Ali Cemal Benim

Research Areas

• Combustion modelling (gas, liquid, solid fuels, biomass, hydrogen)
• Turbulence modelling (RANS, URANS, LES, DES)
• Gas-turbine combustion
• Heat and mass transfer
• Two-phase flows and aerodynamics
• Numerical methods (FEM, FVM, lattice Boltzmann)
• Renewable energy and biofluid dynamics

Education

• Habilitation (Dr. habil.)Cracow University of Technology, Poland · 2015
• Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Energy TechnologyUniversity of Stuttgart, Germany · 1988Summa cum laude
• M.Sc. in Mechanical EngineeringBoğaziçi University, Türkiye · 1981
• B.Sc. in Mechanical EngineeringBoğaziçi University, Türkiye · 1978

Selected Publications

• A validation study for RANS based modelling of swirling pulverized fuel flamesA. C. Benim, A. Nahavandi, K. Syed — Energies, 2021
• A state-of-the-art review on sensible and latent heat thermal energy storage processes in porous media: mesoscopic simulationA. C. Benim et al. — Applied Sciences, 2022
• A computational investigation of the thermohydraulics of an EGS projectA. C. Benim, M. Cagan, D. Gunes — Journal of Thermal Science, 2018
• A finite element solution of radiative heat transfer in participating media utilizing the moment methodA. C. Benim, K. J. Syed — Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 1988
• A segregated formulation of the Navier–Stokes equations with finite elementsA. C. Benim — Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 1986

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