BIO

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ali Cemal Benim received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. He earned his Ph.D. degree at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, at the Institute of Process Engineering and Power Plant Technology of the Faculty of Energy Technology with degree of distinction (summa cum laude) on the topic Finite Element Modeling of Turbulent Flames.

Subsequently, he worked about seven years in the R&D department Thermal Machinery Laboratory of ABB Turbo Systems Ltd. in Baden, Switzerland. He was the manager of the group Computational Flow and Combustion Modeling.

Since 1996, he is Professor for Energy Technology at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, at the Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering, since 2012 leading the Center of Flow Simulation (CFS).

His research focuses on mathematical modelling and computational simulation of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer in a wide range of engineering applications, with emphasis on energy technology.

Prof. Benim is the Executive Editor of “Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics”, Editor-in-Chief of “Computation” and the Section Editor-in-Chief of “Fire”, and has further editorial positions in a number scientific journals.

ABSTRACT

The goals of sustainability and decarbonization are leading to an increasing use of environmentally friendly, low-carbon and carbon-free fuels. Hydrogen is a carbon-free energy carrier and is being hailed as the carbon-neutral fuel of the future, especially in the form of green hydrogen. Nevertheless, the unique properties of hydrogen pose new challenges for combustion technologies as well as safety and transportation aspects. These challenges can be mitigated by using other hydrogen carriers such as ammonia, but this leads to further challenges.

The presentation will give an overview of the use of hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels and the associated challenges. This will be followed by computational studies on certain aspects of the combustion of hydrogen fuels.