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Engineers, researchers, and scientists across industries use multiphysics simulation to research and develop innovative product designs and processes. Find inspiration in technical papers and presentations they have presented at the COMSOL Conference. Browse the selection below or use the Quick Search tool to find a specific presentation or filter by application area.


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Transport Phenomenax

Predicting the Fate of Contaminant and Remediating Nano-Particles in a Polluted Aquifer with an Integrated Modeling Approach

S. Nilabh[1], F. Grandia[1]
[1]Amphos 21 Consulting S.L., Spain

The presence of anthropogenic or natural pollutants in groundwater system poses a threat to water resources. Several remediation techniques have been explored and developed to decrease the concentration of contaminants. One such remediation technique, injection of nano-particles in the ... Read More

Simulation of Moisture Ingression in Microelectronics Packages to Correlate Test and Field Conditions

S. Sala[1], L. Zullino[1], R. Cattaneo[1], S. Morin[1], L. Cecchetto[1], A. Andreini[1], M. Rovitto[1], A. Mancaleoni[1]
[1]STMicroelectronics, Italy

Plastic packages, coated with Epoxy Molding Compound (EMC) can provide an economic and versatile protection to the integrated circuits (IC) from mechanical damage. A major drawback of molded packages is that they are not hermetic and are prone to absorb moisture from external ... Read More

Hydromechanical Model of Geological Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers

J. Torres[1], I. Bogdanov[1], M. Boisson[2]
[1]UPPA/CHLOE, France
[2]Total SA, France

Geological Carbon Storage (GCS) is viewed as a viable option to reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. In particular, CO2 injection into deep saline formations (DSF) has been the subject of numerous investigations during the last decade, including pilot and demonstration projects [Reiner ... Read More

Numerical Simulation of The Time-Dependent Permeation Through Barrier Structures

O. Miesbauer[1], J. Tang[1]
[1]Technical University of Munich, Germany

Flexible electronic devices are very sensitive against the ingress of oxygen and water vapor from the atmosphere and therefore have to be protected by encapsulation with high barrier films. Such films contain several polymeric or inorganic layers which are deposited from the liquid or ... Read More

Hydrodynamic Heat Transport Model for Semiconductors with Complex Geometries Including Interfaces

A. Beardo Ricol[1], F. Alvarez Calafell[2]
[1]Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
[2]Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

The development of new experimental techniques designed to measure the thermal response of semiconductors at reduced length and time scales is revealing the requirement of generalized heat transport models beyond the classical Fourier law [1,2]. We present the Kinetic Collective ... Read More

Modelling Diffusive Transport Phenomena in Carbonated Concrete

B. Chine'[1], A. Rodríguez Rojas[1], R. Jiménez[1], R. Cuevas[1]
[1]ITCR, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Costa Rica

For civil engineering structures the interaction between concrete, its reinforcing steel bars and various environmental agents like humidity, CO2, O2 , and chloride is extremely important. Generally, the concrete provides appropriate conditions to prevent steel reinforcement bars from ... Read More

Modelling Contact Heating of Solid Food Products

T. Viné[1], D. Flick[1], B. Broyart[1]
[1]UMR 1145 Ingénierie Procédés Aliments, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, France

Despite its wide use in industrial or culinary conditions, contact heating has not been extensively studied in the literature devoted to food products. This is mainly due to the difficulty in measuring in a non-invasive way the heat flux transferred as well as the thermal contact ... Read More

Numerical Simulation of Residence Time Distributions of Coiled Tubular Reactors

S. Eller[1], M. Fassbender[1], G. Luinstra[1]
[1]University of Hamburg, Germany

The fabrication of new reactor types has been simplified significantly by the rapid progression within the field of additive manufacturing. A reactor can be fit to nearly every specific task by varying its geometry and therefore its reactant hold-up and flow conditions in continuous ... Read More

Modelling of Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistor

N. Delavari[1], K. Tybrandt[1], G. Mattana[2], B. Piro[2], V. Noël[2], I. Zozoulenko[1]
[1]Linköping University, Sweden
[2]Paris Diderot University, France

Electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors differ from conventional OFETs by using an electrolyte as the gate insulating material. Due to a high permittivity of the electrolyte, EGOFETs tend to have a higher capacitance than their conventional non-electrolytic counterparts. ... Read More

Keratin Biomaterial Diffusivity Determination in a 1D-Like Channel using COMSOL Multiphysics® and MATLAB®

E. Civetti[1], V. Khaimov[1], R. de Guzman[1]
[1]Hofstra University, USA

Introduction: Keratin protein biomaterials (KTN) are used in various tissue engineering applications including liquid infusions and gel implants. Random movement of molecular species is characterized by Fick’s laws of diffusion (and velocity-dependent convection) with the ... Read More