M.Sc. Xiang Lu
Professional Experience
08/2020 – present
Group of Pore Networks and Drying, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Research Associate, Member of TRR 287 Bulk Reaction (https://bulk-reaction.de/)
10/2016 – 10/2019
Chair of Thermal Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Research Assistant, Member of the Research Training Group 1554 "Micro-Macro Interactions in Structured Media and Particle Systems"
Academic History
10/2016 – 12/2021
Dr.-Ing., Chemical and Energy Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Dissertation: From microscale to macroscale modeling of drying porous media
10/2014- 06/2016
MSc. Chemical and Energy Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Thesis: Frequency response analysis of oxygen reduction reaction using electrical and non-electrical periodic inputs
09/2010- 07/2014
BSc. Polymer Materials and Engineering, Nanjing Institution of Technology, Nanjing, China
Thesis: Preparation and characterization of starch-based carbon foams
- Large-scale pore network and continuum simulations of drying in porous media using machine learning (CSC, 2022-2026)
- Adaptive pore network modeling of drying and calcination (TRR 287 Bulk Reaction, 2020-2023)
- Estimation of continuum model parameters for wetting porous media from pore network simulations (DFG within GRK 1554, 2016-2019)
Journal Publications
1. Lu X., Kharaghani A., Tsotsas E., (2020). Transport parameters of macroscopic continuum model determined from discrete pore network simulations of drying porous media: Throat-node vs. throat-pore configurations. Chemical Engineering Science 223, 115723.
2. Lu X., Kharaghani A., Adloo H., Tsotsas E., (2020). The Brooks and Corey capillary pressure model revisited from pore network simulations of capillarity-controlled invasion percolation process. Processes, 8, 1318.
3. Lu X., Tsotsas E., Kharaghani A., (2021). Insights into evaporation from the surface of capillary porous media gained by discrete pore network simulations. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 168, 120877.
4. Lu X., Tsotsas E., Kharaghani A., (2021). Drying of capillary porous media simulated by coupling of continuum-scale and micro-scale models, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 140, 103654.
Other Contributions
Lu X., Kharaghani A., Tsotsas E., (2018). A bottom-up approach to obtain continuum model parameters from pore network drying simulations. 10th International Conference on Porous Media & Annual Meeting (Interpore), 14.-17. May 2018, New
Orleans, USA. 171
Lu X., Kharaghani A., Tsotsas E., (2018). Dependency of continuum model parameters on the spatially correlated pore structure studied by pore-network drying simulations. IDS 2018. 21st International Drying Symposium Proceedings. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 307-314.
Lu X., Kharaghani A., Tsotsas E., (2019). Insights into evaporation from the surface of capillary porous media gained by discrete pore network simulations, 11th International Conference on Porous Media & Annual Meeting (Interpore), 6.-10. May 2019, Valencia/Spanien.
Mahmood, H., Lu, X., Tsotsas, E., Kharaghani, A.: The role of discrete capillary rings in mass transfer from the surface of capillary porous medium during drying, Proceedings of the 7th European Drying Conference (EuroDrying 2019), 10.-11. Juli 2019, Torino/Italy
Lu, X., Tsotsas, E., Kharaghani, A.: Coupling of macroscopic continuum and microscopic pore network models of drying, ProcessNet-Jahrestreffen der Fachgruppen “Hochdruckverfahrenstechnik” und “Trocknungstechnik”, Online, 15.-16. March 2021.
Lu, X., Tsotsas, E., Kharaghani, A.: Drying of capillary porous media simulated by coupling of continuum model and pore network model, 13th International Conference on Porous Media and Annual Meeting (Interpore), Online, 31. May - 4. Juni 2021. Poster presentations .
Lu, X., Tsotsas, E., Kharaghani, A.: First steps towards pore network modeling of single particle calcination, ProcessNet-Jahrestreffen der Fachgruppen “Fluidver-fahrenstechnik” und “Wärme- und Stoffübertragung”, Online, 24.-26. February 2021.
Lu, X., Tsotsas, E., Kharaghani, A.: Coupling of macroscopic continuum and microscopic pore network models of drying, Vortrag auf dem ProcessNet-Jahrestreffen der Fachgruppen „Hochdruckverfahrenstechnik“ und „Trocknungstechnik“, Online, 15.-16. März 2021
Lu, X., Tsotsas, E., Kharaghani, A.: Drying of capillary porous media simulated by coupling of continuum model and pore network model, Vortrag auf 13th International Conference on Porous Media and Annual Meeting (Interpore), 31. Mai - 4. Juni 2021, Online
Lu, X., Kharaghani, A.: Discrete modeling of morphological changes in drying porous media, Poster auf dem 13th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE 13), 20.-23. September 2021, Online
Lu, X., Kharaghani, A.: Adaptive pore network model for the drying of porous media, Poster auf dem ProcessNet-Jahrestreffen der Fachgruppen „Lebensmittelverfahrenstechnik“ und „Trocknungstechnik“, 10.-11. März 2022, Frankfurt a.M.
Chen, J., Zhan, N., Lu, X., Wu, R., Kharaghani, A.: Construction of pore networks with realistic pore structures from 3D X-ray images of single wood drying particles, Poster auf dem ProcessNet-Jahrestreffen der Fachgruppen „Lebensmittelverfahrenstechnik“ und „Trocknungstechnik“, 10.-11. März 2022, Frankfurt a.M.