Modeling of multiphase flows with kinetic methods

The prediction of multiphase flows, e.g. the transport of discrete particles or droplets in a fluid, is of great importance in many areas of process engineering. Particularly in the field of nanoparticles, various aspects of multi-scale and multi-field problems are also combined here. Classical approaches to modeling these phenomena are usually based on the consideration of mean sizes in a large ensemble of particles or on the basis of continuum methods. With the advent of new numerical methods, in particular the lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM) and molecular dynamic methods (MD), it is now possible to perform calculations in which the transport of particles and the interaction between particles are calculated at the microscopic level (resolving individual particles). The aim of this project is to further develop these methods in order to be able to resolve other complex phenomena, such as electrokinetic effects. The project is currently part of the Simulation Science Center at Clausthal University of Technology.