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Research highlights |
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Abhijeet H. Thaker, Abdul Quiyoom, Vivek V. Buwa, 2022,
“Dynamics of Meandering Bubble
Plumes and Their Role in Liquid–phase Mixing in a
Shallow Vessel”, AIChE Journal, Accepted for
publication.
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Sirisha Parvathaneni, Sujay Karmakar and Vivek V. Buwa,
2022 Eulerian Simulations of Bubbling and Jetting
Regimes in a
Fluidized bed, Particuology, Accepted for publication.
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Aniket S. Ambekar, Ulrich Rüde, Vivek V. Buwa, 2022,
Particle-resolved simulations of local liquid spreading
in packed beds: Effect of wettability at varying particle
size, Physics of Fluids, Accepted for
publication.
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Aniket S. Ambekar, Christoph Schwarzmeier, Ulrich Rüde,
Vivek V. Buwa, "Particle-Resolved
Turbulent Flow in a Packed Bed: RANS, LES and DNS
Simulations",
2022, AIChE Journal, in press.
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Aniket S. Ambekar, Sujay Mondal and
Vivek V. Buwa, "Pore-resolved volume-of-fluid simulations of
two-phase flow in porous media: pore-scale flow
mechanisms and regime map",
2021, Physics of Fluids, 33, 102119.
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Aniket S. Ambekar, Padmaja Mattey and
Vivek V. Buwa,
"Pore-Resolved Two-Phase Flow in a Pseudo-3D Porous
Medium: Measurements and Volume-of-Fluid Simulations",
2021, Chemical
Engineering Science, 230, 116128.
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Ekta Jain, Madhusudan Sau
, Vivek V. Buwa, "Eulerian
Simulations of Liquid Distribution Generated by Chimney
and Bubble Cap Distributors",
2021, Chemical
Engineering Journal,
Chemical Engineering Journal,
421, 127799.
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Sirisha Parvathaneni and
Vivek V. Buwa,
"Eulerian Multifluid Simulations of Segregation and
Mixing of Binary Gas-Solids Flow of Particles with
Different Densities", 2021,
Chemical
Engineering Science, 245, 116901.
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Brajesh K. Singh,
Shantanu Roy,
Vivek V. Buwa, "Eulerian Simulations of Bubbling Behavior
in a Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed: Role of Solid Frictional
Viscosity", 2021,
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry,
60, 17677.
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Abhijeet H. Thaker and Vivek V. Buwa, "Separation
of Liquid-Liquid Dispersion in a Batch Settler: CFD-PBM
Simulations Incorporating Interfacial Coalescence",
2020,
AIChE Journal, 66(11).
- Sirisha Parvathaneni and Vivek V. Buwa, "Role of
Bubbling Behaviour
in Segregation and Mixing of Binary Gas-Solids Flow of
Particles with Different Density", 2020, Powder
Technology, 372, 178-191.
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Karthik, G. M., and Vivek V. Buwa. "A computational
approach for the selection of optimal catalyst shape for
solid-catalysed gas-phase reactions", 2020,
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering,
5 (1), 163-182.
- Brajesh K. Singh, Shantanu Roy, Vivek V. Buwa, "Bubbling/slugging
flow behavior in a cylindrical fluidized bed: ECT
measurements and two-fluid simulations", 2020, Chemical
Engineering Journal, 383,
123120.
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Karthik, G. M.,
Abhijeet H. Thaker, Vivek V. Buwa. "Particle-Resolved
Simulations of Catalytic Fixed Bed Reactors: Comparison
of Turbulence Models, LES and PIV Measurements", 2020,
Powder Technology ,
361,
474-489.
- Sahil
V. Bhujbal, Abhijeet H. Thaker and
Vivek V. Buwa, "Effects of Sloshing Gas–Liquid Interface on
Dynamics of Meandering Bubble Plumes and Mixing in a
Shallow Vessel: PIV and LIF Measurements",
2020, Chemical Engineering Journal,
386, 122036.
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The work by G. M. Karthik and Vivek V. Buwa entitled
"Performance Evaluation of Different Catalytic Structures
for Methane Steam Reforming in Packed Beds" presented at the
14th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and
Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-14) held in Guilin
(China) during 30 May – 03 June 2019 receives "Best Poster
Award"
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Cover illustration (bottom left):
K. G. Manoharan and V. V. Buwa,
“Structure-Resolved CFD Simulations of Different Catalytic
Structures in a Packed Bed”.
This work is featured on the cover page of the I&EC
Journal (Volume 58, Issue 49, December 11, 2019)(doi/abs/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03537)
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Cover illustration: Karthik G. M. and
Vivek V. Buwa, "Effect of particle shape on fluid
flow and heat transfer for methane steam reforming
reactions"(doi/10.1002/aic.v63.1/issuetoc)
This work is featured on the cover page
of the ISCRE 24 special issue of AIChE Journal (Jan 2017). |
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Conference contributions |
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News & Announcement |
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15th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and
Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-15), Ottawa
(Canada), 7-10 August 2022
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Devesh
Saxena, Yacine Haroun, Frederic Augier and Vivek V. Buwa,
"Effect of particle shape and liquid properties on local
liquid distribution in a trickle bed", 2022, accepted
for oral presentation.
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Rohit Singh Gulia, Y. Haroun, F. Augier and Vivek V.
Buwa, "Eulerian Simulations of Local Liquid
Distribution in a Trickle Bed: Effect of Particle Shape
and Physical Properties", 2022, accepted for oral
presentation.
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Aniket S. Ambekar, Rohit S. Gulia and Vivek V. Buwa,
"Dynamics of particle-scale liquid distribution in
trickle beds: Measurements and Volume-of-Fluid
simulations", 2022, accepted for oral presentation.
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Ankita Kumari and Vivek V. Buwa, "Effect of
Particle-Particle and Particle-Wall Contact on Heat
Transfer Analysis through Particle-Resolved CFD
Simulation", 2022, accepted for oral presentation.
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Ankit S. Ambekar, Kuldeep Singh, Ankita Kumari, Ulrich
Rüde and Vivek V. Buwa, "Effect of particle aspect
ratio and orientation on the particle-scale liquid
spreading in packed beds", accepted for oral
presentation.
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Sanjeev Kumar, Sujata Sen and Vivek V. Buwa, "Eulerian
multi-fluid simulations of gas volume fraction
fluctuations in dense gas-liquid flow in bubble
columns", 2022, accepted for oral presentation.
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Sayantan Biswas, Sujata Sen and Vivek V Buwa, "DPM-VOF
Simulations of a Bubble Plume rising in Two Immiscible
Liquids", 2022, accepted for oral presentation.
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Sayantan
Biswas, Vikas Singh and Vivek V. Buwa, "Role of Slag
Layer in Liquid-Phase Mixing in a Basic Oxygen Furnace
(BOF): Cold Flow Measurements and Eulerian Multifluid
Simulations", 2022, accepted for oral presentation.
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Prantik Das, Rashi Gupta, Sachinraj D. and Vivek V.
Buwa, "Eulerian Simulations of Mono- & Poly-dispersed
Liquid-Solid Flow Through a Horizontal Slurry Pipe",
2022, accepted for oral presentation.
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IIT Delhi, ANSYS Software enter into CSR agreement; CoE for
Promotion of Computational Fluid Dynamics Inaugurated
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Further details are available at http://www.iitd.ac.in/content/iit-delhi-ansys-software-enter-csr-agreement-coe-promotion-computational-fluid-dynamics-inau
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May 2022: Prantik
Das awarded with the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship. |
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July
2021: Kuldeep Singh awarded with the Prime Minister's
Research Fellowship.
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08
Nov 2021: Ekta Jain successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis
"Characterization of Gas–Liquid Flow through Distributors
and Porous Beds for Co–current Downflow Packed Bed Reactor". |
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June 2020:
Abhijeet H. Thaker successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis "Liquid-Liquid
Phase Separation in Gravity Settlers: Measurements,
Population Balance Modeling and CFD Simulations". |
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PhD and PostDoc positions |
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