Power & Flow
Multiphase and Reactive Flows focuses on clean and efficient combustion and process technology, to cater for fast-growing energy demands.
Studying tomorrow’s fuels
Today, we need to shift towards ultra-clean, highly efficient ‘low-temperature’ combustion methods. We are also seeing increased use of biofuels, and eventually the emergence of fuels derived from sustainable sources, such as solar and metal fuels. Optimizing combustion and process devices, in combination with different fuel formulations to minimize undesired emissions and maximize thermal efficiency, is essential to supporting both of these developments.
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Combustion systems and their fuels
This theme is connected to the development of smart injection and combustion strategies of future ultra-clean and efficient combustion systems as well as with the after treatment, with a focus on future diesel engines. Our studies on fuels include: i) enhanced oil recovery, ii) use of bio-based fuels based on biomass components such as lignin, and iii) using micro-structuring gas-liquid bubbly flow processes to intensify biogas-to-liquid conversion.
Metal fuels as dense CO2-free energy carriers
This research is concerned with a novel type of fuels: metal powders that have a tremendously high energy density and can act as a major CO2-free energy carrier for the long term. Within the group we develop the combustion technology of metal powder, solid handling including separation and regeneration through chemical reduction with renewable hydrogen.
Complex multiphase flows
The research theme is related to various applications in the field of process technology, all involving complex multiphase flow phenomena. This includes equipment with phase transitions, such as evaporation of sessile multi-component ink droplets, cooling of steel by water jets and water-steam flow in evaporator tubes.
Meet some of our Researchers
Student Opportunities
A wide variety of BEP, MSc graduation, and MSc internship projects can be executed within the Power & Flow group. Click on the link below to find out more about us and the projects we offer.
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M.C.M. Cuijpers,M.D. Boot,N.G. Deen,M. Golombok
Sulphur and viscosity reductions in heavy hydrocarbons by subcritical water processing
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2019) -
Saurish Das,A. Panda,N.G. Deen,J.A.M. Kuipers
A sharp-interface Immersed Boundary Method to simulate convective and conjugate heat transfer through highly complex periodic porous structures
Chemical Engineering Science (2018) -
A.W. Vreman,J.G.M. Kuerten
Turbulent channel flow past a moving array of spheres
Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2018) -
M. Izadi Najafabadi,B. Somers,B. Johansson,N. Dam
Combustion stratification study of partially premixed combustion using Fourier transform analysis of OH* chemiluminescence images
International Journal of Engine Research (2018) -
N. Hosseini,V. N. Kornilov,I. Lopez Arteaga,W. Polifke,O. J. Teerling,L. P.H. de Goey
Intrinsic thermoacoustic modes and their interplay with acoustic modes in a Rijke burner
International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics (2018)
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Postal address
Department of Mechanical EngineeringP.O. Box 5135600 MB EindhovenNetherlands -
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