American Journal of Fluid Dynamics

American Journal of Fluid Dynamics is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, debate and short reports in all areas of Fluid Dynamics.

Abdallah Sofiane Berrouk

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Fluid Dynamics

Other, Chemical Engineering Department, Petroleum Institute, United Arab Emirates

Research Areas

Computational Fluid Dynamics of Turbulent Multiphase Flows

Education

Ph.D Mechanical Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
M.ScHydrocarbon Enterprise, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
MEng.Mechanical Engineering, National Mechanical Engineering Institute, Boumerdes, Algeria

Experience

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Academic Achievement

Algerian Government award
Worldwide University Network (WUN) award
Manchester Science Enterprise (MSE) award

Publications: Journals

[1]  L. Wu, K. Nandakumar, A. S. Berrouk, H. Kruggel-Emden Mass Conservation in DPM-CFD Modeling of Dense Particulate Flows Chemical Engineering Journal. Accepted.
[2]  Wael A. Fouad, Abdallah S. Berrouk, Cornelis J. Peters Using Mixed Tertiary Amines for gas sweetening energy requirement reduction Oil and Gas Journal. Accepted.
[3]  Jieqing Gan, Hui Zhao, Abdallah S. Berrouk, Chaohe Yang, Honghong Shan Numerical simulation of hydrodynamics and cracking reactions in the mixing zone of a multi-regime gas-solid riser reactor Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Accepted.
[4]  B. R Palmer, C. Gutierrez, M-B., Gidas, A. S. Berrouk, M. W. H. Gawargy. Rate Phenomena in the Reaction of Hydrogen Sulphide with a Zinc-Oxide Sorbent. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, Article published online. September 2010, DOI: 10.1002/ep.10495.
[5]  Abdallah. S. Berrouk, C.L. Wu. Two-Dimensional Discrete Particle Model: Comments on the numerical simulation of cluster flow behaviour in the riser of circulating fluidized beds. Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 160, Issue 2, June 2010, pp. 810-811.
[6]  Abdallah. S. Berrouk. Turbulence Modulation of dense two-phase flows: Comment on Modelling of dense gas-particle flow in a circulating fluidized bed by Distinct Cluster Method (DCM). Powder Technology, Vol. 201, Issue 1, July 2010, pp.104-105.
[7]  Abdallah. S. Berrouk, C.L. Wu. Large eddy simulation of dense two-phase flows: Comment on [DEM-LES study of 3-D bubbling fluidized bed with immersed tubes. Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 65, Issue 5, March 2010, pp.1902-1903.
[8]  C.L. Wu, A. S. Berrouk. Conceptual comparative study between efficient collision-handling algorithms used for Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Discrete Particle Model (DPM). Powder Technology, Vol. 198, Issue 3, March 2010, pp. 435-438.
[9]  Abdallah S. Berrouk, Alvin C.K. Lai, Albert C.T. Cheung, S.L. Wong. Experimental measurements and large eddy simulation of expiratory droplet dispersion in a mechanically ventilated enclosure with thermal effects. Building and Environment, Vol. 45, Issue 2, February 2010, pp. 371-379.
[10]  C.L. Wu, A. S. Berrouk, K. Nandakumar. An efficient chained-hash-table strategy for collision handling in hard-sphere discrete particle modelling. Powder Technology, Vol. 197, Issue 1-2, January 2010, pp. 58-67.
[11]  C.L. Wu, A. S. Berrouk. Comments on: Solid cross-flow into the spout and particle trajectories in conical spouted beds. Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 64, Issue 21, November 2009, pp.4457-4459.
[12]  C.L. Wu, A.S. Berrouk, K. Nandakumar. Three-dimensional discrete particle model for gas-solid fluidized beds on unstructured mesh. Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 152, Issues 2-3, October 2009, pp. 514-529.
[13]  C. L. Wu, J. M. Zhan, Y. S. Li, K. S. Lam, A. S. Berrouk. Accurate Void Fraction Calculation for Three-dimensional Discrete Particle Model for Gas-solid Fluidized Bed on Unstructured Mesh. Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 64, Issue 6, March 2009, pp. 1260-1266.
[14]  Abdallah. S. Berrouk, David. E. Stock, Dominique. Laurence, James. J. Riley. Heavy particle dispersion from a point source in turbulent pipe flow. International Journal of Multiphase flow, Vol. 34, Issue 10, October 2008, pp. 916-923.
[15]  Abdallah. S. Berrouk, Dominique Laurence. Stochastic modelling of aerosol deposition for LES of 90 bend turbulent flow. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 29, Issue 4, August 2008, pp. 1010-1028.
[16]  A. S. Berrouk, D. Laurence, J. J. Riley, D. E. Stock. Stochastic modelling of inertial particle dispersion by sub-grid motion for LES of high Reynolds number pipe flow. Journal of Turbulence, Vol. 8, Issue 50, November 2007, pp. 1-20.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  C. Gutierrez, B.R. Palmer, A. S. Berrouk, C. Peters. Rate Phenomena in the Reaction of Hydrogen Sulfide with a Pelletized Zinc Oxide-Based Sorbent Source: AIChE Conference. October 2011.
[2]  Hui Zhao, A. S. Berrouk Simulation of Hydrodynamics and cracking reactions of TMP riser feed mixing section. Source: AIChE Conference. October 2011.
[3]  Abdallah S. Berrouk, Dominique Laurence Stochastic large eddy simulation of bluff-body two-way-coupled gas-particle turbulent flow Proceedings of ASME/JSME/KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, Hamamatsu, Japan, July 2011, AJK2011-12006, pp.8-17.
[4]  Wael A. Fouad, Abdallah S. Berrouk, Cornelis J. Peters On Mixing Tertiary Amines for Gas Purification International Conference on Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering, Amsterdam, Netherlands. July 2011, pp 1041-1049.
[5]  C. Gutierrez, A. S. Berrouk, B. R. Palmer, A Zinc Oxide-Zinc Aluminate based Sorbent for dilute hydrogen sulphide capture-A follow up Source: Sour Oil & Gas Advanced Technology (SOGAT), Abu Dhabi, March 2011, pp. 533-557.
[6]  B. R Palmer, M-B., Gidas, C. Gutierrez, A. S. Berrouk, M. W. H. Gawargy, U. M. Muzaffar A zinc aluminate sorbent for dilute hydrogen sulfide capture. Source: Sour Oil & Gas Advanced Technology (SOGAT), Abu Dhabi, March 2010, pp. 497-528.
[7]  C.L. Wu, A. S. Berrouk, K. Nandakumar. On the efficiency of discrete particle modeling of gas-solid fluidized bed reactor. Source: International Conference on Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering, Singapore, October 2009, pp. 235-240.
[8]  A.S. Berrouk, A. Douce, D. Laurence, J. J. Riley, D. E. Stock. RANS and LES of particle dispersion in turbulent pipe flow: Simulations versus experimental results" Keynote. Source: Proceedings of ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 2006, Miami FL, FEDSM2006, July 2006, pp. 1673-1682.
[9]  A. S. Berrouk, D. Laurence, J. J. Riley, D. E. Stock Stochastic modelling of fluid velocity seen by heavy particles for two-phase LES of non-homogeneous and anisotropic turbulent flows. Source: International Conference on Particle-Laden Flow, University of Twenty, Netherland, June 2006, pp. 179-192.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Yacine Kahil, Dominique Laurence, Abdallah S. Berrouk "Depot d'aerosols dans les conduits coudées a 90°: Suivi de particules dans un écoulement turbulent avec approche Lagrangienne." Editions Universitaires Européennes. 2010. ISBN: 978-613-1-52359-5.
[2]  Abdallah. S. Berrouk "Stochastic Lagrangian modelling for large eddy simulation of turbulent dilute two-phase flows." Bentham Publisher. 2011. In Press.
[3]  A. S. Berrouk, D. Laurence, J. J. Riley, D. E. Stock "Stochastic modelling of fluid velocity seen by heavy particles for two-phase LES of non-homogeneous and anisotropic turbulent flows." Series: European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (ERCOFTAC) Source: Particle-Laden Flow: From Geophysical to Kolmogorov Scales. Vol. 11 (2007) SPRINGER Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-4020-6217-9.
[4]  C. L. Wu, A. S. Berrouk "Particle Collision Handling for Hard-Sphere Discrete Particle Model." Series: Chemical Engineering Methods and Technology Source: Powder Engineering: Technology and Applications. Vol. 1 (2010) NOVA Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-61761-424-8.
[5]  C. L. Wu, A. S. Berrouk "Discrete Particle Model for Dense Gas-solid Flows." Pages 198-245 Source: Advances in multiphase flow and heat transfer. Vol. 3 (2010) BENTHAM Science Publishers. In Press.