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Heterogeneous Multi-Rate mass transfer models in OPENFOAM® (2020)
Journal Article
Municchi, F., Di Pasquale, N., Dentz, M., & Icardi, M. (2021). Heterogeneous Multi-Rate mass transfer models in OPENFOAM®. Computer Physics Communications, 261, Article 107763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107763

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. We implement the Multi-Rate Mass Transfer (MRMT) model for mobile–immobile transport in porous media (Haggerty and Gorelick, 1995; Municchi and Icardi, 2019 [1]) within the open-source finite volume library OPENFOAM® (Foundation,... Read More about Heterogeneous Multi-Rate mass transfer models in OPENFOAM®.

Numerical simulation of crust freezing in processed meat: A fully coupled solid–fluid approach (2020)
Journal Article
Greiciunas, E., Municchi, F., Di Pasquale, N., & Icardi, M. (2020). Numerical simulation of crust freezing in processed meat: A fully coupled solid–fluid approach. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A Applications, 78(8), 378-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407782.2020.1793546

© 2020, © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. We present a numerical model for the simulation of continuous impingement freezing of processed food products. This model is capable of fully describing the fluid dynamics of the non-isothermal flow field... Read More about Numerical simulation of crust freezing in processed meat: A fully coupled solid–fluid approach.

Probability density function (PDF) models for particle transport in porous media (2020)
Journal Article
Icardi, M., & Dentz, M. (2020). Probability density function (PDF) models for particle transport in porous media. GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics, 11(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-020-00153-z

© 2020, The Author(s). Mathematical models based on probability density functions (PDF) have been extensively used in hydrology and subsurface flow problems, to describe the uncertainty in porous media properties (e.g., permeability modelled as rando... Read More about Probability density function (PDF) models for particle transport in porous media.

Numerical simulation of droplet impact on wettability-patterned surfaces (2020)
Journal Article
Russo, A., Icardi, M., Elsharkawy, M., Ceglia, D., Asinari, P., & Megaridis, C. M. (2020). Numerical simulation of droplet impact on wettability-patterned surfaces. Physical Review Fluids, 5(7), Article 074002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.074002

© 2020 American Physical Society. Numerical simulations have unexplored potential in the study of droplet impact on nonuniform wettability surfaces. In this paper, we compare numerical and experimental results to investigate the application potentia... Read More about Numerical simulation of droplet impact on wettability-patterned surfaces.

Macroscopic models for filtration and heterogeneous reactions in porous media (2020)
Journal Article
Municchi, F., & Icardi, M. (2020). Macroscopic models for filtration and heterogeneous reactions in porous media. Advances in Water Resources, 141, Article 103605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103605

Derivation of macroscopic models for advection-diffusion processes in the presence of dominant heterogeneous (e.g., surface) reactions using homogenisation theory or volume averaging is often deemed unfeasible (Valdés-Parada et al., 2011; Battiato an... Read More about Macroscopic models for filtration and heterogeneous reactions in porous media.

Computational analysis of transport in three-dimensional heterogeneous materials: An OpenFOAM®-based simulation framework (2020)
Journal Article
Boccardo, G., Crevacore, E., Passalacqua, A., & Icardi, M. (2020). Computational analysis of transport in three-dimensional heterogeneous materials: An OpenFOAM®-based simulation framework. Computing and Visualization in Science, 23, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00791-020-00321-6

© 2020, The Author(s). Porous and heterogeneous materials are found in many applications from composites, membranes, chemical reactors, and other engineered materials to biological matter and natural subsurface structures. In this work we propose an... Read More about Computational analysis of transport in three-dimensional heterogeneous materials: An OpenFOAM®-based simulation framework.

Generalized multirate models for conjugate transfer in heterogeneous materials (2020)
Journal Article
Municchi, F., & Icardi, M. (2020). Generalized multirate models for conjugate transfer in heterogeneous materials. Physical Review Research, 2(1), Article 013041. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013041

We propose a novel macroscopic model for conjugate heat and mass transfer between a mobile region, where advective transport is significant, and a set of immobile regions where diffusive transport is dominant. Applying a spatial averaging operator to... Read More about Generalized multirate models for conjugate transfer in heterogeneous materials.