| Project title |
Modelling the dynamic behaviour of reacting complex fluids in nanopores with an integrated Cahn-Hilliard-VanderWaals / Navier Stokes solver - Application to Fisher-Tropsch synthesis |
| Applicant(s) |
Dr.ir. V. van Steijn, Prof.dr.ir. M.T. Kreutzer, Prof.dr.ir. C.R. Kleijn |
| Abstract |
How do the products of Fisher-Tropsch (water and oil) escape from the nanoporous network in which they are formed? The answer lies in a combined analysis of the thermodynamic phase behaviour, the fluid mechanics in the confined pores, and the transport equations for reactants and products. Current computational models are unable to provide the answer. We therefore propose to address this problem by coupling a Cahn-Hilliard-VanderWaals chemical potential model with a Navier Stokes solver. We will do this within the open source framework OpenFoam, and we will apply our model to heterogeneously catalysed oil/water/gas flows in Fisher-Tropsch synthesis. |
| Project budget |
k€ 256 (includes 1 PhD student and material budget) |
| Duration |
2013 - 2017 |
