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Journal articles

2017

Dorao, C.A., Fernandino, M. (2017) “Dominant dimensionless groups controlling heat transfer coefficient during flow condensation inside pipes”. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 112 465-479.

Dorao, C.A., , O., Fernandino, M. (2017) “Experimental study of horizontal flow boiling heat transfer of R134a at a saturation temperature of 18.6C”. Journal of Heat Transfer .

Dorao, C.A., Langeland, T., Fernandino, M. (2017) “Effect of heating profile on the characteristics of pressure drop oscillations”. Chemical Engineering Science 158 453-461.

Andrzejczyk, R., Muszynski, T., Dorao, C.A., Langeland, T., Fernandino, M. (2017) “Experimental investigations on adiabatic frictional pressure drops of R134a during flow in 5 mm diameter channel”. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 83 78-87.

2014

Manavela Chiapero, E., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. (2014) “Experimental study of pressure drop oscillations in parallel horizontal channels”. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 50 126-133.

Manavela Chiapero, E., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. (2014) “Experimental results on boiling heat transfer coefficient, frictional pressure drop and flow patterns for R134a at a saturation temperature of 34 °C”. International Journal of Refrigeration 40 317-327.

Manavela Chiapero, E., Doder, D., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. (2014) “Experimental parametric study of the pressure drop characteristic curve in a horizontal boiling channel”. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 52 318-327.

2012

Dorao, C.A., “Study of dispersion phenomena of microbubble systems”. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Applied Mathematical Modelling 35(2) 797-806.

Manavela Chiapero, E., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. (2012) “Review on pressure drop oscillations in boiling systems”. Nuclear Engineering and Design 250 436-447.

Manavela Chiapero, E., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. (2012) “Study of the influence of axial conduction in a boiling heated pipe”. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 90(9) 1141-1150.

2011

Manavela Chiapero, E., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. (2011) “Parametric study of the pressure characteristic curve in a boiling channel”. Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal 3(2) 157-168.

Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A., “The least squares spectral element method for the Cahn Hilliard equation”. Applied Mathematical Modelling 35(2) 797-806.

Castillo, L.A., Dorao, C.A., “Influence of the plot area in an economical analysis for selecting small scale LNG technologies for remote gas production”. Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering, in press.

2010

Carella, A., Dorao, C.A., “Solution of a Cattaneo-Maxwell diffusion model using a spectral element least squares method”. in press Chemical Engineering Science 2(5) 253-258.

Grimes B.A., Dorao, C.A., Simon, S., Nordgård, E.L., Sjöblom, J.  “Analysis of dynamic surfactant mass transfer and its relationship to the transient stabilization of coalescing liquid-liquid dispersions”. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 348(2) 479-490.

Pacio, J., Dorao, C.A., “A study of the effect of flow maldistribution on heat transfer performance in evaporators”. Nuclear Engineering and Design 240(11) 3868-3877.

Patruno, L.E., Marchioro Ystad, P.A., Marchetti, J.M., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. “Liquid entrainment from a wetted wire exposed to a high gas flow rate in cross flow”. Chemical Engineering Science 65(24) 6397-6406.

Patruno, L.E., Marchetti, J.M., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. “Droplet size distribution after liquid entrainment in horizontal stratified two-phase three-field dispersed flow”. Chemical Engineering Science 65(4) 1407-1414.

Patruno, L.E., Marchioro Ystad, P.A., Marchetti, J.M., Birger, C., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. “Liquid Entrainment droplet size distribution for a low surface tension mixture”. Chemical Engineering Science 65(18) 5272-5284.

Ruspini, L., Dorao, C.A., Fernandino, M. “Simulation of Ledinegg instability”. Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering 2(5) 211-216.

Sporleder, F., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. “Simulation of chemical reactors using the least squares spectral element method”. Chemical Engineering Science 65(18) 5146-5159.

Zhu, Z., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. “Mass conservative solution of the population balance equation using the least squares spectral element method”. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 49(10) 6204-6214.

2009

Dorao, C.A. “Simulation of thermal disturbances with finite wave speeds using a high order method”. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 231(2), 637-647.

Dorao, C.A., Fernandino, M., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. “hp-adaptive spectral element solver for reactor modeling”. Chemical Engineering Science, 64(6), 1362-1371.

Dorao, C.A., Fernandino, M., Patruno, Dupuy, P.L.E., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. “Macroscopic description of droplet-film interaction for gas-liquid systems”. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 33(8), 3309-3318.

Dorao, C.A., Tobiesen, F.A., Fernandino, M. “An improved flowsheet simulation approach for advanced CO2 absorption process design and optimization”. Energy Procedia, 1(1), 4257-4264.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. “Time property least squares spectral method for population balance equation”. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry 46(3) 770-780.

Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Dupuy, H.F., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. “On the modeling of droplet-film interaction considering entrainment, deposition and breakage processes”. in press Chemical Engineering Science.

Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Dupuy, H.F., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. “Identification of droplet breakage kernel for population balance modelling”. in press Chemical Engineering Science.

Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. “Analysis of breakage kernels for population balance modelling”. Chemical Engineering Science 64(3) 501-508.

Waghmare, Y.G., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Carl Knopf, F., Rice, R.G. “Bubble size distribution for a bubble column reactor undergoing forced oscillations”. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48, 1786-1796.

Zhu, Z., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. “On the couple solution of a combined population balance model using the least squares spectral element method”. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Journal. 48(17) 7994-8006.

Zhu, Z., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. “Solution of bubble number density with breakage and coalescence in a bubble column by least-squares method”.  Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics. 9(6-7) 436-446.

2008

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2008) “hp-adaptive least squares spectral element method for population balance modelling”. Applied Numerical Mathematics, 58(5), 563-576.

Dorao, C.A., Patruno, L.E., Dupuy, P.M., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. (2008) “Modeling of droplet-droplet interaction phenomena in gas-liquid systems for natural gas processing”. Chemical Engineering Science, 63, 3585-3592.

Dorao, C.A., Lucas, D., Jakobsen, H.A. (2008) “Prediction of the evolution of the dispersed phase in bubbly flow problems”. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 32(9), 1813-1833.

Zhu, Z., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2008) “A least-squares method with direct minimization for the breakage-coalescence population balance equation”. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 79(3), 716-727.

2007

Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2007) “Jacobi Galerkin spectral method for cylindrical and spherical geometries”. Chemical Engineering Science, 62(23), 6777-6783.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2007) “Least squares spectral method for solving advective population balance problems”. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 201(1), 247-257.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2007) “Time-space-property least squares spectral method for population balance problems”. Chemical Engineering Science, 62(5), 1323-1333.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2007) “A parallel time-space least squares spectral method for incompressible flow problems”. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 185(1), 45-58.

2006

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2006) “The quadrature method of moments and its relationship with the method of weighted residuals”. Chemical Engineering Science, 61(23), 7795-7804.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2006) “Numerical calculation of the moments of the population balance equation”. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 196(2), 619-633.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2006) “Application of the least squares method for solving population balance problem in Rd+1”. Chemical Engineering Science, 61(15), 5070-5081.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2006) “A least squares method for the solution of population balance problems”. Computer & Chemical Engineering, 30(3), 535-547.

2005

Jakobsen, H.A., Lindborg, H., Dorao, C.A. (2005) “Modeling of bubble column reactors: progress and limitations”. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44(14),5107-5151.

Bertola, F., Grundseth, J. Hagesæther, L., Dorao, C.A., Luo, H., Hjarbo, K.W., Svendsen, H.F., Vanni, M., Baldi, G. Jokobsen, H.A. (2005) “Numerical analysis and experimental validation of bubble size distributions in two-phase bubble column reactors”. Multiphase Science and Technology, 17(1-4), 1-39.

 

Conference articles

2010

Castillo, L., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “Methodology for the selection of small scale LNG technologies for remote gas production”. 2010 AICHE annual meeting, 7-12 November, Salt Lake City USA.

Carella, A.R., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “Simulation of anomalous transport using a time-space formulation”.Sixth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, 12th -16th July 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Carella, A.R., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “Cattaneo’s diffusion modeling in a gas flow around a particle”. 4th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and ExperimentingACE-X 2010, 8rd -9rd July 2010, Paris, France.

Carella, A.R., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “Fractional diffusion modeling inside a catalytic particle in a gas flow”.6th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids DSL 2010, 5rd -7rd July 2010, Paris, France.

Manavela, E., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “Mal-distribution phenomena induced by multiple solutions in parallel channels heat exchangers”. Multiphase flows, 22nd -24rd June 2010, Dresden, Germany.

Manavela, E., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “Numerical simulation of pressure drop oscillations”. Experimental fluid mechanics 2010. 24th -26th November 2010. Liberec, Czech Republic.

Pacio, J., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “Modeling of heat transfer phenomena in annular-mist flow considering entrainment and deposition”. Multiphase flows,  22nd -24rd June 2010, Dresden, Germany.

Pacio, J., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “Numerical analysis of the effect of two phase flow maldistribution on heat transfer performance”. ANS Annual Meeting, 14rd June 2010, San Diego, USA.

Pacio, J., Dorao, C.A. (2010) “A homogenization approach for studying two phase heat exchanger performance”. The 8th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulic, Operation and Safety NUTHOS8, 10th -14th Octuber 2010, Shanghai, China.

Patruno, L.E., Tayebi, D., Marchetti, J.M., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. (2010) “Scrubber separation droplet entrainment in high pressure gas liquid separation”. 2010 Offshore Technology Conference OTC10, Houston, USA.

Ruspini, L.C. Dorao, C.A., Fernandino, M. (2010) “Experimental design of a heated single channel system to study thermal-hydraulic instabilities in two-phase flows”. Experimental fluid mechanics 2010. 24th -26th November 2010. Liberec, Czech Republic.

Sporleder, F., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2010) “Study of a dispersed phase model for simulation of a bubble column”. 6th International Conference on CFD, 12nd -16th July 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2009

Manavela Chiapero E., Dorao, C.A., Fernandino, M. “Simulation of two-phase flow under constant heat flux using high order methods”. First International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems.8-10 September, Naples, Italy.

Manavela Chiapero E., Dorao, C.A., Fernandino, M. “Study of multiple solutions in two-phase flow in parallel channels. 1st Trondheim Gas Technology Conference, Trondheim, Norway.

Pacio, J., Dorao, C.A. “Optimization of two phase heat exchangers”. First International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems.8-10 September, Naples, Italy.

Pacio, J., Dorao, C.A. “Optimization of a LNG thermal process. Case Study: the PRICO cycle”. 1st Trondheim Gas Technology Conference, Trondheim, Norway.

Pacio, J., Dorao, C.A. “Application of high order methods for the simulation of heat exchanger models”. MekIT09 26th-27th May, Trondheim, Norway.

Pacio, J., Dorao, C.A. “Sensitivity analysis of heat exchangers model using perturbation theory”. International Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods, Trondheim, Norway.

Ruspini, L.C., Dorao, C.A., Fernandino, M. “Solving thermo-hydraulic models using a high order method”.MekIT09 26th-27th May, Trondheim, Norway.

Ruspini, L.C., Fernandino, M., Dorao, C.A. “Dynamic simulation of two phase Ledinegg instability”. 1st Trondheim Gas Technology Conference, Trondheim, Norway.

 

2008

Dorao, C.A., Tobiesen, A.F., Fernandino, M. (2008) “An improved flowsheet simulation approach for advanced CO2 absorption process design and optimization”. 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-9, 16-20 November 2008, Washington DC, USA.

Tobiesen, A.F., Dorao, C.A. (2008) “A simulation study of alternative process configurations for CO2 absorption plant using CO2SIM”. 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-9, 16-20 November 2008, Washington DC, USA.

Zhu, Z., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2008) “Modelling of bubble column with bubble number density equation using least-squares method”. 6th International Conference on CFD in the oil & gas, metallurgical and process industries, 10-12 June, Trondheim.

Zhu, Z., Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Dirk, L., Jakobsen, H.A. (2008) “Simulation of bubble coalescence in bubble column using the least-squares method”. 11th International Conference on Multiphase Flow in Industrial Plants, 7-10 Sep., Palermo, Italy.

Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2008) “Modelling and simulation of droplet distribution from entrained liquid film in gas liquid systems”. 5th International Conference on CFD, 7-11 July, Seoul, Korea.

Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2008) “Analysis of breakage kernels for population balance modeling”. Mexican Congress on Chemical Reaction Engineering, 15-19 June, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. (2008) “Population balance modelling applied to the study of droplet behaviour”. 6th International Conference on CFD in the oil & gas, metallurgical and process industries, 10-12 June, Trondheim, Norway.

Sporleder, F., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2008) “Spectral element method for simulation of natural gas conversion processes”. 6th International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, 25-30 September, Crete, Greece.

Dorao, C.A., Tobiesen, A.F., Svendsen, H.F. (2007) “Modular CO2 process simulator.”. 4th Trondheim CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage Conference, 16-17 September 2008, Trondheim, Norway.

Waghmare, Y.G., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Rice, R.G., Knopf, F.C. (2007) “Oscillating bubble column: bubble size distribution study”. AIChE meeting, November, USA.

Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Dupuy, P.M., Jakobsen, H.A. (2007) “Population balance model identification from liquid-gas experimental data”. PBM 2007- 3rd International Conference on Population Balance Modelling, 19-21 September, Québec, Canada.

Patruno, L.E., Dorao, C.A., Dupuy, P.M., Jakobsen, H.A. (2007) “Inverse problem for population balance model identification”. 8th International Conference on gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid reactor engineering, 16-19 December, New Delhi, India.

Dupuy, P.M., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A., Svendsen, H.F. (2007) “Sensibility analysis through perturbation theory applied to population balance with multifluid least squares”. PBM 2007- 3rd International Conference on Population Balance Modelling, 19-21 September, Québec, Canada.

Zhu, Z., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2007) “A least squares method for the solution of coalescence dominant population balance equation”. PBM 2007- 3rd International Conference on Population Balance Modelling, 19-21 September, Québec, Canada.

Zhu, Z., Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2007) “A least squares method for the solution of coalescence dominant population balance equation”. PBM 2007- 3rd International Conference on Population Balance Modelling, 19-21 September, Québec, Canada.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A.. (2006) “Simulating bubbly flows with a least squares spectral method”. 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, 26-2 July, Los Angeles, USA.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A.. (2005) “Time-space least squares spectral element method for population balance equations”. Advances in computational methods in science and engineering 2005, ICCMSE, 21-26 Octuber, Greece.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2005) “Towards effective multifluid population balance model simulations, numerical and modeling issues”. 43rd European two-phase flow group meeting, 11-13 May, Prague, Czech Republic.

Dorao, C.A., Jakobsen, H.A. (2005) “The kernal effect in the population balance equation”. 16th International congress of chemical and process engineering, 22-26 August,Prague, Czech Republic.

Jakobsen, H.A., Dorao, C.A. (2005) “Challenges on population balance modeling of the coalescence and breakage processes in bubble column reactors”. 16th International congress of chemical and process engineering, 22-26 August,Prague, Czech Republic.