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Finding the One Solution for Multiscale Multiphysics Modeling in Wafer ProcessingSemiconductor Manufacturer:
Finding the One Solution for Multiscale Multiphysics Modeling in Wafer Processing

TEL Technology Center, Albany, NY
Semiconductor wafer manufacturing involves a number of processes, ranging in size from nanometers to meters. This, along with coupling the physics of chemical...

MEMS Biosensor Brings about Disposable DNA DetectorsMicrofluidics:
MEMS Biosensor Brings about Disposable DNA Detectors

Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Wouldn't it be a great service for the diagnosing and treating genetic of diseases if physicians had a disposable instrument for detecting DNA that worked...

Fine Tuning for Water PurificationCivil Engineering:
Fine Tuning for Water Purification

Amsterdam Water Supply (AWS), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Water Supply AWS of the Netherlands produces some of the cleanest drinking water in the world, almost 100 million cubic meters per year in fact....

Argonne Models Alternate Hydrogen-production TechniqueEnvironment:
Argonne Models Alternate Hydrogen-production Technique

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
The "hydrogen economy" aims to reduce the USA´s reliance on imported fossil fuels along with the emission of greenhouse gases. Funding for alternative...

Modeling Optimizes Environmentally Friendly Flameless FurnaceClean Energy:
Modeling Optimizes Environmentally Friendly Flameless Furnace

University of Catania, Italy
In flameless combustion, air and fuel entering the chamber are mixed with high-temperature recirculated exhaust gases that provide the activation energy...

Model Examples

Porous Reactor with Injection Needle: This model treats the flow field and species distribution in an experimental... Electrochemical Polishing: This example illustrates the principle of electrochemical polishing. The simplified 2D model...
Boat Reactor for Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition: Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is an important step in the... NOx Reduction in a Monolithic Reactor: This suite of examples illustrate the modeling of selective NO reduction, that...
Surface Reactions in a Biosensor: A flow cell in a biosensor contains an array of micropillars. The curved side of the... Thermal Decomposition: In this tutorial model, couple heat and mass transport equations to laminar flow in order to...
Steam Reformer: In fuel cell power generators, a steam reformer unit typically produces the hydrogen needed for the cell... Transport and Adsorption: This model demonstrates how to model phenomena defined in different numbers of dimensions in a...
Flow Past a Cylinder: The following model examines unsteady, incompressible flow past a long cylinder placed in a... Pesticide Transport and Reaction in Soil: Aldicarb is a commercial pesticide, used on a variety of crops, including...
Hydrocarbon Dehalogenation in a Tortuous Microreactor: Removing halogen groups from hydrocarbons is an important... Process Control using a PID Controller: This model shows how a flow model can be coupled to a process control...
Stationary Incompressible Flow over a Backstep: This tutorial model solves the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in... Optimization of a Catalytic Microreactor: In this model, a solution is pumped through a catalytic bed where a solute...