control Volume Mesh Topologies [PDF-2,530KB]
  Jeff Franklin, Airflow Sciences Corporation
• The Effect of Particle Shape on Particle-Phase Stress [PDF-4,540KB]
  Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of Florida
• Coupled MFIX-DEM: Verification and Validation [PDF-1,560KB]
  Janine Galvin, U.S. Department of Energy; S. Pannala, R. Garg, J. Li
• Clustering in Macroscale Two-Phase Flows [PDF-23,981KB]
  Madhusudan Pai, Stanford University; S. Subramaniam, H. Pitsch

Session 2: Road Map

• NETL Welcome and Introduction
  Madhava Syamlal, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL
• Presentation 40 with 20 for Q & A
  Robert Lyczkowski, Independent Contractor

Session 3: Applications

• Introduction
  Chris Guenther
• Key Note Address: Challenges in Modeling Multiphase Reactors for More Efficient Technologies [PDF-4,760KB]
  Mike Dudukovic, Washington University, St. Louis
• Applications of the FCMOM to In-Homogeneous Systems (PBE) and to Kinetic Theory [PDF-2,800KB]
  Matteo Strumendo, Illinois Institute of Technology; .H. Arastoopour, D. Gidaspow & M. N. Bogere
• Multiscale Multiphysics Simulations of Entrained Flow Gasification [PDF-2,340KB]
  Mayank Kumar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A. Ghoniem, C. Zhang
• CFD Simulations of the Chemical Looping Combustion of Solid Fuels [PDF-1,730KB]
  Thomas O’Brien, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL; K. Mahalatkar, J. Kuhlman, E. David Huckaby
• Use of CFD as a Design Tool for Scale-Up of Fluidized-bed Reactors [PDF-2,090KB]
  Ranjeeth Kalluri, RTI International; J. Huang, A. Jamal, R Gupta
• Modeling Entrained Flow Coal Gasifiers [PDF-1,590KB]
  Michael Bockelie, Reaction Engineering International
• Toward Comprehensive Numerical Simulation of Gas-Solid Systems From Dilute to Dense Flows; With Focus on Eulerian-lagragian Methods [PDF-1,560KB]
  Peter Spicka, ANSYS, Inc; M. Braun, B. Popoff
• Reaction Mechanism for Entrained-Flow Coal Gasification [PDF-543KB]
  Stephen Niksa, Niksa Energy Associates, LLC
• CFD Modeling of Ice Flows [PDF-1,990KB]
  Mohamed Sayed, Canadian Hydraulics Centre
• CFD for Sorbent-based CO2 Capture Systems [PDF-864KB]
  E. David Huckaby, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL; R. Garg, M. Shahnam
• Applications of CFD in the Oil Sands Industry [PDF-3,450KB]
  Kevin Reid, Syncrude Canada Ltd.
• High Resolution Numerical Simulations of Coal Gasifiers Using High Performance Computing [PDF-6,450KB]
  Aytekin Gel, U.S. Department of Energy; J. Li, C. Guenther, M. Syamlal, S. Pannala
• Validation of Large-Eddy Simulations of an Entrained-Flow Coal Gasifier Using the Data Collaboratory Approach [PDF-1,790KB]
  Charles Reid, University of Utah; P. Smith

Session 4: Experimental

• Introduction
  Ronald Breault
• Key Note Address [PDF-1,190KB]
  John Grace, University of British Columbia
• Pressurized Coal Pyrolysis and Gasification at High Initial Heating Rates [PDF-5,140KB]
  Tom Fletcher, Brigham Young University
• Measurement and Analysis of the Gas-Solid Hydrodynamics of Geldart Group B Powders in a 12-inch Diameter by 60-foot tall CFB [PDF-6,100KB]
  Ray Cocco, Particulate Solid Research, Inc.; J. Chew, C. Hrenya, Hays, R. Kerri, T. Knowlton
• Application of the Particle in Cell Approach for the Simulation of Bubbling Fluidized Beds of Geldart A Particles [PDF-343KB]
  Todd Pugsley, The University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Shayan Karimipour
• Experimental and Modeling Investigations of Ignition and Char-Combustion During Oxy-fuel Combustion of Pulverized Coal [PDF-1,240KB]
  Chris Shaddix, Sandia National Laboratories; M. Geier, E. Hecht
• Kinetics of Gasification for CFD [PDF-1,920KB]
  Sarma Pisupati, The Pennsylvania State University
• LDV Measurements and Analysis of Gas and Particulate Phase Velocity Profiles in a Vertical Jet Plume in a 2D Bubbling Fluidized Bed [PDF-1,160KB]
  Alexander Mychkovsky & Steven Ceccio, University of Michigan
• Rheological Behavior of Dense Assemblies of Granular Materials During Flow: Experiments and Simulations [PDF-1,480KB]
  Gabriel Tardos, The City College of New York; M. Langroudi
• Pilot Scale Entrained Flow Gasification Facilities [PDF-1,840KB]
  Robin Hughes, Canmet Energy; B. Anthony, E. Chui
• Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography: An Imaging Tool for Multiphase Flow Systems [PDF-2,710KB]
  Qussai Marashdeh, Tech4Imaging, LLC; L.S. Fan & F. Wang
• Comparing Methods to Extract Solids Fraction From High Speed Images of Polyethylene Beads in a Fluidized Bed Riser [PDF-3,430KB]
  Lawrence Shadle, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL; D. Casleton, A. Ross
• Particle Imaging of Riser Flow Fields at NETL and PSRI: A New View of Riser Flow Behavior [PDF-5,110KB]
  Franklin Shaffer, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL; B. Gopalan, R. Breault, L. Shadle, R. Cocco, R. Kerri, R. Hays, T. Knowlton
• A New Approach to Decomposition of Particle Velocity and Calculation of Granular Temperature Using High Speed PIV Data [PDF-1,880KB]
  Balaji Gopalan, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL; F. Shaffer
• Kinetics of Coal/Biomass Co-gasification [PDF-3,010KB]
  Nathan Weiland, West Virginia University; Bryan Morreale
• An Experimental Determination of Jet Penetration into a CFB Riser [PDF-2,310KB]
  Chris Ludlow, U.S. Department of Energy, NETL; J. Spenik, L. Shadle
• Closing Remarks
  Ronald Breault, Chris Guenther & Madhava Syamlal

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