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CFD-based Shape Optimization of Structured Packings for Enhancing Separation Efficiency in Distillation
Sebastian Blauth, Dennis Stucke, Mohamed Adel Ashour +3
Free-form shape optimization techniques are investigated to improve the separation efficiency of structured packings in laboratory-scale distillation columns. A simplified simulati…
A Novel Deflation Approach for Topology Optimization and Application for Optimization of Bipolar Plates of Electrolysis Cells
Leon Baeck, Sebastian Blauth, Christian Leithäuser +2
Topology optimization problems usually feature multiple local minimizers. To guarantee convergence to local minimizers that perform best globally or to find local solutions that ar…
Computing Multiple Local Minimizers for the Topology Optimization of Bipolar Plates in Electrolysis Cells
Leon Baeck, Sebastian Blauth, Christian Leithäuser +2
In this paper we consider the topology optimization for a bipolar plate of a hydrogen electrolysis cell. We use the Borvall-Petersson model to describe the fluid flow and derive a…
Continuous Synthesis of Diazo Acetonitrile: From Experiments to Physical and Grey-Box Modeling
Marco Baldan, Sebastian Blauth, Dušan Bošković +6
Diazo compounds are gathering interest for their potential in promoting greener synthesis routes. We investigate, at a lab-scale, the continuous synthesis of diazo acetonitrile (DA…
Multi-Criteria Shape Optimization of Flow Fields for Electrochemical Cells
Sebastian Blauth, Marco Baldan, Sebastian Osterroth +7
We consider the shape optimization of flow fields for electrochemical cells. Our goal is to improve the cell by modifying the shape of its flow field. To do so, we introduce simula…
Topology Optimization for Uniform Flow Distribution in Electrolysis Cells
Leon Baeck, Sebastian Blauth, Christian Leithäuser +2
In this paper we consider the topology optimization for a bipolar plate of a hydrogen electrolysis cell. We present a model for the bipolar plate using the Stokes equation with an…
Quasi-Newton Methods for Topology Optimization Using a Level-Set Method
Sebastian Blauth, Kevin Sturm
The ability to efficiently solve topology optimization problems is of great importance for many practical applications. Hence, there is a demand for efficient solution algorithms.…
Asymptotic Analysis for Optimal Control of the Cattaneo Model
Sebastian Blauth, René Pinnau, Matthias Andres +1
We consider an optimal control problem with tracking-type cost functional constrained by the Cattaneo equation, which is a well-known model for delayed heat transfer. In particular…
Validating a Simulation Model for Laser-Induced Thermotherapy Using MR Thermometry
Frank Hübner, Sebastian Blauth, Christian Leithäuser +3
Laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) is applied to ex-vivo porcine livers. An artificial blood vessel is used to study the cooling effect of larger blood vessels in prox…
Optimal Control of the Sabatier Process in Microchannel Reactors
Sebastian Blauth, Christian Leithäuser, René Pinnau
We consider the optimization of a chemical microchannel reactor by means of PDE constrained optimization techniques, using the example of the Sabatier reaction. To model the chemic…
Shape Sensitivity Analysis for a Microchannel Cooling System
Sebastian Blauth, Christian Leithäuser, René Pinnau
We analyze the theoretical framework of a shape optimization problem for a microchannel cooling system. To this end, a cost functional based on the tracking of absorbed energy by t…
Model Hierarchy for the Shape Optimization of a Microchannel Cooling System
Sebastian Blauth, Christian Leithäuser, René Pinnau
We model a microchannel cooling system and consider the optimization of its shape by means of shape calculus. A three-dimensional model covering all relevant physical effects and t…
Mathematical Modeling of Vaporization during Laser-Induced Thermotherapy in Liver Tissue
Sebastian Blauth, Frank Hübner, Christian Leithäuser +2
Laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive method causing tumor destruction due to heat ablation and coagulative effects. Computer simulations can play an important…
Identification of the Blood Perfusion Rate for Laser-Induced Thermotherapy in the Liver
Matthias Andres, Sebastian Blauth, Christian Leithäuser +1
Using PDE-constrained optimization we introduce a parameter identification approach which can identify the blood perfusion rate from MR thermometry data obtained during the treatme…