Fernando Hernández Jiménez

Contact information
Office: 1.1.F23
Phone: +34 91 624 8344
Email: fhjimene@ing.uc3m.es
Position: Associate professor

EDUCATION
Fernando Hernández Jiménez started his mechanical engineering studies at the Universidad Carlos III in 2003. After obtaining his degree in 2007 at University Carlos III, he obtained his Master in Thermal and Fluids Engineering in 2009. His formation has continued with several research stays at the ETH Zurich, working with Prof. Christoph R. Müller which continued with an active collaboration. He obtained his Associate Professor position in 2020.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
His research is mainly focused on CFD simulations of fluidized beds, studying its global behaviour and comparing its results with experimental data and theoretical models with the final aim of improving its accuracy and validation.

Currently, he is working in the application of granular system to Energy Storage Systems for CSP applications.

PhD Thesis
Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Pseudo-2D Gas Fluidized beds

Considering wall friction

PUBLICATIONS

Journal publications

Vibration augmentation of the solids volume dragged by the wake of a bubble rising in a fluidized bed
Powder Technology, 2021, 380, pp. 574–583.
Cano-Pleite, E., Hernández-Jiménez, F., Acosta-Iborra, A.

Hydrodynamics and heat transfer in a fluidized bed with liquid spray: Particle color-change based measurement and modelling
Chemical Engineering Science, 2021, 229, 116088.
Sun, J., Guo, X., Wang, H., …Wang, J., Yang, Y.

Experimental evaluation of the convection heat transfer coefficient of large particles moving freely in a fluidized bed reactor
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 153, 119612. 2020.
L.M. Garcia-Gutierrez, F. Hernández-Jiménez, E. Cano-Pleite, A. Soria-Verdugo

Experimental study of bubble dynamics and flow transition recognition in a fluidized bed with wet particles
Chemical Engineering Science, 211, 115257. 2020.
Wang, H., Soria-Verdugo, A., Sun, J., Wang, J., Yang, Y., Hernández-Jiménez, F.

Numerical study of the effect of pressure and temperature on the fluidization of solids with air and (supercritical) CO2
The Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 2019.
F. Hernández-Jiménez, L.M. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. Acosta-Iborra, A. Soria-Verdugo

Exergy recovery from solar heated particles to supercritical CO2
Applied Thermal Engineering, 146, 469-481. 2019.
F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Soria-Verdugo, A. Acosta-Iborra, D. Santana

Critical comparison of electrostatic effects on hydrodynamics and heat transfer in a bubbling fluidized bed with a central jet
Chemical Engineering Science, 191, 156-168. 2018.
Wang, H., Hernández-Jiménez, F., Lungu, M., Huang, Z., Yang, Y., Wang, J., Yang, Y.

Lateral solids meso-mixing in pseudo-2D fluidized beds by means of TFM simulations
Powder Technology, 334, 183-191. 2018.
F. Hernández-Jiménez, J. Sánchez-Prieto, E. Cano-Pleite, A. Soria-Verdugo

Improvement of the simulation of fuel particles motion in a fluidized bed by considering wall friction
Chemical Engineering Journal, 321, 175-183. 2017.
L.M. Garcia-Gutierrez, F. Hernández-Jiménez, E. Cano-Pleite, A. Soria-Verdugo

Reversal of gulf stream circulation in a vertically vibrated triangular fluidized bed
Powder Technology. 2017.
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Acosta-Iborra, C.R. Müller

Segregation of equal-sized particles of different densities in a vertically vibrated fluidized bed
Powder Technology. 2017.
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Acosta-Iborra, T. Tsuji, C.R. Müller

Bulk oscillation and velocity wave propagation in a vibrated fluidized bed at minimum fluidization conditions
Powder Technology, 308, 346-361. 2017.
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Oscillatory behavior of the bed bulk and the bubbles in a vertically vibrated pseudo-2D bed in bubbling regime
Chemical Engineering Journal, 312, 228–242.. 2017
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Acosta-Iborra, Y. Mawatari

Experimental study on the motion of solids around an isolated bubble rising in a vertically vibrated fluidized bed
Chemical Engineering Journal 330 120–133. 2017.
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, L.M. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Experimental study on the characteristic mixing time of solids and its link with the lateral dispersion coefficient in bubbling fluidized beds
Chemical Engineering Journal 307 113–121. 2017.
J. Sánchez-Prieto, F. Hernández-Jiménez, L.M. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. Soria-Verdugo.

Development of an empirical wall-friction model for 2D simulations of pseudo-2D bubbling fluidized beds
Advanced Powder Technology 27 521-530. 2016.
F. Hernández-Jiménez, J. Sánchez-Prieto, E. Cano-Pleite, L.M. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Investigation of particle–wall interaction in a pseudo-2D fluidized bed using CFD-DEM simulations
Particuology 25 10-22. 2016.
T. Li, Y. Zhang, F. Hernández-Jiménez.

Fully coupled TFM-DEM simulations to study the motion of fuel particles in a fluidized bed
Chemical Engineering Science 134 57-66. 2015.
F. Hernández-Jiménez, Garcia-Gutierrez, L.M., Soria-Verdugo, A., A. Acosta-Iborra.

Compressible-gas two-fluid modeling of isolated bubbles in a vertically vibrated fluidized bed and comparison with experiments
Chemical Engineering Journal 271 287-299. 2015.
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Experimental study on the motion of isolated bubbles in a vertically vibrated fluidized bed
Chemical Engineering Journal 255 114-125. 2014.
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, M. de Vega, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Characterisation of the particle-wall frictional forces in pseudo-2D fluidized beds using DEM
Chemical Engineering Science 106 136-143. 2014.
F. Hernández-Jiménez, T. Li, E. Cano-Pleite, W. Rogers, A. Acosta-Iborra.

A settling tube to determine the terminal velocity and size distribution of fluidized nanoparticle agglomerates
Journal of Nanoparticles Research. 2014, Brief Communication
Lilian de Martín, J. Sánchez-Prieto, F. Hernández-Jiménez, J. Ruud van Ommen.

Experimental quantification of the particle-wall frictional forces in pseudo-2D gas fluidized beds
Chemical Engineering Science 102, 257-267. 2013
F. Hernández-Jiménez, J. Sánchez-Prieto, A. Soria-Verdugo, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Gas interchange between bubble and emulsion phases in a 2D fluidized bed as revealed by two-fluid model simulations
Chemical Engineering Journal 215-216, 479-490. 2013
F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Gómez-García. D. Santana, A. Acosta-Iborra.

A novel methodology for simulating vibrated fluidized beds using two-fluid models
Chemical Engineering Journal 198-199, 261-274, 2012
A. Acosta-Iborra, F. Hernández-Jiménez, M. de Vega, J. Villa-Briongos

Comparison between two-fluid model simulations and particle image analysis & velocimetry (PIV) results for a two-dimensional gas-solid fluidized bed
Chemical Engineering Science 66, 3753-3772, 2011
F. Hernández-Jiménez, S. Sánchez-Delgado, A. Gómez-García, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Comparison of bubble eruption models with two-fluid simulations in a 2D gas-fluidized bed
Chemical Engineering Journal 171, 328-339, 2011
F. Hernández-Jiménez, J.R. Third, A. Acosta-Iborra, C.R. Müller

Experimental and computational study on the bubble behavior in a 3-D fluidized bed
Chemical Engineering Science 66, 3499-3512, 2011
A. Acosta-Iborra, C. Sobrino, F. Hernández-Jiménez, M. de Vega

Conference proceedings

Numerical investigation on the solids mixing in fluidized beds.
Proceedings of CFB12, 2017
F. Hernández-Jiménez, J. Sánchez-Prieto, A. Soria-Verdugo, E. Cano-Pleite, A. Acosta-Iborra

Simulation of fuel particles motion in a 2D fluidized bed using a hybrid-model considering wall friction.
Proceedings of Fluidization XV, 2016
L.M. Garcia-Gutierrez, F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Soria-Verdugo, A. Acosta-Iborra

Segregation of equal-sized particles of different densities in a vertically vibrated fluidized bed
Proceedings of Fluidization XV, 2016
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Acosta-Iborra, T. Tsuji, C. R. Müller

Experimental study of solid mixing mechanism in a 2D fluidized bed
Proceedings of Fluidization XV, 2016
J. Sánchez-Prieto, F. Hernández-Jiménez, F. Suarez, A. Soria-Verdugo, A. Acosta-Iborra

Reversal of gulf stream circulation in a vertically vibrated triangular fluidized bed
Proceedings of Fluidization XV, 2016
E. Cano-Pleite, F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Acosta-Iborra, C. R. Müller

A Sampling Method to Determine the Terminal Velocity and Size Distribution of Fluidized Nanopowder Agglomerates
Proceedings of CFB11, 2014
L. de Martin, J. Sánchez-Prieto, F. Hernández-Jiménez, J. Ruud van Ommen

Euler-Euler and Euler-Lagrangian evaluation of a pseudo-2D gas fluidized bed: An estimation of the wall boundary condition from DEM
Proceedings of FLUIDIZATION XIV, 2013
F. Hernández-Jiménez, J.R. Third, A. Acosta-Iborra, C.R. Müller

Linking of the pressure oscillation in a pseudo two-dimensional bed with the spatiotemporal distribution of particles
Proceedings of FLUIDIZATION XIV, 2013
F. Hernández-Jiménez, J. Sánchez-Prieto, A. Soria-Verdugo, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Characterization of the gas interchange between bubble and emulsion using two-fluid model simulations
Proceedings of 21FBC, 2012
F. Hernández-Jiménez, A. Gómez-García, D. Santana, A. Acosta-Iborra.

Critical evaluation of Euler-Euler and Euler-Lagrangian modelling strategies in a 2D gas fluidized bed
Proceedings of CFB10, 2011
F. Hernández-Jiménez, J.R. Third, A. Acosta-Iborra, C.R. Müller

Experimental and computational study on the bubble behavior in a 3D fluidized bed with a vertical-axis, rotating distributor
Proceedings of FLUIDIZATION XIII, 2010
A. Acosta-Iborra, C. Sobrino, F. Hernández-Jiménez, M. de Vega