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Alex C. Hoffmann

Alex C. Hoffmann

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
41
Citations
6575
World Ranking
6991
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Alex C. Hoffmann is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has a research focus centered predominantly in the field of Engineering. Their scholarly activities span several subfields within engineering including Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

Their research covers a range of topics with special attention given to Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, Granular Flow and Fluidized Beds, Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics, Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation, Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems, and Offshore Engineering and Technologies.

Recent publications by Alex C. Hoffmann include:

  • Flow loop study of a cold and cohesive slurry. Pressure drop and formation of plugs (2022), Fuel
  • Cohesive collisions of particles in liquid media studied by CFD-DEM, video tracking, and Positron Emission Particle Tracking (2023), Powder Technology
  • Single-Cell Tests to Explore the Reliability of Sofc Installations Operating Offshore (2020), Energies
  • First and second-order models for the vortex length in cylinder-on-cone cyclones based on large-eddy simulations (2020), Heliyon
  • Visualization of Unsteady Flow in a Multistage Helico-Axial Pump (2023), Proceedings of... European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics & Thermodynamics

Frequent co-authors in their research work include:

  • Boris V. Balakin
  • Pavel G. Struchalin
  • Pawel Kosinski
  • Yu-Fen Chang
  • Ted Ørjan Seim Gundersen

As a contributor to academic publications, Alex C. Hoffmann has published in various venues, such as:

  • Fuel
  • Powder Technology
  • Energies
  • Heliyon
  • Proceedings of... European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics & Thermodynamics

In recognition of their scholarly contributions, Alex C. Hoffmann was made a Member of Academia Europaea in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Gas Cyclones and Swirl Tubes: Principles, Design, and Operation

    AC Hoffmann;LE Stein;P Bradshaw

  • Gas Cyclones and Swirl Tubes

    Alex C. Hoffmann;Louis E. Stein

  • Dynamic properties of water/alcohol mixtures studied by computer simulation

    Erik J. W. Wensink;Alex C. Hoffmann;Paul J. van Maaren;David van der Spoel

  • PARTICLE SEGREGATION IN FLUIDISED BINARY MIXTURES

    A.C. Hoffmann;L.P.B.M. Janssen;J. Prins

  • Flow pattern in reverse-flow centrifugal separators

    W Peng;A.C Hoffmann;P.J.A.J Boot;A Udding

  • The effect of vibration on the fluidization behaviour of some cohesive powders

    E. Marring;A.C. Hoffmann;L.P.B.M. Janssen

  • Experimental study of the vortex end in centrifugal separators: The nature of the vortex end

    W. Peng;A.C. Hoffmann;H.W.A. Dries;M.A. Regelink

  • Advantages and risks in increasing cyclone separator length

    A. C. Hoffmann;M. de Groot;W. Peng;H. W. A. Dries

  • A relation for the void fraction of randomly packed particle beds

    A.C. Hoffmann;H.J. Finkers

  • Evidence of the ‘natural vortex length’ and its effect on the separation efficiency of gas cyclones

    A.C. Hoffmann;R. de Jonge;H. Arends;C. Hanrats

  • Properly determine powder flowability to maximize plant output

    J.A.H. de Jong;A.C Hoffmann;Hendrikus Finkers

  • Segregation in a fluidised powder of a continuous size distribution

    A.C. Hoffmann;E.J. Romp

  • Statics and dynamics of dense copolymer melts: A Monte Carlo simulation study

    Alexander Hoffmann;Jens-Uwe Sommer;Alexander Blumen

  • Sol–gel production of zirconia nanoparticles with a new organic precursor

    C. Suciu;L. Gagea;A.C. Hoffmann;M. Mocean

  • Simulation of solid particles behaviour in a driven cavity flow

    P. Kosinski;A. Kosinska;A.C. Hoffmann

  • Properties of Adsorbed Water Layers and the Effect of Adsorbed Layers on Interparticle Forces by Liquid Bridging

    E.J.W. Wensink;A.C Hoffmann;M.E F Apol;H.J.C. Berendsen

  • Experimental study and computational fluid dynamics modeling of deposition of hydrate particles in a pipeline with turbulent water flow

    B.V. Balakin;A.C. Hoffmann;P. Kosinski

  • Numerical analysis of a planar anode-supported SOFC with composite electrodes

    Thinh X. Ho;Pawel Kosinski;Alex C. Hoffmann;Arild Vik

  • Turbulent flow of freon R11 hydrate slurry

    B.V. Balakin;H. Pedersen;Z. Kilinc;A.C. Hoffmann

  • Computer simulations of asymmetric block copolymers

    Alexander Hoffmann;Jens-Uwe Sommer;Alexander Blumen

  • Investigation of the particle flowpattern and segregation in tapered fluidized bed granulators

    S. H. Schaafsma;T. Marx;A. C. Hoffmann

  • EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS OF FLUIDIZED BEDS AT ELEVATED PRESSURES

    A.C. Hoffmann;J.G. Yates

  • Modelling agglomeration and deposition of gas hydrates in industrial pipelines with combined CFD-PBM technique

    Boris V. Balakin;Boris V. Balakin;Simon Lo;Pawel Kosinski;Alex C. Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Madhumita B. Ray
Madhumita B. Ray University of Western Ontario
David van der Spoel
David van der Spoel Uppsala University
Henk A. Dijkstra
Henk A. Dijkstra Utrecht University
Phillip C. Wright
Phillip C. Wright Newcastle University
Alan E. Mark
Alan E. Mark University of Queensland
Jan B. F. N. Engberts
Jan B. F. N. Engberts University of Groningen

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