A similar course will take place again in Zurich, 13-17 February 2012.
The site for the 2012 course can be accessed by clicking here.

28^thSHORT COURSES

ZURICH

Modelling and Computation of Multiphase Flows:

Part I: Bases

Part IIA: New Reactor Systems and Methods
or
Part IIB: Computational Multi-Fluid Dynamics (CMFD)

Part III: CMFD with Commercial Codes

Zurich, 14-18 February 2011

Hosted by the

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH)
in Zurich, Switzerland

THE COURSES

Multiphase flows and heat transfer with phase change are of interest to researchers, scientists and engineers working in power, nuclear, chemical-process, oil-and-gas, cryogenic, space, food, bio-medical, micro-technology, and other industries. Courses similar to this one have been offered in the past at Stanford University, the University of California-Santa Barbara and elsewhere. These courses have taken place annually at ETH-Zurich since 1984 with some 1700 participants so far. Over the years, the courses have continuously evolved, reflecting on-going progress, interests, and developments; the number of lecturers has gradually increased and parallel sessions were introduced in 1989. The Zurich courses not only offer the opportunity to meet and interact with outstanding lecturers, but also with colleagues working worldwide on similar topics but in different industries.

The courses are organized in modules as intensive introductory courses for persons having basic knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and numerical techniques, but also serve as advanced courses for specialists wishing to obtain the latest information in certain areas.

Part I, Bases, covers the common background material and emphasises the latest modelling and computational aspects of multiphase flows. A tutorial text is e-mailed to the participants before the course to introduce the very basic concepts for this module and fill any basic gaps in their background, to help them participate in the courses the best possible way.

Part IIA, New Reactor Systems and Methods, covers multiphase flow topics of particular interest to nuclear engineers. This module reviews some of the most recently proposed advanced reactor designs (including reactors considered for near-term construction and those in Generation IV) and the main multiphase phenomena of importance in these designs. This module also introduces the state-of-the-art and beyond in modelling and simulation methods (including CFD and CMFD applications) for core design and accident analysis. An article introducing reactors, and in particular Light Water Reactors, will be e-mailed as tutorial material for non-nuclear specialists to the participants of this module before the course.

Part IIB, Computational Multi-Fluid Dynamics (CMFD), reflects the growing interest in the application of CFD techniques to multi-phase flows; it is continuously updated to cover the most common new computational techniques. The introductory chapters from a book authored by Tryggvason, Scardovelli and Zaleski will be emailed to the participants in Part IIB to prepare them for the lectures.

Part III, CMFD with Commercial Codes, is attached to both Parts IIA and IIB. The participants will have the possibility to meet commercial code developers and discuss their products for both nuclear and other applications.

The emphasis in these courses is on:

· A condensed, critical and updated view of basic knowledge and future developments, in relation to systems and phenomena encountered in industrial applications

· Trends in modelling, design, analysis, computational techniques, CFD / CMFD methods and experimentation

· Sources of information, data and correlations

· Availability as well as limitations of modern modelling and computational techniques and codes

· Interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge from one area of applications to another

These limited-enrolment courses feature:

· A program of co-ordinated, 90-min lectures by experts in the field

· A complete and extensive set of the lecture notes and other non-copyrighted course materials on a CD-ROM

· Tutorial, introductory texts for all parts of the course emailed to the participants before the course

· Handout-format hard bound copies of all the standardized PowerPoint presentations for use in the classroom (it is not advised to bring laptops)

· Movies, videos, animations, and computer simulations illustrating the physical phenomena and the numerical techniques (with non-copyrighted material included in the CD-ROM)

· Discussion time and discussions with the lecturers during and between lectures

COURSE FEES AND REGISTRATION

All parts (either IIA or IIB) taken together: EUR 1500

Part I alone: EUR 1100

Parts IIA+III or IIB+III alone: EUR 850

The fees include the cost of course materials but do not include meals and hotel accommodations. (A fee of EUR 100 will be retained in case of cancellation after February 4, 2011.)

Please download and fill out the Registration Form

The course organizers reserve the right to cancel the course on short-term notice, with full refund of the fees, in case of force majeure, travel restrictions, non-availability of the venue, forced absence of several lecturers, etc.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

You may fill out the Hotel Registration form (pdf) and mail or fax to CBS  (not to the Course address)

Information for other numerous hotels in the city of Zurich, in all categories, is also available at the preceding link and from various other web sites.

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Click here for Schedule of Lectures and important additional practical information.

Click here to download the course brochure.