Group of Power & Flow

Group Van Oijen

"The energy transition requires the development of clean and efficient conversion devices for alternative carbon-free fuels and energy carriers. Numerical models play a major role in the design process of such devices."

Research Profile

Group van Oijen is specialized in theoretical and numerical modelling of combustion.

The expertise is largely in the field of engines and energy converters and is focused on mechanical engineering, chemically reacting flows, modelling combustion and interfacial transport phenomena in engineering flows. The group employs highly fidelity numerical models to unravel the fundamental processes in reacting flows and uses this knowledge to develop computationally efficient models for large-scale simulations of real devices. The leader of this group (Jeroen van Oijen) is the inventor of the well-known Flamelet-Generated Manifold (FGM) method, which enables the use of detailed reaction mechanisms in engineering simulations at affordable computational cost. Group van Oijen aims to develop new models for the design of devices employing new combustion concepts and future sustainable fuels.

Meet some of our Researchers

Postdoc

Hesheng Bao

University Researcher

Abhijit Kalbhor

Assistant Professor
(Part-time)

Nijso Beishuizen

University Researcher

Giel Ramaekers

University Researcher

Viktor Kornilov

Doctoral Candidate

Gabriela Sanchez Bahoque

University Researcher

Thijs Hazenberg

Doctoral Candidate

Hamed Faghanpourganji

Doctoral Candidate

Diego A. Quan Reyes

Assistant Professor

Claudia Lopez Camara

Full Professor

Jeroen van Oijen

Doctoral Candidate

Alessandro Ballatore

Related themes

Within the research group Power&Flow, van Oijen is specialized in the following themes:

Theme within Power & Flow

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…

Theme within Power & Flow

Metal Fuels as dense CO2-free Energy Carriers

This theme is concerned with a novel type of fuels: metal powders that have a tremendously high energy density and can act as a major…

Student opportunities

Are you a student interested in graduating or doing a project in the Power & Flow group? Our research covers a very broad range of subjects. We design, make and test systems for various power and flow applications. In most of our graduation projects we perform experimental, theoretical or numerical studies of the interplay between heat (production) and flow. Students use these studies to either understand the fundamentals of these heat and flow problems or to apply them and find practical solutions on how to operate or optimize the application.

Research projects

Van Oijen is currently working on the following projects:

Research project

Center of Excellence in Combustion

Research project

Argon Power Cycle

Research project

Combustion model development for low-emission boilers

Research project

TTW 16480 - Making plasma-assisted combustion efficient

Research project

Modelling soot emissions of aero engines

Research project

Metal-to-Power

Towards implementation of metal powders as CO2-free fuels, development of experimental and numerical tools

Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

Contact

  • Visiting address

    Gemini South 2.131 (Building 15)
    De Zaale
    5612 AJ Eindhoven
    Netherlands

  • Visiting address

    Gemini South 2.131 (Building 15)
    De Zaale
    5612 AJ Eindhoven
    Netherlands

  • Postal address

    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    P.O. Box 513
    5600 MB Eindhoven
    Netherlands

  • Postal address

    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    P.O. Box 513
    5600 MB Eindhoven
    Netherlands

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