Energy transfer in porous media flow: a study via Lattice Boltzmann simulations

• Grant number: 24/05874-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2024
• End date: August 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Luís Fernando Mercier Franco
• Grantee: Guilherme Jordão de Paula Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Química (FEQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/02713-8 - Molecular dynamics of confined fluids: equilibrium and transport properties, AP.JP
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/17638-2 - Rattle effect on flow and heat transfer within porous media: a study via Lattice Boltzmann simulations, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

The modeling of porous media flow has various applications in the industrial context. Particularly to adsorption processes, the understanding of the flow and the energy transfer within porous media becomes essential. Given the Lattice Boltzmann method flexibility in terms of the computational discretization, in this project, a Lattice Boltzmann simulation code will be developed aiming at understanding the mechanisms of thermal transfer in porous media flow at the mesoscale.