Project Objectives
 An
improved understanding of multiphase transport phenomena (MTP)
has developed over the past twenty years due to the availability
of laser-based flow measurement technologies, inexpensive computing
systems, and improved computational protocols. This situation
provides a unique opportunity to integrate completed and peer-reviewed
MTP research results into the undergraduate and graduate transport
phenomena curriculum.
The NSF/CRCD MTP curriculum development project is a cooperative
adventure that draws on the research accomplishments of nine laboratories
at The University of Akron, Michigan State University, and The
University of Tulsa. An important objective of the project is
to develop a means to train students on the practical use of multiphase
computational fluid dynamic (MCFD-) methods. An industrial advisory
board participates in evaluating the curriculum and in selecting
the industrial case studies.
 A
multi-tiered approach is employed to train undergraduate and graduate
students in the art of using commercial CFD codes and in the engineering
science of validating multiphase models. The student teams are
formed during a CFD summer workshop and continue to collaborate
on an industrial case study while taking an introductory course
on multiphase transport phenomena. The technical training provides
an opportunity for a student to become familiar with multiphase
processing issues that directly build on the skill base acquired
in the traditional junior-level engineering courses in fluid flow,
heat transfer, and mass transfer. The NSF/CRCD project paradigm
addresses the following educational needs in the area of multiphase
transport phenomena:
- training in the fundamentals of MTP;
- training in the formulation of multiphase models;
- training in numerical methods that support MCFD codes;
- training in the implementation of MTP/CFD codes; and,
- training in the integration of MTP/CFD tools into engineering
design.
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