Andrej Horvat  
Projects  


  Combustion & Process engineering
  • CFD analysis of blast furnace operation

  • Thermal analyses and sensitivity study of pyrolysis reactor equipment

  • Validation of Reynolds stress models in a combustion chamber

  • AFTUR: Alternative fuels for industrial gas turbines (EU project)

  •   Consumer goods
  • Analysis of thermostatic shower valves

  • Development of a novel baby bottle concept

  • Modelling of the PCM solidification process in a baby bottle warmer

  • Mechanically powered light - development and evaluation of the design concepts

  • Design of a compact fan system with heat recuperation

  • Melting of phase-change material using microwaves

  •   Fusion Engineering
  • Thermo-mechanical analysis of ITER residual ion dump

  • Structural assessment of ITER microwave heating antenna

  • Blow-out transient simulation for ITER NBDI duct liner

  •   General industrial
  • Development of a cooling configuration for a high power electric motor

  • Analysis and design development of a Peltier-based cooling system

  • Fluid-structure interaction analysis of shield deflection of a microwave antenna

  • Thermal performance of air heaters in the aircraft ventilation system

  • Fluid-structure interaction analysis of an air heater due to thermal stresses

  • Thermal management within a Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) detector

  • Particle behaviour in an agricultural spreader system and their ground surface distribution

  •   HVAC & Fire safety
  • CFD analysis of the Kings' cross accident

  • FireNet: under-ventilated compartment fires (EU project)

  • Influence of thermal radiation on ventilation conditions in a building

  • Thermal loads due to a fire on a cargo ship

  • Safedor: design, operation and regulation for safety

  • Computational models for prediction of fire behaviour (training)

  • External airflow and its impact on the building ventilation

  • Evaluation of an alternative HVAC strategy using phase-change materials

  • Design validation of a clean room air handling system

  • Thermo-hydraulic analysis of a novel domestic heating system

  •   Marine
  • Wake formation behind the submarine fin and analysis of the resulting structural loads

  • Development of cooling configuration for a battery compartment of a rigid inflatable boat

  • Analysis of buffeting flow and its control on a high speed boat

  • Water stability of a boom towing device

  •   Medical
  • Engineering review of inhaler technology and atomisation methodologies

  • Flow characteristics and film clearing potential of a novel endoscope attachment

  • Droplets behaviour and concept design development of a spray measuring device

  •   Nuclear
  • Simulation of natural convection in fluids with internal heat generation

  • Development of design criteria for fluid induced vibrations in heat exchangers

  • WAHALoads: Two-phase flow water hammer transients and induced loads on materials and structures of nuclear power plants (EU project)

  • Original combined multiphase model of steam explosion premixing phase

  • Fluid-elastic instability in heat exchanger tube bundles

  • Thermal loads on the reactor vessel lower plenum during a severe accident

  • Determination of morphological parameters for optimization of heat exchanger surfaces

  •   Oil & Gas
  • Assessment & development of a novel borehole device

  • Assessment of erosion in a drill-head for oil-wells

  • Vortex induced vibration of a deep water riser

  • Concept design of a supersonic gas compressor

  • Analysis of a cold plasma methane cracking reactor and carbon removal process

  • Feasibility assessment of vibration energy harvester

  •   Renewable energy
  • Validation of a CFD methodology to analyse wind turbine blades

  • Simulation of wind turbine operation using blade element method

  • Optimisation of a wind farm layout

  • Forecasting of heat extraction rate for a ground source heating system

  • Hydraulic design of ground source heat exchanger

  • Setup of borehole temperature monitoring

  • Analysis of a thermal storage system for a solar power plant module