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I am a researcher at CIRCE (Research Center for Energy Resources and Consumption). I specialize in computer fluid dynamics (CFD) and simulation by the discrete element method (DEM). My current research field is combustion technologies applied to biomass combustion. I also have experience in the physics of granular matter: systems composed by discrete macroscopic constituents which interact via contact forces. We can find examples of these systems in our everyday life experience: sugar, grains, sand, rocks, toner... which can flow or pack to form amorphous solids.
Among the topics that I have studied:
Co-firing biomass / coal
Simulation of industrial furnaces and boilers
Electronic equipment cooling
HVAC
Exhaust gas for catalytic applications
Plastic deformation in amorphous solids
Silo flow
Avalanches
Silo clogging
Jamming
Pile formation
Complex Networks in granular systems