Leon Thijs
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Leon Thijs is a Doctoral Candidate at the Power and Flow group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the supervision of full professor Philip de Goey and associate professor Jeroen van Oijen. He researches numerical techniques for the simulation of single metal particle combustion. Metal powders are very promising high-energy-density fuels that are entirely carbon-free and recyclable. The metal powders can be oxidized to metal oxides while producing heat. These metal oxides can be reduced back to metal powders with green electricity. This cyclic process of oxidation and reduction can be repeated over and over again.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Leon Thijs obtained his BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 2017. He obtained his MSc double degree in Mechanical Engineering (Power & Flow group) and Applied Physics (Fluids & Flow group) in 2020. As part of the master's program, he did his internship at Canon Production Printing (former Océ), where he worked on the numerical modeling of ink drying in the nozzle. Afterward, he started his graduation project under the supervision of Hans Kuerten and Jos Zeegers. His master thesis is called “Honeycomb wake turbulence and particle dynamics in a magnetic density separation system”. Directly after graduation, Leon joined the Power and Flow group as a Doctoral Candidate. In this position, he is now working on model development of single metal particle combustion
Recent Publications
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L.C. Thijs,J.G.M. Kuerten,J.C.H. Zeegers,S. Tajfirooz
Magnetic Density Separation of Particles in Honeycomb-generated Wake Turbulence
Chemical Engineering Science (2023) -
L.C. Thijs,Efstratios M. Kritikos,Andrea Giusti,W.J.S. Ramaekers,Jeroen A. van Oijen,Philip de Goey,Xiaocheng Mi
On the surface chemisorption of oxidizing fine iron particles
Combustion and Flame (2023) -
Aki Fujinawa,Leon C. Thijs,Joel Jean-Philyppe,Aidin Panahi,Di Chang,Martin Schiemann,Yiannis A. Levendis,Jeffrey M. Bergthorson,Xiaocheng Mi
Combustion behavior of single iron particles
Applications in Energy and Combustion Science (2023) -
C.E.A.G. van Gool,L.C. Thijs,W.J.S. Ramaekers,Jeroen A. van Oijen,Philip de Goey
Particle Equilibrium Composition model for iron dust combustion
Applications in Energy and Combustion Science (2023) -
L.C. Thijs,C.E.A.G. van Gool,W.J.S. Ramaekers,Jeroen A. van Oijen,Philip de Goey
Resolved simulations of single iron particle combustion and the release of nano-particles
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2023)
Ancillary Activities
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