Department of Mechanical Engineering

Power & Flow

Multiphase and Reactive Flows focuses on clean and efficient combustion and process technology, to cater for fast-growing energy demands.

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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.

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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

Full Professor

Bert Vreman

Full Professor

Dirk Roekaerts

Assistant Professor

Tess Homan

Full Professor

Hans Kuerten

Associate Professor

Jeroen van Oijen

Assistant Professor

Bart van Esch

Associate Professor

Nico Dam

Full Professor

Niels Deen

Associate Professor

Bart Somers

Full Professor

Michael Golombok

Assistant Professor

Xander Seykens

Full Professor

Philip de Goey

Associate Professor

Rob Bastiaans

Assistant Professor

Yali Tang

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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Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

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