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Prof. Mike P. Dudukovic

The Laura and William Jens Professor
Director of the Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory
Associate Director, CEBC
Education
1967  Dipl. Ing. (B.S.) Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade
1970  M.S. Chemical Engineering, IIT, Chicago
1972  Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, IIT, Chicago
M. P. Dudukovic Vita (PDF)

Mike Dudukovic's primary interest is in chemical reaction engineering involving kinetic-transport interactions in multiphase systems. His research group is currently involved in developing novel experimental techniques for fluid dynamic and transport studies in multiphase systems and in advancing the state of the art of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) multiphase models through improved closure schemes. Trickle-beds, slurry bubble columns, ebullated and fluidized beds, and riser reactors are studied as well as rotating packed beds with two phase flow, photo-chemical reactors, catalytic distillation and asymmetric reverse flow packed bed systems.

Mike's research is conducted through the Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory (CREL) which is supported by over a dozen major chemical and petroleum companies. The close ties between CREL and industry assure rapid transfer of students' work to industrial practice and keep the group focused on important problems of practical significance. Due to this broad exposure to a variety of reaction engineering problems CREL graduates are highly regarded and sought after by industry.

Examples of recent research accomplishments involve: 1) Development of computer assisted radioactive particle tracking (CARPT) facility coupled with gamma ray computed tomography (CT) for studies of multiphase flows. This is a unique facility and the only one capable of providing information on phase holdups, velocity profiles and turbulent parameters in systems with a high volume fraction of the dispersed phase. The expanding CARPT-CT database is used to improve CFD models for multiphase systems and to select environmentally friendly reactors for conversion of natural and synthesis gas to fuels and chemicals, 2) A novel coupling of exothermic and endothermic reactions has been achieved in a reverse flow reactor leading to potential improved efficiencies and energy savings, 3) Rate based models have been developed for catalytic distillation and the advantages of photochemical reactive distillation demonstrated in chlorination of toulene. Both methods lead to improved selectivity and reduced pollution.

Work in progress includes computational fluid dynamics, CARPT-CT experimentation, trickle beds, rotating packed beds, reverse flow and synthesis of environmentally friendly processes
Recent Publications

“A Lagrangian description of flows in stirred tanks via computer-automated radioactive particle tracking (CARPT):, Rammohan, A. R.; Kemoun, A.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., Chemical Engineering Science, 56(8), 2629-2639 (2001).

“A method for estimating the solids circulation rate in a closed-loop circulating fluidized bed”, Roy, S.; Kemoun, A.; Al-Dahhan, M.H.; Dudukovic, M. P., Powder Technology, 121(2-3), 213-222 (2001).

“CARPT dynamic bias studies: evaluation of accuracy of position and velocity measurements”, Rammohan, A.; Kemoun, A.; Al-Dahhan, M.; Dudukovic, M.P.; Larachi, F., Recents Progres en Genie des Procedes, 15(79, Tracers and Tracing Methods), 59-67 (2001).

“CFD modeling of multiphase flow distribution in catalytic packed bed reactors: scale down issues”, Jiang, Y.; Khadilkar, M. R.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., Catalysis Today, 66(2-4), 209-218 (2001).

“Characterization of single phase flows in stirred tanks via computer automated radioactive particle tracking (CARPT)”, Rammohan, A. R.; Kemoun, A.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 79(A8), 831-844 (2001).

“Comparison of single- and two-bubble class gas-liquid recirculation models - application to pilot-plant radioactive tracer studies during methanol synthesis”, Gupta, P.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P.; Toseland, B. A., Chemical Engineering Science, 56(3), 1117-1125 (2001).

“Gas holdup in bubble columns at elevated pressure via computed tomography”, Kemoun, A.; Cheng Ong, B.; Gupta, P.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 27(5), 929-946 (2001).

“Hydrodynamics of churn turbulent bubble columns: gas-liquid recirculation and mechanistic modeling”, Gupta, P.; Ong, B.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P.; Toseland, B. A., Catalysis Today, 64(3-4), 253-269 (2001).

“Experimental study of gas-induced liquid-flow structures in bubble columns”, Degaleesan, S.; Dudukovic, M.; Pan, Y., AIChE Journal, 47(9), 1913-1931 (2001).

“Flow Mapping and Modeling of Liquid-Solid Risers”, Roy, S.; Dudukovic, M. P., Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 40(23), 5440-5454 (2001).

“Inferring liquid chaotic dynamics in bubble columns using CARPT”, Cassanello, M.; Larachi, F.; Kemoun, A.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., Chemical Engineering Science, 56(21- 22), 6125-6134 (2001).

“Particle motion in packed/ ebullated beds by CT and CARPT”, Chen, J.; Rados, N.; Al-Dahhan, M.H.; Dudukovic, M.P.; Nguyen, D.; Parimi, K., AIChE Journal, 47(5), 994-1004 (2001).

“Resolution and sensitivity in computer-automated radioactive particle tracking (CARPT)”, Roy, S.; Larachi, F.; Al-Dahhan, M.H.; Dudukovic, M.P., Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4188(Process Imaging for Automatic Control), 122-133 (2001).

“Statistical characterization of macroscale multiphase flow textures in trickle beds”, Jiang, Y.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., Chemical Engineering Science, 56(4), 1647-1656 (2001).

“Application of wavelet filtering to the radioactive particle tracking technique”, Degaleesan, S.; Dudukovic, M. P.; Pan, Y. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation (2002), 13(1-2), 31-43.

“CFD of multiphase flow in packed-bed reactors: I. k-fluid modeling issues”, Jiang, Y.; Khadilkar, M. R.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., AIChE Journal, 48(4), 701-715 (2002).

“CFD of multiphase flow in packed-bed reactors: II. Results and applications”, Jiang, Y.; Khadilkar, M. R.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., AIChE Journal, 48(4), 716-730 (2002).

“Experimental validation of computational fluid dynamic codes (CFD) for liquid-solid risers in clean alkylation processes”, Dudukovic, M.P.; Al-Dahhan, M.H.; Roy, S.; Kemoun, A., Hemijska Industrija, 56(12), 497-505 (2002)

“Heat and mass - transfer in bubble column at high pressure”, Wu, Y.; Al-Dahhan, M. H.; Dudukovic, M. P., Wuhan Huagong Xueyuan Xuebao, 24(1), 1-8 (2002).

“Multiphase catalytic reactors: a perspective on current knowledge and future trends”, Dudukovic, M.P.; Larachi, F.; Mills, P.L., Catalysis Reviews - Science and Engineering, 44(1), 123-246 (2002).

“Opaque multiphase flows: experiments and modeling”, Dudukovic, M. P., Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 26(6-7), 747-761 (2002).

“Optimal design of radioactive particle tracking experiments for flow mapping in opaque multiphase reactors” Roy, S.; Larachi, F.; Al-Dahhan, M.H.; Dudukovic, M.P., Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 56(3), 485-503 (2002).

Bubble dynamics measurements using four-point optical probe, Xue, J.; Al-Dahhan, Muthanna; Dudukovic, M. P.; Mudde, R. F., Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 81(3-4), 375- 381 (2003).

Eulerian Flow Field Estimation from Particle Trajectories: Numerical Experiments for Stirred Tank Type Flows, Rammohan, Aravind R.; Dudukovic, Milorad P.; Ranade, Vivek V., Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 42(12), 2589-2601 (2003).

Flow regime identification in a bubble column based on both Kolmogorov entropy and quality of mixedness derived from CARPT data, Nedeltchev, S.; Kumar, S.B.; Dudukovic, M.P., Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 81(3-4), 367-374 (2003).

In honor of Octave Levenspiel, Dudukovic, M.P.; Fitzgerald, T.J., Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 42(12), 2423-2426 (2003).

Modeling of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in slurry bubble column reactors, Rados, N., Al- Dahhan, M.H., Dudukovic, M.P., Catalysis Today, 79-80, 211-218 (2003).

Prediction of gas holdup in bubble columns using artificial neural network, Wu, Y., Luo, X., Chen, W., Li, D., Li, S., Al-Dahhan, M.H.; Dudukovic, M.P., Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 11(2), 162-165 (2003).

The effect of induced liquid pulsed flow on the performance of trickle-bed reactors, Wu, Y., Tian, Q., Dudukovic, M. P., Al-Dahhan, M. H., Khadilkar, M., Wuhan Huagong Xueyuan Xuebao, 25(1), 1-5 (2003).

CFD modeling of bubble columns flows: implementation of population balance, P. Chen, J. Sanyal, M.P. Dudukovic, Chemical Engineering Science, 59(22-23), 5201-5207 (2004).

Computational modeling of gas-liquid flow in bubble columns, M. Rafique, P. Chen, M.P. Dudukovic, Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 20(3-4), 225-375 (2004).

Countercurrent flow distribution in structured packing via computed tomography, S. Roy, A. Kemoun, M.H. Al-Dahhan, M.P. Dudukovic, T.B. Skourlis, F.M. Dautzenberg, Chemical Engineering and Processing, 44(1), 59-69 (2004).

Measurement of overall solids mass flux in a gas-solid Circulating Fluidized Bed, S. Bhusarapu, P. Fongarland, M.H. Al-Dahhan, M.P. Dudukovic, Powder Technology, 148(2-3), 158-171 (2004).

Prediction of mass-transfer coefficient in bubble column at high pressure based on low pressure data. Y. Wu, Q. Chen, Y. Liang, M.P. Dudukovic, M.H. Al-Dahhan, Wuhan Huagong Xueyuan Xuebao, 26(2), 1-4 (2004).

Quantification of solids flow in a gas-solid riser: single radioactive particle tracking, S. Bhusarapu, M.H. Al-Dahhan, M.P. Dudukovic, Chemical Engineering Science, 59(22-23), 5381-5386 (2004).

Dynamic Modeling of Slurry Bubble Column Reactors, N. Rados, M.H. Al-Dahhan, M.P. Dudukovic, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 44(16), 6086-6094 (2005).

Exothermic and endothermic reactions in simultaneous and sequential directly coupled adiabatic reactors. Ramaswamy, R. C.; Ramachandran, P. A.; Dudukovic, M. P., World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 7th, Glasgow, United Kingdom, July 10-14, 2005, (2005).

Experimental investigation of the hydrodynamics in a liquid-solid riser, S. Roy, A. Kemoun, M.H. Al-Dahhan, M.P. Dudukovic, AIChE Journal, 51(3), 802-835 (2005).

Experimental Study of the Solids Velocity Field in Gas-Solid Risers. Bhusarapu, Satish; Al- Dahhan, Muthanna H.; Dudukovic, Milorad P.; Trujillo, Steven; O'Hern, Timothy J., Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 44(25), 9739-9749 (2005).

Gas-liquid flow generated by a Rushton turbine in stirred vessel: CARPT/CT measurements and CFD simulations, A.R. Khopkar, A.R. Rammohan, V.V. Ranade, M.P. Dudukovic, Chemical Engineering Science, 60(8-9), 2215-2229 (2005).

Modeling of solid acid catalyzed alkylation reactors. Ramaswamy, R. C.; Ramachandran, P. A.; Dudukovic, M. P., International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 3 (2005).

Multicomponent Flow-Transport-Reaction Modeling of Trickle Bed Reactors: Application to Unsteady State Liquid Flow Modulation, M.R. Khadilkar, M.H. Al-Dahhan, M.P. Dudukovic, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 44(16), 6354-6370 (2005).

Numerical simulation of bubble columns flows: effect of different breakup and coalescence closures, P. Chen, J. Sanyal, M.P. Dudukovic, Chemical Engineering Science, 60(4), 1085- 1101 (2005).

Recuperative coupling of exothermic and endothermic reactions. Ramaswamy, R. C.; Ramachandran, P. A.; Dudukovic, M. P, Chemical Engineering Science, 61(2), 459-472 (2005).

Solids motion and holdup profiles in liquid fluidized beds, S. Limtrakul, J. Chen, P.A. Ramachandran, M.P. Dudukovic, Chemical Engineering Science, 60(7), 1889-1900 (2005).

Study of liquid spreading from a point source in a trickle bed via gamma-ray tomography and CFD simulation. Boyer, C.; Koudil, A.; Chen, P.; Dudukovic, M. P., Chemical Engineering Science, 60(22), 6279-6288 (2005).

Three-dimensional simulation of bubble column flows with bubble coalescence and breakup, P. Chen, M.P. Dudukovic, J. Sanyal, AIChE Journal, 51(3), 696-712 (2005).

CFD-based compartmental modeling of single phase stirred-tank reactors. Guha, Debangshu; Dudukovic, M. P.; Ramachandran, P. A.; Mehta, S.; Alvare, J., AIChE Journal, 52(5), 1836- 1846 (2006).

Solids flow mapping in a gas-solid riser: Mean holdup and velocity fields. Bhusarapu, Satish; Al-Dahhan, Muthanna H.; Dudukovic, Milorad P., Powder Technology, 163(1-2), 98-123 (2006).

Influence of different closures on the hydrodynamics of bubble column flows. Rafique, M.; Dudukovic, M. P., Chemical Engineering Communications, 193(1), 1-23 (2006).