CFD-multi-physics for surface reactions

Goal: Develop a CFD multi-physics framework to design and optimize industrial processes where atmosphere–material surface interactions govern or influence product performance (e.g., filtering, coating, oxidation/cleaning).

Concept: Use Ansys Fluent and OpenFOAM to model turbulent flow, conjugate heat transfer (including radiation), species and/or particle transport, and reaction kinetics at surfaces. High-fidelity simulations yield the database for real-time surrogates (Reduced Order Models ROMs) for process design and optimization. The ROMs are coupled materials-science laws (diffusion, phase transformation) so that process parameter translate into microstructure and property predictions.