• Multiphase flow modelling of furnace tapholes 

      Reynolds, Quinn G.; Erwee, Markus W. (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Pyrometallurgical furnaces of many varieties make use of tapholes in order to facilitate the removal of molten process material from inside the vessel. Correct understanding and operation of the taphole is essential for ...
    • A Multiscale Approach for Evaluating UTSA-16 Adsorbent for Post Combustion Carbon Capture 

      Krishnamurthy, Shreenath; Mangano, Enzo; Ferrari, Maria-Chiara; Blom, Richard; Grande, Carlos; Friedrich, Daniel; Sarkisov, Lev; Brandani, Stefano (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      UTSA-16 is considered as one of most promising Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for post combustion carbon capture in a vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process. Current studies base their predictions on the equilibrium ...
    • Multiscale approach to fully resolved boundary layers using adaptive grids 

      Panda, A.; Peters, E.A.J.F.; Baltussen, M.W.; Kuipers, J.A.M. (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Bubbly flows are omnipresent in most industrial processes. Often the intended use of such processes is to facilitate efficient mass and heat transfer for reactive flows. Mass and heat transfer coupled with fluid flow in ...
    • Negative Greenhouse Gas Emissions in France By 2050: Techno-Economic Potential Assessment 

      Isbasoiu, Ancuta; Coussy, Paula (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter, 2021)
      Climate change is one of the biggest challenges humanity faces today. The existing mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are not sufficient to deal with the major negative effects of climate change. ...
    • A New Facility on Accurate Viscosity and Density Measurements 

      Khosravi, Bahareh; Løvseth, Sigurd W.; Austegard, Anders; Einen, Caroline; Stang, H. G.Jacob; Snustad, Ingrid; Jakobsen, Jana P.; Rekstad, Håvard (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      A new facility for accurate measurement of viscosity and density of CO2-rich mixtures relevant for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) has been constructed. The facility includes a two-capillary viscometer with several novel ...
    • Novel efficient hybrid‐DEM collision integration scheme 

      Buist, Kay A.; Seelen, Luuk J.H.; Deen, Niels G.; Padding, Johan T.; Kuipers, Hans J.A.M. (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      A hybrid collision integration scheme is introduced, benefiting from the efficient handling of binary collisions in the hard sphere scheme and the robust time scaling of the soft sphere scheme. In typical dynamic dense ...
    • A novel modelling approach of ground source heat pump application for district heating and cooling, developed for a case study of an urban district in Finland 

      Todorov, Oleg; Alanne, Kari; Virtanen, Markku; Kosonen, Risto (SINTEF Proceedings;5, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2020)
      The world impact of fossil fuels on air pollution is responsible for several millions premature deaths every year. The present study analyses the decarbonization of district heating (DH) and cooling (DC) networks by the ...
    • Numerical analysis of heat recovery options in old Finnish apartment buildings 

      Hirvonen, Janne; Jokisalo, Juha; Kosonen, Risto (SINTEF Proceedings;5, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2020)
      Ventilation heat recovery in residential buildings is well established. However, waste heat recovery from sewage is focused on industrial applications and is not commonly done in Finland at the residential building level. ...
    • Numerical analysis of the temperature distribution in a martensic stainless steel strip during hardening 

      Pirouznia, Pouyan; Andersson, Nils Å.I.; Tilliander, Anders; Jönsson, Pär G. (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Due to the increasing demands on higher qualities of thin martensitic steel strips, a great attention needs to be paid to the dimension quality of the finished product within the hardening line. The temperature distribution ...
    • Numerical evaluation of co‐firing solid recovered fuel with petroleum coke in a cement rotary kiln: Influence of fuel moisture 

      Isaac, David Jayanth; Pedersen, Morten Nedergaard; Jensen, Lars Skaarup; Nielsen, Mads (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper presents a numerical simulation model for cocombustion of coarse Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) with pulverised petroleum coke in a rotary kiln producing cement clinker. The objective is to derive a reliable ...
    • Numerical investigation of particle types influence on packed bed adsorber behaviour 

      Haddadi, Bahram; Jordan, Christian; Norouzi, Hamid R.; Harasek, Michael (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Packings are an inseparable part of Chemical Engineering processes like adsorption. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations on fully resolved packed beds can provide local flow information (e.g. wall effects and ...
    • Numerical model for flow in rocks composed of materials of different permeability 

      Li, R.R.; Yang, Y.S.; Pereira, G.G.; Taylor, J.A.; Clennell, M.B.; Zou, C. (SINTEF Proceedings;1, Chapter, 2015)
      In the oil and gas industry permeability measurements on rock samples give an indication of the capacity to produce the output (oil/gas etc). Permeability of small samples can be derived from x-ray Computed Tomography (CT) ...
    • Numerical predictions of the shape and size of the raceway zone in a blast furnace 

      Safronov, Dmitry; Richter, Andreas; Meyer, Bernd (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      A 3D transient numerical model has been developed to predict the shape and size of the raceway zone created by the force of the blast air injected through the tuyeres in the coke bed of a blast furnace. The model is based ...
    • Numerical Simulation and Field Survey on Indoor Thermal Comfort for Healthy Building: A Case study on Lingnan Residential Building 

      LI, Bin; GUO, Weihong; LIU, Xiao; Zhang, Yuqing; Russell, Peter John (SINTEF Proceedings;9, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      Due to COVID-19, people spend more and more time indoors. Healthy buildings, therefore, become more attractive to people than ever before. By summarizing specific requirements on relevant standards for healthy indoor thermal ...
    • Numerical simulation of bubble transport and splitting dynamics for varying bifurcation angle 

      Nagargoje, Mahesh S.; Gupta, Raghvendra (SINTEF Proceedings;6, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Gas embolotherapy is a recent potential cancer treatment. The technique is based on starving the tumors by cutting off the blood supply using perfluorocarbon (PFC) bubbles. The volatile PFC droplets are injected in the ...
    • Numerical simulation of Double Skin Facade used to produce energy in buildings 

      Conceição, Eusébio; Gomes, João; Lúcio, M. Manuela; Awbi, Hazim (SINTEF Proceedings;9, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      This article introduces a numerical model to project and construct a Double Skin Facade (DSF) in windows facing south, in order to be used on thermal energy generation in winter conditions. The DSF system is applied to a ...
    • Numerical simulations of turbulent liquid‐liquid dispersions with quadrature‐based moment methods 

      Buffo, Antonio; Li, Dongyue; Podgorska, Wioletta; Vanni, Marco; Marchisio, Daniele L. (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The accurate description of droplet dynamics in turbulent liquidliquid dispersions is of great importance in many industrial applications, especially when the economy of the process is determined by the involved mass ...
    • Numerical Studies of Co2 Leakage Remediation by MICP-Based Plugging Technology 

      Landa-Marbán, D.; Kumar, K.; Tveit, S.; Gasda, S.E. (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a technology for sealing leakage paths to ensure the safe storage of CO2 in geological formations. In this work we introduce a numerical simulator of MICP for field-scale ...
    • Numerical study of coal particle gasification up to Reynolds numbers of 1000 

      Kriebitzsch, Sebastian; Richter, Andreas (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The influence of turbulent structures on the gasification of coal particles, in particular on the char consumption and surface temperature, is studied . Existing submodels for char gasification are mainly based on results ...
    • Numerical study the influence of balcony in college dormitory on indoor environment in winter: A case study in Jinan, China 

      An, Farun; Liu, Jiying; Lu, Wanpeng (SINTEF Proceedings;9, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      The ventilation rate of dormitory in winter affects the living quality and learning state of students, while the balcony will affect the indoor ventilation of dormitory. In order to explore the influence of different ...