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 technology. Particularly in the area of the nanoparticles here also various aspects of multiscale and multi-field problems are combined. Classical approaches are based on the modeling of these phenomena is usually on the consideration of medium size in a large ensemble of particles and on the basis of continuum methods. With the advent of new numerical methods, especially the lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM) and the molecular-dynamic method (MD) can today calculations are performed in which the transport of particles and the interaction between particles at the microscopic level (individual particle resolution ) are calculated. The aim of this project is to develop these methods further to more complex phenomena, such as electro-kinetic effects to be able to resolve. The project is currently part of the Simulation Science Center at the Technical University of Clausthal.