Dr Marco Colombo
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics
Full contact details
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D243
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I am a Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering having joined at the end of 2021. I received a Bachelor of Science in Energy Engineering and a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, in Italy, where I also completed my PhD in 2013. Before joining the University of 91Ö±²¥, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leeds from 2013.
My research addresses mainly the development of computational models of the thermo-fluid dynamics of multiphase flows, with a specific focus on computational fluid dynamics and boiling flows. I am interested in nuclear thermal hydraulics and the prediction of boiling heat transfer, passive cooling and two-phase thermal hydraulic instabilities in reactor systems, and the fluid dynamics of bubbly flows in multiple devices. I currently hold an EPSRC Fellowship focused on the challenge of modelling multiple flow regimes and transition in gas-liquid flows.
- Research interests
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Multiphase gas-liquid flows
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Nuclear thermal hydraulics
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Boiling heat transfer
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Computational fluid dynamics
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Bubbly flows
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- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Processes, 10(5).
- . Processes, 10(5).
- . Nuclear Engineering and Design, 378.
- . Journal of Computational Physics, 436.
- . Nuclear Engineering and Design, 375.
- . Chemical Engineering Science, 237.
- . AIChE Journal, 66(11).
- . Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 105(4), 1303-1324.
- . Frontiers in Energy Research, 8.
- . Nuclear Engineering and Design, 344, 15-27.
- . AIChE Journal, 65(4), 1325-1339.
- . Chemical Engineering Science, 195, 968-984.
- . International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 94, 80-93.
- . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 103, 28-44.
- . Chemical Engineering Science, 146, 207-225.
- . International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 77, 222-243.
- . Progress in Nuclear Energy, 85, 462-472.
- . Chemical Engineering Science, 123, 460-473.
- . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 85, 135-146.
- . Progress in Nuclear Energy, 76, 206-215.
- . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 68, 343-356.
- . Chemical Engineering Science, 81, 118-139.
- . Progress in Nuclear Energy, 56, 15-23.
- . Progress in Nuclear Energy, 52(8), 715-729.
Chapters
- , Advances of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Nuclear Reactor Design and Safety Assessment (pp. 239-335). Elsevier
- , Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 79-84). Elsevier
- , Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 1027-1032). Elsevier
- , Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 73-78). Elsevier
- , Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 445-450). Elsevier
- , Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 625-630). Elsevier
Conference proceedings papers
- Preliminary results of the experimental campaign conducted on the dynasty natural circulation loop.. 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH 19), 6 March 2022 - 11 March 2022.
- Turbulent heat transfer in nanoparticulate multiphase channel flows with a high prandtl number molten salt fluid. 6th International Conference on Particle-Based Methods. Fundamentals and Applications, PARTICLES 2019 (pp 691-701)
- Benchmarking of CFD modelling closures for two-phase turbulent bubbly flows. 18th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH 2019 (pp 1569-1582)
- CFD prediction of natural convection during external reactor vessel cooling. 18th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH 2019 (pp 5449-5462)
- Coupled calculations of bubble departure diameter and frequency from mechanistic principles for nucleate boiling applications. 18th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH 2019 (pp 288-299)
- . Proceeding of THMT-18. Turbulence Heat and Mass Transfer 9 Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium On Turbulence Heat and Mass Transfer, 10 July 2018 - 13 July 2018.
- Assessment of semi-mechanistic bubble departure diameter modelling for the CFD simulation of boiling flows. 17th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH 2017, Vol. 2017-September
- CFD Simulation of boiling flows with an eulerian-eulerian two-fluid model. 17th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH 2017, Vol. 2017-September
- CFD study of two-phase flow in a helical tube. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 117 (pp 1768-1771)
- CFD simulation of single- and two-phase natural convection in the context of external reactor vessel cooling. 17th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH 2017, Vol. 2017-September
- . Proceeding of THMT-15. Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium On Turbulence Heat and Mass Transfer, 15 September 2015 - 18 September 2015.
- Multiphase RANS simulation of turbulent bubbly flows. International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 2015, NURETH 2015, Vol. 4 (pp 2644-2657)
- Experimental characterization of pressure drops and channel instabilities in helical coil SG tubes. International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012, Vol. 4 (pp 2286-2295)
- . Volume 5: Fusion Engineering; Student Paper Competition; Design Basis and Beyond Design Basis Events; Simple and Combined Cycles, 30 July 2012 - 3 August 2012.
- Preliminary feasibility study of a water space reactor with an innovative reactivity control system. International Conference on the Physics of Reactors 2010, PHYSOR 2010, Vol. 2 (pp 1566-1576)
- Large eddy simulation for the modelling of the dynamic behaviour of the DYNASTY natural circulation loop.. 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH 19), 6 March 2022 - 11 March 2022.
- Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in multiscale multiphase flows: a novel CFD modelling approach.. 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH 19), 6 March 2022 - 11 March 2022.
- A Generalized Multifluid Modelling Approach (GEMMA): application to multiple flow regime phenomena in nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics.. 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH 19), 6 March 2022 - 11 March 2022.
- A novel generalized multiphase modelling approach for the simulation of multiphase flows: model development and validation. ETMM 13 Conference Proceedings. Rhodes, Greece, 15 September 2021 - 17 September 2021.
- A novel generalized multiphase modelling approach for the simulation of multiphase flows: application to intensified liquid-liquid extraction. ETMM 13 Conference Proceedings. Rhodes, Greece, 15 September 2021 - 17 September 2021.