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Dr Jefferson Gomes
PhD (DIC), MSc, BSc, FHEA.
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- jefferson.gomes@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272988
- Office Address
School of Engineering Kings College Fraser Noble Building, Room 354 AB24 3UE
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
- Lecturer in Engineering, University of Aberdeen (2012-today);
- Visiting Academic, Instituto Federal Fluminense (Brazil, 2020-today);
- Visiting Academic, Imperial College London (2013-today);
- Visiting Academic, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 2005-today);
- Research Fellow, Imperial College London (2010-2012);
- Research Associate, Imperial College London (2006-2010);
- PhD, Imperial College London (2004);
- MSc, State University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 1999);
- BSc in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 1996).
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Course Coordinator:
- Chemical Thermodynamics (EX3029): 2014-today;
- Process Engineering (EG2011/EG20G2): 2020-today;
- Geothermal and Hydro Energy (EG503A/B): 2018-2020;
- Engineering Thermodynamics (EG3521): 2013-2015;
- Advances in Chemical Engineering (EG5597): 2015.
- External Memberships
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- Associate Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering and the Mathematical Problems in Engineering;
- Reviewer service for Fluid Phase Equilibria, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, International Journal for Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flows, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal od Petroleum and Gas Engineering;
- Reviewer for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
Latest Publications
Corium Interface Flow Dynamics Investigation During Severe Accident in Pressurised Water Reactors Using Compressive Advection Interface Capturing Method
Physics of Fluids, vol. 36, no. 6, 063313Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSolving the discretised multiphase flow equations with interface capturing on structured grids using machine learning libraries
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 426, 116974Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNuclear Meltdown Relocation and Core Catcher Analysis
VETOR - Journal of Exact Sciences and Engineering,, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 2-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Constrained Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Model for Upscaling Permeability
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 95, no. 6, pp. 899-916Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvestigation of drift phenomena at the pore-scale during flow and transport in porous media
Mathematics, vol. 9, no. 19, 2509Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
- Development of self-adaptive computational methods for multi-physics and multiscale problems;
- Development of FEM-based computational multi-fluids dynamics (CMFD) models and stochastic optimisation methods for:
- Porous media flow;
- Turbulent flows;
- Nuclear criticality excursions;
- Heat and mass transfer processes.
- Development of reduced-order models (POD and SVD) for porous media flows.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Maths, Engineering.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Computational Physics
- Nuclear Engineering
- Fluid Mechanics
- Energy Engineering
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
- Self-adaptive computational methods;
- Multiphase compositional porous media flow (reservoir simulation);
- Safety assessment for nuclear systems (severe accident modelling);
- Predictive methods (reduced-order models and data assimilation);
- AI technologies (machine-learning algorithms).
Past Research
- Development of a CV-FEM based multi-fluid dynamics model for porous media flows;
- Numerical investigation of risk assessment in GEN4 nuclear reactors;
- Development of coupled multiphase and radiation-transport models;
- Modelling heat and multiphase flows in circular fluidised beds;
- FEM-based methods for granular fluidisation models;
Knowledge Exchange
- Current:
- Innovate UK (2023-25)
- Past:
- Design and Optimisation of Stirling Engines for Waste Heat (Interface UK, 2021-22);
- Development of coupled multi-fluid and neutron-transport models for design of a reactor to produce medical-isotope (B&W, 2010);
- Design and Optimisation of Decanter (BP, 2009);
- Risk Analysis and Assessment of MOX Nuclear Fuel Production (JAEA, 2005-06);
- Risk Assessment in Underground Nuclear Waste Repositories during Postulated Accidents (NDA,2005-08);
- Design and Optimisation of Heat Exchangers in TDN Reactors (BNFL, 2002).
KTP and projects with industry have led to +30 technical reports.
Collaborations
- Applied Modelling and Computation Group (AMCG), Imperial College London;
- Petroleum Engineering & Rock Mechanics Group (PERM), Imperial College London;
- Professor Su Jian, Nuclear Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil);
- Professor Francisco B S Oliveira, Computational Modelling in Sciences and Technologies Research Group (PPGMC), State University of Santa Cruz (Brazil);
- Professors Jader Lugon and Antonio Silva Neto, Environmental Modelling & Technology Applied to Water Resources Research Group (AmbHidro), Fluminense Federal Institute (Brazil).
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Maths, Engineering.
Supervised 5 PhD students (to successful) completion since 2010 on:
- Reduced-order models in porous media flows;
- Atmospheric modelling;
- Coupled multiphase and neutron-radiation models for nuclear reactors.
Funding and Grants
- Gas-Jet Design and Optimisation for Underwater Laser Cutting (KTP, 2023-25), Principal Investigator;
- Molecular Basis of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Separations (MBase): Criticality and Fission in the Solution State (EPSRC, 2010-13), Co-Investigator;
- Thermohydraulics for Innovative Nuclear Systems (THINS): Development of Novel Discretisation Methods for Multiphase Flows (EU-FP7, 2010-14), Co-Iinvestigator;
- Gas-Fast Reactors (GoFastR): Modelling and Simulation of Core-Melting in PWR (EU-FP7, 2010-13), Co-Investigator;
- Technology Proof of Concept: Computational Framework for Multi-Scale Environmental Modelling (NERC, 2010-12), Co-Investigator;
- Follow-on Fund: Realising the Commercial Potential of the Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale FETCH Technology for Nuclear Safety Applications (EPSRC, 2010-11), Co-Investigator;
- Energy Grant: Numerical Investigation of Biomass Gasification (Brazilian CNPq, 2006-7), Co-Investigator.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Postgraduate Courses
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (EG501V/3G): 2015-today
- Oil and Gas Chemistry (EG551LEG552L): 2019-today;
- Geothermal and Hydro Energies (EG503A/EG503B):2018-2020;
- Renewable Energy: Geothermal and Solar (EG501J): 2014-2018;
- Energy Technologies (EG5066): 2013.
Undergraduate Courses
- Chemical Thermodynamics (EX3029): 2014-today;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (EG501V): 2015-today;
- Process Engineering (EG2011/EG20G2): 2020-today;
- Conservation of Heat, Mass and Momentum (EX3030/EM40JN): 2016-2020;
- Air and Water Pollution Control EG501U): 2018;
- Engineering Thermodynamics (EG3521): 2013-2015;
- Advances in Chemical Engineering (EG5597): 2014-2015.
- Publications
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Corium Interface Flow Dynamics Investigation During Severe Accident in Pressurised Water Reactors Using Compressive Advection Interface Capturing Method
Physics of Fluids, vol. 36, no. 6, 063313Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSolving the discretised multiphase flow equations with interface capturing on structured grids using machine learning libraries
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 426, 116974Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNuclear Meltdown Relocation and Core Catcher Analysis
VETOR - Journal of Exact Sciences and Engineering,, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 2-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Constrained Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Model for Upscaling Permeability
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 95, no. 6, pp. 899-916Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvestigation of drift phenomena at the pore-scale during flow and transport in porous media
Mathematics, vol. 9, no. 19, 2509Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVelocity dependence and tracer dispersion in Newtonian fluids undergoing creeping flow
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2118/208251-MS
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Numerical investigation of viscous flow instabilities in multiphase heterogeneous porous media
Advances in Water Resources, vol. 130, pp. 46-65Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.10.010
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A Force-Balanced Control Volume Finite Element Method for Multi-Phase Porous Media Flow Modelling
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 431–445Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCompressive advection and multi-component methods for interface-capturing
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 80, no. 4, pp. 256-282Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.4078
Anisotropic Mesh Adaptivity and Control Volume Finite Element Methods for Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
Mathematical Geosciences, vol. 47, pp. 417-440Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-014-9579-1
Reservoir Modeling for Flow Simulation by Use of Surfaces, Adaptive Unstructured Meshes, and an Overlapping-Control-Volume Finite-Element Method
SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 115 - 132Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://www.onepetro.org/journal-paper/SPE-163633-PA
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2118/163633-PA
A discontinuous overlapping control volume finite element method for multi-phase porous media flow using dynamic unstructured mesh optimization
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A new approach to reservoir modeling and simulation using boundary representation, adaptive unstructured meshes and the discontinuous overlapping control volume finite element method
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201412787
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Numerical Modelling of Debris Bed Water Quenching
Procedia IUTAM, vol. 15, pp. 64-71Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNumerical Modelling of Melt Behaviour in the Lower Vessel Head of a Nuclear Reactor
Procedia IUTAM, vol. 15, pp. 72-77Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAdaptive unstructured mesh modelling of multiphase flows
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, vol. 67, no. Suppl., pp. 104-110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.08.002
Control Volume Finite Element Modelling of Segregation of Sand and Granular Flows in Fluidized Beds
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, vol. 67, no. Suppl., pp. 191-199Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.10.002
Two- and three-phase horizontal slug flow simulations using an interface-capturing compositional approach
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, vol. 67, no. Suppl., pp. 85-91Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.07.007
A Multi-Scale Model of Multi-Fluid Flows Transport in Dual Saturated-Unsaturated Heterogeneous Porous Media
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsHorizontal Annular Flow Modelling using a Compositional Based Interface Capturing Approach
Contributions to Conferences: PapersPhase-Change Modelling in Severe Nuclear Accidents
Contributions to Conferences: PapersA Balanced-Force Finite Element Method for Surface-Tension Driven Interfacial Flows using Interface-Capturing Approaches
Contributions to Conferences: PapersA Novel Finite Element Framework for Numerical Simulation of Fluidization Processes and Multiphase Granular Flow
Contributions to Conferences: PapersInterface-Capturing using a Compressive Advection Method and a Compositional Modelling Approach: Applications
Contributions to Conferences: PapersNumerical simulations of dust fluxes to the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Comparison of model results with a Holocene peat record of dust deposition
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 118, no. 10, pp. 4597-4609Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50275
Interface-Capturing using a Compressive Advection Method and a Compositional Modelling Approach
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsParameter estimation of subsurface flow models using iterative regularized ensemble Kalman filter
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 877-897Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-012-0613-x
Simulated spatially dependent transient kinetics analysis of the Oak Ridge Y12 plant criticality excursion
Progress in Nuclear Energy, vol. 63, pp. 12-21Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2012.09.006
Multi-Physics Flow Modelling for Nuclear Applications
Fluidization Engineering: Practice. Passos, M. L., Barrozo, M., Mujumdar, A. (eds.), pp. 1-58, 58 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersReservoir Modeling for Flow Simulation Using Surfaces, Adaptive Unstructured Meshes, and Control-Volume-Finite-Element Methods
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2118/163633-MS
Simulated transient dynamics and heat transfer characteristics of the water boiler nuclear reactor – SUPO – with cooling coil heat extraction
Annals of Nuclear Energy, vol. 48, no. -, pp. 68-83Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2012.03.027
Steps towards verification and validation of the FETCH Code for Level 2 Analysis, design and optimization of aqueous homogeneous reactors
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsA computational framework for non-linear optimization problems: the cuckoo search algorithm
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsInterface-Tracking using a Compressive Advection Method and a Compositional Modelling Approach
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] http://apsdfd2012.ucsd.edu/
Coupled neutronics-fluids modelling of criticality within a MOX powder system
Progress in Nuclear Energy, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 523-552Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2011.01.011
A two-phase adaptive finite element method for solid-fluid coupling in complex geometries
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 82-96Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2249
Synthetic-eddy method for urban atmospheric flow modelling
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 136, no. 2, pp. 285-299Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-010-9508-x
Simulation of a gas-cooled fluidized bed nuclear reactor. Part I: mixed oxide fuels
Annals of Nuclear Energy, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 999-1013Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2010.03.008
Simulation of a gas-cooled fluidized bed nuclear reactor. Part II: stability of a fluidized bed reactor with mixed oxide fuels
Annals of Nuclear Energy, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 1014-1025Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2010.03.009
Modelagem Computacional em Materiais: Equilibrio Liquido-Vapor em Solucoes Polimericas - Um Problema de Otimizacao Nao-Linear
Modelagem Computacional em Materiais. Bastos, I., Moura Neto, F., Henderson, N., Platt, G., Rocha, M. (eds.). Ciencia ModernaChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersNovel Mesh Adaptive LES Simulations for Multi-Scale Atmospheric Flows: Application to the Urban Environment
Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XX. Steyn, D. G., Rao, S. (eds.). 1 edition. Springer Netherland, pp. 63-68, 6 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3812-8
Numerical Simulation of Air Flows in Street Canyons Using Mesh-Adaptive LES
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3652-0_72
Modelling of Granular Materials in the FETCH Coupled Criticality Code
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 100, pp. 331-334Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvestigation of nuclear criticality within a powder using coupled neutronics and thermofluids
Annals of Nuclear Energy, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 2073-2092Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2008.05.012
A Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Gas-Solid Fluidized Beds Using the Two-Fluid Granular Temperature Model
Heat Transfer Engineering, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 576-597Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01457630701194011
On an Improved Design of a Fluidized Bed Nuclear Reactor - I: Design Modications and Steady-State Features.
Nuclear Technology (ANS), vol. 153, no. 2, pp. 117-131Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA model of heat transfer dynamics of coupled multiphase-flow and neutron-radiation: Application to a nuclear fluidized bed reactor
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 765-807Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09615530510625084
The Fission Power of a Conceptual Fluidized Bed Thermal Nuclear Reactor
Nuclear Energy, vol. 43, pp. 113-123Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn investigation of power stabilization and space-dependent dynamics of a nuclear fluidized-bed reactor
Nuclear Science and Engineering, vol. 144, no. 3, pp. 242-257Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpace-dependent kinetics simulation of a gas-cooled fluidized bed nuclear reactor
Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 219, no. 3, pp. 225-245Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0029-5493(02)00215-7
A numerical investigation of bubbling gas-solid fluidized bed dynamics in 2-D geometries.
Powder Technology, vol. 128, no. 1, pp. 56-77Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0032-5910(02)00167-5
Modelling the Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium of Polymer Solutions Using a Cubic Equation of State
Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 816-826Contributions to Journals: Articles