Publications


2024
Journal Articles
Canabarro, N. I.; Yeadon, D. J.; Wörner, M.; Hornung, U.; Vogel, F.; Baudouin, D. (2024). Development of strategies for continuous desalination of weak black liquor based on phase-behaviour analysis. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 209, Art.-Nr.: 106230. doi:10.1016/j.supflu.2024.106230
Hagg, D.; Eifert, A.; Troßmann, T.; Frohnapfel, B.; Marschall, H.; Wörner, M. (2024). Numerical study of liquid imbibition and contact line pinning in a sealing gap for corrosion protection of metal housings. Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 24 (2), 65 – 77. doi:10.1504/PCFD.2024.137058
Wörner, M.; Barsuhn, A.; Zevaco, T.; Hornung, U.; Dahmen, N. (2024). From Pulp to Aromatic Products─Reaction Pathways of Lignin Depolymerization. Energy & Fuels, 38 (7), 6020–6035. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c04509
Wörner, M.; Werner, L.; Hornung, U.; Islongo Canabarro, N.; Baudouin, D.; Dahmen, N. (2024). The Impact of Sulfur-Containing Inorganic Compounds during the Depolymerization of Lignin by Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Black Liquor. Energy & Fuels, 38 (7), 6036–6047. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c04737
2023
Journal Articles
Bodziony, F.; Wörner, M.; Marschall, H. (2023). The stressful way of droplets along single fibre strands : A computational analysis. Physics of Fluids, 35 (1), Art.-Nr.: 012110. doi:10.1063/5.0131032
Pola, L.; Collado, S.; Wörner, M.; Hornung, U.; Díaz, M. (2023). Eutectic solvents for the valorisation of the aqueous phase from hydrothermally liquefied black liquor. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11 (5), Art.-Nr.: 111040. doi:10.1016/j.jece.2023.111040
Wörner, M. (2023). Maximum spreading of an impacting drop. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 167, Artkl.Nr.: 104528. doi:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2023.104528
2022
Journal Articles
Bagheri, M.; Stumpf, B.; Roisman, I. V.; Tropea, C.; Hussong, J.; Wörner, M.; Marschall, H. (2022). Interfacial relaxation – Crucial for phase-field methods to capture low to high energy drop-film impacts. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 94, Art.-Nr.: 108943. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2022.108943
Bagheri, M.; Stumpf, B.; Roisman, I. V.; Dadvand, A.; Wörner, M.; Marschall, H. (2022). A unified finite volume framework for phase‐field simulations of an arbitrary number of fluid phases. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 100 (9), 2291–2308. doi:10.1002/cjce.24510
Wang, S.; Rohlfs, P.; Börnhorst, M.; Schillaci, A.; Marschall, H.; Deutschmann, O.; Wörner, M. (2022). Bubble Cutting by Cylinder – Elimination of Wettability Effects by a Separating Liquid Film. Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik, 94 (3), 385–392. doi:10.1002/cite.202100145
Conference Papers
Wörner, M.; Hornung, U.; Dahmen, N. (2022). Hydrothermal liquefaction of black liquor. European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings, 30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, EUBCE 2022, Virtual, Online, 9th May 2022 - 12th May 2022, 867–874, ETA-Florence Renewable Energies.
2021
Journal Articles
Dadvand, A.; Bagheri, M.; Samkhaniani, N.; Marschall, H.; Wörner, M. (2021). Advected phase-field method for bounded solution of the Cahn–Hilliard Navier–Stokes equations. Physics of fluids, 33 (5), Art.-Nr.: 053311. doi:10.1063/5.0048614
Erdogan, S.; Schulenberg, T.; Deutschmann, O.; Wörner, M. (2021). Evaluation of models for bubble-induced turbulence by DNS and utilization in two-fluid model computations of an industrial pilot-scale bubble column. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 175, 283–295. doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2021.09.012
Samkhaniani, N.; Marschall, H.; Stroh, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Wörner, M. (2021). Numerical simulation of drop impingement and bouncing on a heated hydrophobic surface. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2116 (1), Art.-Nr.: 012073. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2116/1/012073
Samkhaniani, N.; Stroh, A.; Holzinger, M.; Marschall, H.; Frohnapfel, B.; Wörner, M. (2021). Bouncing drop impingement on heated hydrophobic surfaces. International journal of heat and mass transfer, 180, Art.-Nr.: 121777. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121777
Woo, M.; Tischer, S.; Deutschmann, O.; Wörner, M. (2021). A step toward the numerical simulation of catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene in Taylor flow at practical conditions. Chemical engineering science, 230, Art.-Nr.: 116132. doi:10.1016/j.ces.2020.116132
Wörner, M.; Samkhaniani, N.; Cai, X.; Wu, Y.; Majumdar, A.; Marschall, H.; Frohnapfel, B.; Deutschmann, O. (2021). Spreading and rebound dynamics of sub-millimetre urea-water-solution droplets impinging on substrates of varying wettability. Applied mathematical modelling, 95, 53–73. doi:10.1016/j.apm.2021.01.038
2020
PhD Theses
Journal Articles
Antritter, T.; Mayer, M.; Hachmann, P.; Wörner, M. (2020). Suppressing artificial equilibrium states caused by spurious currents in droplet spreading simulations with dynamic contact angle model. Progress in computational fluid dynamics, 20 (2), 59–70. doi:10.1504/PCFD.2020.106403
Dörnhöfer, J.; Börnhorst, M.; Ates, C.; Samkhaniani, N.; Pfeil, J.; Wörner, M.; Koch, R.; Bauer, H.-J.; Deutschmann, O.; Frohnapfel, B.; Koch, T. (2020). A Holistic View on Urea Injection for NOx Emission Control: Impingement, Re-atomization, and Deposit Formation. Emission control science and technology, 6, 228–243. doi:10.1007/s40825-019-00151-0
Woo, M.; Maier, L.; Tischer, S.; Deutschmann, O.; Wörner, M. (2020). A Qualitative Numerical Study on Catalytic Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene in Gas-Liquid Taylor Flow with Detailed Reaction Mechanism. Fluids, 5 (4), Art.-Nr.: 234. doi:10.3390/fluids5040234
2019
Journal Articles
Börnhorst, M.; Cai, X.; Wörner, M.; Deutschmann, O. (2019). Maximum Spreading of Urea Water Solution during Drop Impingement. Chemical engineering & technology, 42 (11), 2419–2427. doi:10.1002/ceat.201800755
Jamshidi, F.; Heimel, H.; Hasert, M.; Cai, X.; Deutschmann, O.; Marschall, H.; Wörner, M. (2019). On suitability of phase-field and algebraic volume-of-fluid OpenFOAM® solvers for gas-liquid microfluidic applications. Computer physics communications, 236, 72–85. doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2018.10.015
2018
Book Chapters
Hettel, M.; Wörner, M.; Deutschmann, O. (2018). Computational Fluid Dynamics of Catalytic Reactors. Handbook of Materials Modeling – Applications: Current and Emerging Materials. Ed.: W. Andreoni, 1–34, Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50257-1_6-1
PhD Theses
Woo, M. (2018). Numerical simulation of gas-liquid Taylor flow with catalyzed heterogeneous reaction. PhD dissertation. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000078320
Journal Articles
Fink, V.; Cai, X.; Stroh, A.; Bernard, R.; Kriegseis, J.; Frohnapfel, B.; Marschall, H.; Wörner, M. (2018). Drop bouncing by micro-grooves. International journal of heat and fluid flow, 70, 271–278. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2018.02.014
2017
Book Chapters
Marschall, H.; Falconi, C.; Lehrenfeld, C.; Abiev, R.; Wörner, M.; Reusken, A.; Bothe, D. (2017). Direct Numerical Simulations of Taylor Bubbles in a Square Mini-Channel: Detailed Shape and Flow Analysis with Experimental Validation. Transport Processes at Fluidic Interfaces. Ed.: D. Bothe, 663–679, Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56602-3_23
Wörner, M. (2017). Taylor Bubbles in Small Channels: A Proper Guiding Measure for Validation of Numerical Methods for Interface Resolving Simulations. Transport Processes at Fluidic Interfaces. Ed.: D. Bothe, 577–587, Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56602-3_19
Journal Articles
Cai, X.; Wörner, M.; Marschall, H.; Deutschmann, O. (2017). CFD Simulation of Liquid Back Suction and Gas Bubble Formation in a Circular Tube with Sudden or Gradual Expansion. Emission control science and technology, 3 (4), 289–301. doi:10.1007/s40825-017-0073-3
2016
PhD Theses
Journal Articles
Cai, X.; Wörner, M.; Marschall, H.; Deutschmann, O. (2016). Numerical study on the wettability dependent interaction of a rising bubble with a periodic open cellular structure. Catalysis today, 273, 151–160. doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2016.03.053
Falconi, C. J.; Lehrenfeld, C.; Marschall, H.; Meyer, C.; Abiev, R.; Bothe, D.; Reusken, A.; Schlüter, M.; Wörner, M. (2016). Numerical and experimental analysis of local flow phenomena in laminar Taylor flow in a square mini-channel. Physics of Fluids, 28 (1), 012109. doi:10.1063/1.4939498
2015
Journal Articles
Cai, X.; Marschall, H.; Wörner, M.; Deutschmann, O. (2015). Numerical simulation of wetting phenomena with a phase-field method using OpenFOAM. Chemical engineering & technology, 38 (11), 1985–1992. doi:10.1002/ceat.201500089
2014
Journal Articles
Marschall, H.; Boden, S.; Lehrenfeld, C.; Falconi, C. J.; Hampel, U.; Reusken, A.; Wörner, M.; Bothe, D. (2014). Validation of interface capturing and tracking techniques with different surface tension treatments against a Taylor bubble benchmark problem. Computers and Fluids, 102, 336–352. doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.06.030
Conference Papers
Cai, X.; Marschall, H.; Wörner, M.; Deutschmann, O. (2014). A phase field method with adaptive mesh refinement for numerical simulation of 3D wetting processes with OpenFoam. Book of full-length manuscripts / 2nd International Symposium on Multiscale Multiphase Process Engineering (MMPE) : 24 - 27 September 2014, Hamburg, Germany DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V., 116–121.
Erdogan, S.; Wörner, M. (2014). Analysis and modelling of liquid phase turbulence kinetic energy equation in bubbly flows via direct numerical simulation. Book of Full Length Manuscripts MMPE 2014, PROCESSNET.
Woo, M.; Wörner, M.; Tischer, S.; Deutschmann, O. (2014). Development of a computer code for numerical simulation of reactive and catalytic two-phase flows with detailed chemistry. Book of full-length manuscripts / 2nd International Symposium on Multiscale Multiphase Process Engineering (MMPE) : 24 - 27 September 2014, Hamburg, Germany, 407–412, DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.
2013
Journal Articles
1998
Journal Articles
Wörner, M.; Grötzbach, G. (1998). Pressure transport in direct numerical simulations of turbulent natural convection in horizontal fluid layers. The international journal of heat and fluid flow, 19 (2), 150–158. doi:10.1016/S0142-727X(97)10019-4
1997
Conference Papers
Wörner, M.; Grötzbach, G. (1997). Pressure Transport in DNS of Turbulent Natural Convection in Horizontal Fluid Layers. Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer : 2 ; Proceedings of the 2nd international symposium on turbulence, heat and mass transfer., Delft, NL, June 9-12, 1997. Ed.: K. Hanjalic, 351–360, Delft University Press.

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