CPGS Dissertation: Towards a CFD Model for Turbulent, Reactive, Two-Phase Flow
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge · Supervised by Dr. Markus Kraft
This Certificate of Postgraduate Study (CPGS) dissertation established the theoretical groundwork for CFD modelling of turbulent, reactive, two-phase flow. Written in the first year of the PhD programme, it surveyed and implemented the building blocks required for the full coupled model.
Key contributions included: implementation and comparison of k-ε and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) turbulence models for a bubble column; integration of the MoMEC algorithm (a PDF-based chemical source term closure) into a commercial CFD solver; and a literature review of two-phase flow modelling approaches, identifying DQMoM as the path forward for solving particle size distributions in bubbly flow.
Methods: Finite Volume Method · RANS / LES · PDF methods · MoMEC · Euler/Euler · Euler/Lagrange
