Alberto Passalacqua
Email: albertop@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-294-5047
Title(s):
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical & Biological Engineering (Courtesy)
Associate Director Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education (CoMFRE)
Office
302 Lab of Mechanics
2519 Union Dr.
Ames, IA 50011
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Education
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 2008
- M.S., Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 2004
Interest Areas
- Multiphase fluid dynamics
- Fluid particle flows
- Electrostatics in fluid-particle flows
- Quadrature-based moment methods
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Numerical methods for computational fluid dynamics
- Development of open-source tools for computational fluid dynamics
- Uncertainty quantification
Applications of computational fluid dynamics investigated in the group
- Bubble columns
- Two- and three-phase stirred tank reactors
- Fluidized bed reactors (bubbling beds, risers)
- Multi-inlet vortex reactors to produce nanoparticles
- Fermenters
- Electrolyzers
- Lagoon biodigesters
- Ventilation in barns
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Interests
AerosolsComputational Fluid DynamicsDevice-scale simulation of multiphase flowsElectrostatics in fluidizationFermentationFluidized bedsGas-liquid flowsGas-particle flowsMultiphase flowsNumerical methodsOpenFOAM