Evangelos Tsotsas

Evangelos Tsotsas received the Diploma in mechanical engineering from Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, in 1981. He obtained the Ph.D. degree and the habilitation in chemical engineering from Karlsruhe University, in 1985 and 1990, respectively. From 1991 to 1994, he was a Senior Process Specialist in R&D (solids processing) of the Dow Chemical Company. Since 1994, he holds the chair of Thermal Process Engineering at the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. He is a member of the selection committee of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, since 2005, elected evaluator of the German Research Association (DFG, since 2004), Chairman of the European and German Working Parties on Drying, since 2004, editor of the book series Modern Drying Technology (Wiley-VCH) and holder of the Hosokawa-Micron Award for innovation in drying research, in 2002. He has authored more than 150 papers, book chapters, and books. The research interest of Evangelos Tsotsas is in kinetically controlled processes in particle systems and porous media, with special emphasis on drying, catalytic reactors, particle formulation in spray fluidized beds, particulate biofuels, discrete modelling (pore networks, discrete elements), and population balances.

Biography Updated on 16 December 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Perowskit-Hohlfasermembranen für die katalytische Partialoxidation von Methan zu Synthesegas
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 79, no. 6, pp. 831–842, 2007
  2. Drying in fluidized beds with immersed heating elements
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 62, no. 1-2, pp. 481–502, 2007
  3. A generic population balance model for simultaneous agglomeration and drying in fluidized beds
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 62, no. 1-2, pp. 513–532, 2007
  4. Catalytic Membrane Reactors for Partial Oxidation Using Perovskite Hollow Fiber Membranes and for Partial Hydrogenation Using a Catalytic Membrane Contactor
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 2286–2294, 2007
  5. Isothermal Drying of Pore Networks: Influence of Friction for Different Pore Structures
    Drying Technology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 49–57, 2007
  6. Towards a Complete Population Balance Model for Fluidized-Bed Spray Agglomeration
    Drying Technology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1321–1329, 2007
  7. Modeling of Contact Dryers
    Drying Technology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1377–1391, 2007
  8. Characterization of Particulate Materials in Respect to Drying
    Drying Technology, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 1083–1092, 2006
  9. Remarks on the paper “Extension of Hoshen–Kopelman algorithm to non-lattice environments” by A. Al-Futaisi and T.W. Patzek, Physica A 321 (2003) 665–678
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, vol. 363, no. 2, pp. 558–560, 2006
  10. Mixing of particles in rotary drums: A comparison of discrete element simulations with experimental results and penetration models for thermal processes
    Powder Technology, vol. 161, no. 1, pp. 69–78, 2006
  11. Modern Modelling Methods in Drying
    Transport in Porous Media, vol. 66, no. 1-2, pp. 103–120, 2006
  12. Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Concentration and Temperature Profiles in a Narrow Packed Bed Adsorber
    Chemical Engineering & Technology, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 910–915, 2006
  13. An improved discretized tracer mass distribution of Hounslow et al.
    AIChE Journal, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 1326–1332, 2006
  14. Interfacial convection during evaporation of binary mixtures from porous obstacles
    AIChE Journal, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 3257–3274, 2005
  15. Discrete Element Modeling: Eine neue Methode zur Simulation der thermischen Behandlung mechanisch durchmischter Schüttgüter
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 77, no. 8, pp. 1089–1089, 2005
  16. Einfluss von Porenstruktur und Produkttiefe auf das Trocknungsverhalten mittels eines Netzwerkmodells
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 77, no. 8, pp. 1012–1013, 2005
  17. Influence of Pore Size Distribution on Drying Kinetics: A Simple Capillary Model
    Drying Technology, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 1797–1809, 2005
  18. Model-Based Analysis of Convective Grain Drying Processes
    Drying Technology, vol. 23, no. 9-11, pp. 1895–1908, 2005
  19. Tomographic measurement of breakthrough in a packed bed adsorber
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 517–522, 2005
  20. Nah-Infrarot Tomographie zum Messen von Konzentrationsfeldern im Festbett
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 76, no. 9, pp. 1418–1419, 2004
  21. Determination of Kinetics and Equilibria for Adsorption of Water Vapor on Single Zeolite Particles by a Magnetic Suspension Balance
    Chemical Engineering & Technology, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 681–686, 2004
  22. Modeling of the Wall Effect in Packed Bed Adsorption
    Chemical Engineering & Technology, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 1179–1186, 2004
  23. Formation of fouling layers on a heat exchanger element exposed to warm, humid and solid loaded air streams
    Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 26, no. 2-4, pp. 291–297, 2002
  24. Experimental investigation and modelling of continuous fluidized bed drying under steady-state and dynamic conditions
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 57, no. 24, pp. 5021–5038, 2002
  25. Determination of single-particle drying kinetics in an acoustic levitator
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 86, no. 1-2, pp. 217–222, 2002
  26. Remarks on the paper “Experimental determination of transverse mixing kinetics in a rolling drum by image analysis” by D.R. van Puyvelde, B.R. Young, M.A. Wilson and S.J. Smith (Powder Technology 106 (1999), 183–191)
    Powder Technology, vol. 114, no. 1-3, pp. 262–263, 2001
  27. METHODS FOR PROCESSING EXPERIMENTAL DRYING KINETICS DATA
    Drying Technology, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 15–34, 2001
  28. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND MODELING OF THE INFLUENCE OF INDIRECT HEATING ON FLUIDIZED BED DRYING
    Drying Technology, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 1739–1754, 2001
  29. Miscible Displacement and Diffusion during the Removal of Undesired Liquids from Porous Bodies by Washing
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 73, no. 6, pp. 724–724, 2001
  30. Untersuchungen der Kinetik von Trennprozessen im akustischen Levitator: Vor- und Nachteile
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 1012–1017, 2001
  31. Analyse und Quantifizierung von während und aufgrund der Stoffübertragung eines binären Gemisches durch senkrechte Spalte induzierter Grenzflächenkonvektion
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 73, no. 10, pp. 1310–1314, 2001
  32. Ein neues, schnelles Meßverfahrenfür Sorptionsisothermen — Anwendung auf Aktivtonerde
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 72, no. 1-2, pp. 88–94, 2000
  33. Entwicklungsstand und Perspektiven der Modellierung von Transportvorgängen in durchströmten Festbetten
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 313–321, 2000
  34. Waschen poröser Körper bei Mischbarkeit zwischen Beladungs- und Waschflüssigkeit
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 1096–1097, 2000
  35. Impact of tube-to-particle-diameter ratio on pressure drop in packed beds
    AIChE Journal, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 1084–1088, 2000
  36. Correlations for effective heat transport coefficients in beds packed with cylindrical particles
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 55, no. 23, pp. 5937–5943, 2000
  37. Modelling of heat transport in beds packed with spherical particles for various bed geometries and/or thermal boundary conditions
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 556–570, 2000
  38. A simple and coherent set of coefficients for modelling of heat and mass transport with and without chemical reaction in tubes filled with spheres
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 967–979, 2000
  39. PREDICTING APPARENT SHERWOOD NUMBERS FOR FLUIDIZED BEDS
    Drying Technology, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 1557–1570, 1999
  40. A NEW MODEL FOR FLUID BED DRYING
    Drying Technology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1687–1698, 1997
  41. Discrimination of fluid bed models and investigation of particle-to-gas mass transfer by means of drying experiments
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 237–245, 1994
  42. FROM SINGLE PARTICLE TO FLUID BED DRYING KINETICS
    Drying Technology, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1401–1426, 1994
  43. Low péclet number transient heat transfer in packed beds: re-evaluation of the data of Donnadieu
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 48, no. 19, pp. 3434–3437, 1993
  44. Transportvorg?nge in Festbetten Geschichte, Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 313–322, 1992
  45. Zur Stoffübertragung, Dispersion und makroskopischer Strömungsungleichverteilung in Schüttungsrohren
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 181–190, 1992
  46. Impact of particle size dispersity on thermal conductivity of packed beds: Measurement, numerical simulation, prediction
    Chemical Engineering & Technology, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 421–427, 1991
  47. Measurements of mass transfer between particles and gas in packed tubes at very low tube to particle diameter ratios
    Wärme- und Stoffübertragung, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 245–256, 1990
  48. Numerical calculation of the thermal conductivity of two regular bidispersed beds of spherical particles
    Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 1031–1038, 1990
  49. Heat transfer in packed beds with fluid flow: remarks on the meaning and the calculation of a heat transfer coefficient at the wall
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 819–837, 1990
  50. W?rme?bertragung zwischen einer Wand und dispersen Gas/Feststoff-Systemen
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 61, no. 9, pp. 677–686, 1989
  51. On axial dispersion in packed beds with fluid flow Über die axiale dispersion in durchströmten festbetten
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 15–31, 1988
  52. Some remarks on channelling and on radial dispersion in packed beds
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 1200–1203, 1988
  53. Kontakttrocknung mechanisch durchmischter haufwerke in vakuum: Der einfluß hygroskopischer eigenschaften auf den trocknungsverlauf
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 199–208, 1987
  54. Über den wärmeübergang bei der verdampfung und kondensation von binären gemischen
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 209–215, 1987
  55. Wärmeleitfähigkeit von festbetten: Eine übersicht
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 19–37, 1987
  56. Vakuum-kontakttrocknung von rieselfähigen, mechanisch durchmischten, polydispersen schüttungen
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 339–349, 1986
  57. Die kontakttrocknung durchmischten granulats in luftatmosphäre
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 277–285, 1986
  58. Der wärmeübergang durch enge gasspalte - ein zentrales problem bei gekühlten chipträgern in hochleistungscomputernHeat transfer through narrow gasfield gaps - A crucial problem in high-capacity computer design
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 25–29, 1984