Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Engineering

Fundamentals and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-23711-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications begins with an overview of the current use and critical importance in both industrial and academic scenarios, presenting the key concepts that are the base of this discipline and showing how it is strongly related to a variety of adjacent areas. The fundamentals of the necessary mathematical modelling required and the solution of complex system of equations using CFD techniques (with a comprehensive description of different numerical methods) are then presented in detail.

Part II then presents a variety of applications of CFD in the context of Chemical Reaction Engineering. Detailed examples are explored, ranging from single-phase to multiphase reactors (including operation in microfluidic devices before presenting the main trends, challenges, and opportunities for CFD in this area over the next decades. Part III presents a variety of applications of CFD in the context of the Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering. Detailed examples are explored, ranging from fluid mixing to coupled heat and mass transport phenomena, passing through heat transfer, solids handling and transport in porous media. Part IV concludes the book with an overview of advanced uses of CFD in Chemical Engineering and related areas with a focus on Multiphysics applications (e.g., combining CFD with acoustics, analysing and designing photochemical reactors coupling CFD with light modelling, etc.). Multiscale applications, combining CFD with macroscopic and molecular simulation are also discussed. Finally, an overview of combining CFD with optimization techniques (including DOE and machine learning) is presented.

The book is primarily intended for graduate level students and early career students in chemical engineering as well as those working in industry on the analysis, design, optimization and scale-up of a variety of equipment who require better understanding of phenomena occurring in that environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Soares, Cíntia

Padoin, Natan

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Strömungslehre
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Kontinuumsmechanik, Strömungslehre
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
1. Introduction: An Overview of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Chemical Engineering
2. Mathematical Modelling in Chemical Engineering
3. Fundamentals of Numerical Simulation with Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Engineering
4. Advanced Topics in Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with CFD in Chemical Engineering

PART II: APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
5. Single-Phase Reactors
6. Multiphase Reactors
7. Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Reaction Engineering

PART III: APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN UNIT OPERATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
8. Fluid Mixing
9. Heat Exchangers
10. Solids Handling
11. Transport in Porous Media
12. Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer Operations
13. Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Computational Fluid Dynamics in Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering

PART IV: FRONTIERS OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
14. Multiphysics Applications
15. Multiscale Applications
16. Computational Fluid Dynamics Coupled with Optimization Techniques

Über Autor(innen)

Soares, Cíntia
Cíntia Soares is a Full Professor at the Chemical and Food Engineering Department of Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis/SC, Brazil. Cíntia has a strong background in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), with several papers published in this field in well-recognized journals. Cíntia is involved with the Elsevier published Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (JECE), Chemical Engineering Science (CES) and with the Springer Nature published Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering.

Padoin, Natan
Natan Padoin is an Adjunct Professor at the Chemical and Food Engineering Department of Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis/SC, Brazil. Natan has a strong background in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), with several papers published in this field in well-recognized journals. He is also involved with the Elsevier published Chemical Engineering Journal (CEJ).