Sofia Larsson
Senior Lecturer
Luleå University of Technology
Luleå University of Technology
Fluid and Experimental Mechanics
Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics
Research
I took my PhD in April 2014 within Kiln Aerodynamics where I Investigated the cold flow field in a rotary kiln, which is a part of LKAB's pelletizing process. I performed CFD-simulations that I validated with different laser-based measuring techniques (PIV, LDV, PLIF) on a downscaled, simplified model of a kiln. The project was a part of the Faste Laboratory.
After I got my degree I've continued working with numerical simulations as well as experimental measurements within different applications such as the mining industry, hydropower, storm water storage and porous material.
Publications
Article in journal
A dual-lattice hydrodynamic-thermal MRT-LBM model implemented on GPU for DNS calculations of turbulent thermal flows (2022)
International journal of numerical methods for heat & fluid flow
Article in journal
The Aerodynamics of an Iron Ore Pelletizing Rotary Kiln (2022)
Fluids, Vol. 7, nr. 5
Article in journal
Localized roughness effects in non-uniform hydraulic waterways (2021)
Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 59, nr. 1, s. 100-108
Article in journal
Modeling the Swelling of Hydrogels with Application to Storage of Stormwater (2021)
Water, Vol. 13, nr. 1
Article in journal
Non-Stokesian flow through ordered thin porous media imaged by tomographic-PIV (2021)
Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 62, nr. 3