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Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Nicolai

Group leader multiphase reacting flows, Group leader thermo-acoustics

Working area(s)

Aero Engines / Rolls-Royce University Technology Center, Solid fuel combustion

Contact

work +49 6151 16-28812

Work L6|01 308
Otto-Berndt-Str. 3
64287 Darmstadt

Links

  • Development and application of high-fidelity numerical models in reactive flows.
  • Scale-resolving simulations in reactive multi-phase flows under laminar and turbulent conditions (Project C2, SFB/TRR 129,Clean Circles)
  • Collaborative research with Rolls Royce Germany for aircraft engines, exploring the aerodynamic and thermal interactions. (UTC Website)
  • Model Development and Simulation of zero-carbon fuels, such as hydrogen and hydrogen-ammonia mixtures.
This overview illustrates the fundamental effects of pulverised solid fuel conversion in a swirled laboratory-scaled combustor, categorising the phenomena into three pillars: turbulent flow and mixing, turbulence-chemistry interaction, and solid fuel kinetics. Within each pillar, distinct fluid-mechanical and physical processes are identified, whose evolution depends on initial and boundary conditions, as well as interactions with other processes. The result is a complex, coupled system that evolves in both time and space.
This overview illustrates the fundamental effects of pulverised solid fuel conversion in a swirled laboratory-scaled combustor, categorising the phenomena into three pillars: turbulent flow and mixing, turbulence-chemistry interaction, and solid fuel kinetics. Within each pillar, distinct fluid-mechanical and physical processes are identified, whose evolution depends on initial and boundary conditions, as well as interactions with other processes. The result is a complex, coupled system that evolves in both time and space.
  • Direct Numerical Simulations, Large-Eddy Simulation and RANS simulations in the context of reacting flows.
  • Reduced-order Modeling of Technical Systems by Chemical Reactor Networks
  • Advanced flamelet-based tabulation approaches for laminar and turbulent reacting flows
  • Statistical and geometrical subgrid-scale turbulence-chemistry interaction Closures
  • Numerical methods for reactive flows targeting high-performance computing and GPU acceleration.
  • Higher-order Methods for Reacting Flows

All publications are listed in the publication list:

Publications

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The integrated database, TUbiblio of TU Darmstadt, is currently being revised, which is why the author's complete publication list can currently only be accessed though the links above.