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Overview

H.E.A. van den Akker is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on computational mechanics and fluid dynamics. A significant portion of their research explores fluid dynamics, mixing processes, and multiphase flows.

Their work spans several specialized subfields:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology

Van den Akker's research topics prominently include:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques

They have published in several scientific journals, with repeated contributions to the following venues:

  • International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • Flow Turbulence and Combustion
  • AIChE Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by van den Akker include:

  • "A coupled DEM-CFD analysis of asphaltene particles agglomeration in turbulent pipe flow," 2024, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Time Scales and Turbulent Spectra above the Base of Stirred Vessels from Large Eddy Simulations," 2020, Flow Turbulence and Combustion
  • "Shear thickening and history-dependent rheology of monodisperse suspensions with finite inertia via an immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann method," 2020, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • "The effect of liquid co-flow on gas fractions, bubble velocities and chord lengths in bubbly flows. Part I: Uniform gas sparging and liquid co-flow," 2020, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • "Two-fluid simulations of an aerated lab-scale bioreactor," 2023, Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Van den Akker frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Orest Shardt
  • Jason J. Giacomelli
  • Sudharsan Srinivasan
  • Roya Jamshidian
  • James H. Scully

Best Publications

  • An experimental and numerical study of turbulent swirling flow in gas cyclones

    A.J. Hoekstra;J.J. Derksen;H.E.A. Van Den Akker

  • Particle imaging velocimetry experiments and lattice-Boltzmann simulations on a single sphere settling under gravity

    A. Ten Cate;C.H. Nieuwstad;J.J. Derksen;H.E.A. Van den Akker

  • Simulation of vortex core precession in a reverse-flow cyclone

    J. J. Derksen;H. E. A. Van den Akker

  • Assessment of large eddy and RANS stirred tank simulations by means of LDA

    H. Hartmann;J.J. Derksen;C. Montavon;J. Pearson

  • Liquid velocity field in a bubble column: LDA experiments

    R.F. Mudde;J.S. Groen;H.E.A. Van Den Akker

  • Population Balance Modeling of Aerated Stirred Vessels Based on CFD

    Bart C. H. Venneker;Jos J. Derksen;Harrie E. A. Van den Akker

  • A generic, mass conservative local grid refinement technique for lattice-Boltzmann schemes

    M. Rohde;D. Kandhai;J. J. Derksen;H. E. A. van den Akker

  • Simulation of mass-loading effects in gas-solid cyclone separators

    J.J. Derksen;S. Sundaresan;H.E.A. van den Akker

  • On the accuracy of the void fraction measurements using optical probes in bubbly flows

    J. Enrique Juliá;Wouter K. Harteveld;Robert F. Mudde;Harrie E. A. Van den Akker

  • Two-Way Coupled Large-Eddy Simulations of the Gas-Solid Flow in Cyclone Separators

    J. J. Derksen;H. E.A. Van Den Akker;Sankaran Sundaresan

  • Mixing times in a turbulent stirred tank by means of LES

    H. Hartmann;J. J. Derksen;H. E. A. van den Akker

  • Three-dimensional LDA measurements in the impeller region of a turbulently stirred tank

    J. J. Derksen;M. S. Doelman;H. E. A. Van den Akker

  • 2D and 3D simulations of an internal airlift loop reactor on the basis of a two-fluid model

    R F. Mudde;H E. A. Van Den Akker

  • Single-phase flow in stirred reactors

    A. Bakker;H. E. A. Van Den Akker

  • Sensitivity study on interfacial closure laws in two-fluid bubbly flow simulations

    R. S. Oey;R. F. Mudde;H. E. A. van den Akker

  • A COMPUTATIONAL SNAPSHOT OF GAS-LIQUID FLOW IN BAFFLED STIRRED REACTORS

    V.V. Ranade;H.E.A. Van den Akker

  • Coherent structures and axial dispersion in bubble column reactors

    J.S. Groen;R.G.C. Oldeman;R.F. Mudde;H.E.A. van den Akker

  • Uniform Flow in Bubble Columns

    R. F. Mudde;W. K. Harteveld;H. E. A. van den Akker

  • Macroinstability uncovered in a Rushton turbine stirred tank by means of LES

    H. Hartmann;J. J. Derksen;H. E. A. van den Akker

  • Dynamic flow in a Kenics static mixer: An assessment of various CFD methods

    W. F. C. van Wageningen;D. Kandhai;R. F. Mudde;H. E. A. van den Akker

Frequent Co-Authors

Jos Derksen
Jos Derksen University of Aberdeen
Robert F. Mudde
Robert F. Mudde Delft University of Technology
Chris R. Kleijn
Chris R. Kleijn Delft University of Technology
Sankaran Sundaresan
Sankaran Sundaresan Princeton University
Freek Kapteijn
Freek Kapteijn Delft University of Technology
Laurens Katgerman
Laurens Katgerman Delft University of Technology
Antonello Barresi
Antonello Barresi Polytechnic University of Turin
Daniele Marchisio
Daniele Marchisio Polytechnic University of Turin
Matthias Kraume
Matthias Kraume Technical University of Berlin
Rodney O. Fox
Rodney O. Fox Iowa State University

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