Plenary Lecture
Computational Modeling of Agroindustrial Biosystems via Lattice-Boltzmann Method
Professor José A. Rabi
Department of Biosystems Engineering
Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering
University of São Paulo - Pirassununga Campus
Brazil
E-mail: jrabi@usp.br
Abstract: Computational modeling of food and bioprocesses has continuously increased not only because its importance has been recognized but also as suitable numerical techniques have been developed and applied. Lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM) is an alternative bottom-up approach dissimilar not only from long-standing top-down discretization methods (like finite differences, finite elements or finite volumes) but also from molecular dynamics, which is another bottom-up method. Besides code simplicity and possibility of parallel processing from the computational viewpoint, LBM benefits from fluid flow simulation by dismissing Navier-Stokes equations as well as from the ability to effortlessly deal with multiphase phenomena or moving boundaries on the modeling side. This lecture addresses basic concepts of LBM bearing in mind its application towards biospecific affinity chromatography, supercritical fluid extraction and bioreactors for wastewater treatment.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: José Rabi holds B.Sc. in Applied Physics from University of São Paulo (USP, 1995), M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Aeronautical Institute of Technology (ITA, 1998) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Campinas (UNICAMP, 2002), all aforesaid degrees received in Brazil. In 2003-2004 he joined the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at University of Calgary (Canada) as postdoctoral fellow and in 2009-2010 he joined IRSTEA - Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture (formerly CEMAGREF, France) as research fellow. From 2002 to 2004, he enrolled Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG, Brazil), mostly teaching Numerical Methods and Transport Phenomena for Civil Engineering undergraduate courses and since late 2004 he has been affiliated to the Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo (FZEA-USP). Current graduate teaching comprises Numerical Methods for Materials Simulation and Scientific Research in Engineering while undergraduate teaching includes Transport Phenomena, Numerical Methods, Modeling & Simulation of Biosystems, Operations Research & Optimization. Former undergraduate teaching comprised Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Industrial Facilities, Fundamentals of Food Engineering, besides collaboration to Hydraulics, Electricity & Heat Generation, Heat & Mass Transfer, Introduction to Food Engineering and Introduction to Technical Writing. Research interests include computational modeling of agroindustrial biosystems via lattice-Boltzmann method, being author and co-author in more than 70 publications in terms of journal papers, congress full-papers and international book chapters.