Research Topics

I.  Experimental thermal-hydraulics

• Fundamentals of two-phase flow and heat transfer
• Experimental data banks for model development and validation
• Innovative measurement techniques

II.  Numerical simulation

• Improvement and development of numerical codes for thermal-hydraulic analysis of advanced energy systems
• Numerical analysis and optimization of innovative nuclear systems

III. Model development

• Turbulence modeling in energy engineering applications
• Modeling of relevant processes of flow and heat transfer in innovative nuclear systems

IV.  Nuclear safety

• Safety analysis of innovative nuclear systems
• Modeling and numerical analysis of safety relevant processes