11th course on

Computational Fluid Dynamics

of Multiphase Flow
14-18 November 2011,
Eindhoven University of Technology,
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Course motivation
The discipline of Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) involves the analysis of fluid flow and related
phenomena such as heat and/or mass transfer,
mixing and chemical reaction using numerical
solution methods. Due to the rapid advances in CFD
and the potential it provides to analyze, on a
fundamental basis, systems of considerable interest
to the chemical engineer, it can be anticipated that
the importance of CFD as a workhorse for the
chemical engineering community will rapidly
increase in the near future.

Tutorial (Martin van Sint Annaland and Rob Mudde):

- Dense gas-particle and bubbly flows
Euler-Lagrange (E-L) approach for dispersed multiphase flows (Wednesday, 16 November 2011)

Theory (Niels Deen):

- E-L approach for (dense) gas-solid flows (hard
and soft particle models)
- E-L approach for bubbly flows
- Turbulence modeling
Tutorial (Niels Deen):
- Dense gas-particle and bubbly flows

Goal of the course

With this course we intend to provide detailed
knowledge on the physical foundation of multiphase
flow models and the associated numerical solution
methods. Due to its relevance for many industrial
applications the emphasis during the course will be
on dispersed multiphase flows. The course includes
hands-on computer sessions in which several in
house simulation tools will be used to solve complex
multiphase fluid flow problems.

Fully resolved simulation of multi-phase flows with

deformable particles (Thursday, 17 November 2011)

Course contents

Theory (Martin van der Hoef):

- Overview of available techniques
- Immersed Boundary Method (IB)
- Lattice Boltzmann Method (LB)
- Gas-Solid drag
Tutorial (Martin van der Hoef):
- Fully resolved flow past discs

Introduction to computational fluid dynamics for

multi-phase flow (Monday, 14 November 2011)

Theory (Hans Kuipers):

- applications involving multiphase flow (types
and flow regimes)
- theoretical foundation: local instant description
and construction of averaged equations
- introduction to and overview of multi-scale
computational techniques
- best practices in multiphase CFD
Tutorial (Hans Kuipers):
- Flow in porous media
Euler-Euler (E-E) approach for dispersed multi-phase
flows (Tuesday, 15 November 2011)

Theory (Martin van Sint Annaland and Rob Mudde):

- E-E approach for (dense) gas-solid flows
including KTGF
- E-E approach for bubbly flows
- Turbulence modeling

Theory (Hans Kuipers, Martin van Sint Annaland):

- Overview of available techniques
- Volume of Fluid (VoF) method
- Front Tracking (FT) method
Tutorial (Martin van Sint Annaland):
- Dynamics of isolated gas bubbles rising in
quiescent viscous liquids
Fully resolved simulation of multi-phase flows with
non-deformable particles (Friday, 18 November 2011)

Practical information
- Required background knowledge: OSPT-course
Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
or a similar course.
- Location: Eindhoven University of Technology
- Building: Helix, STW 0.52
- Course language: English.
- Course material: extensive documentation set
(including the computer tutorials) distributed
during the course.
- If possible, please bring a laptop to the
course

Lecturers

Prof.dr.ir. M. (Martin) van Sint Annaland

Prof.dr.ir. J.A.M. (Hans) Kuipers

(Eindhoven University of Technology,

Dept. Chemical Engineering and Chemistry,
M.v.SintAnnaland@TUe.nl)
Martin van Sint Annaland received his M.Sc. (in
1994), PDEng (1996) and Ph.D. (in 2000) in
Chemical Engineering at the University of Twente
under supervision of Prof. Kuipers and Prof. van
Swaaij. In the period from 2000 till 2010 he was
assistant and later associate professor in the group
Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering
headed by Prof. Hans Kuipers. In 2010 he was
appointed full professor at the Eindhoven University
of Technology in the field of Chemical Process
Intensification. His research interest is the
development of novel integrated reactor concepts
based on fundamental understanding and
experimentation of multi-phase flows.

(Eindhoven University of Technology,

Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry,
J.A.M.Kuipers@TUe.nl)
Hans Kuipers graduated in 1985 at the department
of Chemical Engineering of the University of
Twente. In December of the same year he started
with his Ph.D. study at the Reaction Engineering
group of University of Twente on detailed micro
balance modeling of gas-fluidized beds. In June
1990 he received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical
Engineering and was appointed as assistant
professor in the Reaction Engineering group headed
by Prof. van Swaaij. In 1994 he was appointed as
associate professor in the same group. In 1999 he
became fulltime professor in Fundamentals of
Chemical Reaction Engineering at the University of
Twente. Since 2010 he is a fulltime professor at the
Eindhoven University of Technology. He teaches
amongst others introductory and advanced courses
on Transport Phenomena and Applied Process
Technology. His research interests are in the area of
multiphase reactors.
Dr.ir. M.A. (Martin) van der Hoef

(Eindhoven University of Technology,

Dept. Chemical Engineering and Chemistry,
M.A.v.d.Hoef@TUe.nl)
Martin van der Hoef is associate professor in the
Multi-scale modeling of Multiphase flow group at the
Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
of the Eindhoven University of Technology. He
obtained his masters degree in applied physics in
1988, and his PhD on the subject of fully resolved
simulations of colloids in 1992. After a post-doc
period at the University of Oxford, he worked for 16
years at the University of Twente as an
assistant/associate professor. His current research
is centered around the numerical simulation
complex fluid-solid flows, using a variety of different
techniques, amongst which lattice Boltzmann and
CFD.

Prof.dr. R.F. (Rob) Mudde

(Delft University of Technology,

Faculty of Applied Sciences,
R.F.Mudde@TUDelft.nl)
From 1988 to 1996 Rob Mudde was appointed as
an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics
(Transport Phenomena) at the Delft University of
Technology. In 1995 he spent time at Ohio State
University, Department of Chemical Engineering as
a visiting scientist. In the spring of 1999 he worked
at NIRE, Tsukuba, Japan as a visiting scientist. In
1996 he was appointed as an Associate Professor
of Applied Physics (Transport Phenomena) at Delft
University of Technology. In 2001 he was appointed
the Van Leeuwenhoek Professor of Applied Physics
at the same department.
Dr.ir. N.G. (Niels) Deen

(Eindhoven University of Technology,

Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry,
N.G.Deen@TUe.nl)
Niels Deen is associate professor Multi-scale
modeling of Multiphase flow group at the
Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
of the Eindhoven University of Technology. He
received his MSc in Chemical Engineering at the

University of Twente in 1998 under supervision of

Prof. van Swaaij and Prof. Kuipers and his PhD in
Chemical Engineering at Aalborg University Esbjerg,
Denmark in 2001 under supervision of Prof.
Hjertager. From 2001 to 2010 he worked as an
assistant professor at the University of Twente. His
current research focuses on computational and
experimental multiphase fluid dynamics in chemical
reactors.
The course is hosted by the Multiphase Reactors
Group: http://www.multiphasereactors.nl/
A detailed route description can be found here:
http://www.tue.nl/en/university/about-theuniversity/accessibility-tue-campus/
You can register for the course at:
http://www.ospt.nl/ospt4/index.php?static=studentfor
m.php
Make sure to select the right course name, i.e.:
Computational Fluid Dynamics of Multiphase
Flow (CFD-MF) 2011
Course fees
OSPT PhDs*
free of charge
OSPT PD-Eng students*
100
Non-OSPT academics
300
OSPT industry and institutes
875
Non-OSPT industry and institutes
1750
* The host group must be OSPT-registered too.
The course fee includes course material, lunches
and refreshments during the course days. Excluded
are travel expenses and hotel accommodation.
Contact information
For general information, please contact:
Gert Banis, secretary OSPT
Tel: +31-(0)53-489 3034
OSPT@utwente.nl
For information on technical details, please contact:
Niels Deen
N.G.Deen@TUe.nl