Reactive Flows, Diffusion and Transport: From Experiments via Mathematical Modeling to Numerical Simulation and Optimization Final Report of SFB (Collaborative Research Center) 359

✍ Scribed by B. Schweizer, S. Bodea, C. Surulescu, I. Surovtsova (auth.), Willi Jäger, Rolf Rannacher, Jürgen Warnatz (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 658
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The articles in this volume summarize the research results obtained in the former SFB 359 "Reactive Flow, Diffusion and Transport" which has been supported by the DFG over the period 1993-2004. The main subjects are physical-chemical processes sharing the difficulty of interacting diffusion, transport and reaction which cannot be considered separately. Typical examples are the chemical processes in flow reactors and in the catalytic combustion at surfaces. Further examples are models of star formation including diffusive mass transport, energy radiation and dust formation and the polluting transport in soil and waters. For these complex processes mathematical models are established and numerically simulated. The modeling uses multiscale techniques for nonlinear differential equations while for the numerical simulation and optimization goal-oriented mesh and model adaptivity, multigrid techniques and advanced Newton-type methods are developed combined with parallelization. This modeling and simulation is accompanied by experiments.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Fluid Flows and Free Boundaries....Pages 5-24
Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Applications....Pages 25-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-46
Mesh and Model Adaptivity for Flow Problems....Pages 47-75
Parallel Multigrid on Locally Refined Meshes....Pages 77-92
Solving Multidimensional Reactive Flow Problems with Adaptive Finite Elements....Pages 93-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-115
Robustness Aspects in Parameter Estimation, Optimal Design of Experiments and Optimal Control....Pages 117-146
Multiple Set Point Partially Reduced SQP Method for Optimal Control of PDE....Pages 147-175
Adaptive Finite Element Methods for PDE-Constrained Optimal Control Problems....Pages 177-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-210
Determination of Kinetic Parameters in Laminar Flow Reactors. I. Theoretical Aspects....Pages 211-249
Determination of Kinetic Parameters in Laminar Flow Reactors. II. Experimental Aspects....Pages 251-289
Optimization of Reactive Flows in a Single Channel of a Catalytic Monolith: Conversion of Ethane to Ethylene....Pages 291-310
Reaction Processes on Catalytically Active Surfaces....Pages 311-340
Stochastic Modeling and Deterministic Limit of Catalytic Surface Processes....Pages 341-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-373
Multigrid Methods for Large-Eddy Simulation....Pages 375-396
Modeling and Simulation of Turbulent Non-Reacting and Reacting Spray Flows....Pages 397-417
Transport and Diffusion in Boundary Layers of Turbulent Channel Flow....Pages 419-432
Front Matter....Pages 433-436
Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks Including Detailed Chemistry and Mineralogy....Pages 437-483
Numerical Methods for Multidimensional Radiative Transfer....Pages 485-526
Front Matter....Pages 527-530
Multiscale Analysis of Processes in Complex Media....Pages 531-553
Microscopic Interfaces in Porous Media....Pages 555-565
Front Matter....Pages 527-530
High-Accuracy Approximation of Effective Coefficients....Pages 567-577
Numerical Simulation and Experimental Studies of Unsaturated Water Flow in Heterogeneous Systems....Pages 579-597
Lake Dynamics: Observation and High-Resolution Numerical Simulation....Pages 599-619
Front Matter....Pages 621-623
Advanced Flow Visualization with HiVision....Pages 625-634
VisuSimple: An Interactive Visualization Utility for Scientific Computing....Pages 635-651
Volume Rendering in Scientific Applications....Pages 653-665
Back Matter....Pages 667-676

✦ Subjects

Computational Science and Engineering; Numerical and Computational Methods in Engineering; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry