David Reus

PhD candidate
Eindhoven University of Technology

Department

Chemical Engineering and Chemistry – Multi-scale Modelling of Multi-phase Flows

Contact information

Room
Helix SWT 0.27

Email address
d.j.a.reus@tue.nl

Key expertises

Examples: Reactor engineering, multiphase reactor modelling, methane pyrolysis, fluidized beds, computational fluid dynamics

About me

Hello! I was born in Venhuizen in the north of the Netherlands. At the TU Eindhoven I have done both my BSc. and MSc. in Chemical Engineering. My MSc. thesis focused on using energy minimization to compute liquid-solid agglomerate equilibrium shapes was with the Multi-scale Modelling of Multi-phase Flows group, where I started my PhD in April 2024. I’m a member in the methane pyrolysis multilateral project. In my free time, I enjoy playing games, doing puzzles and going for a run.

About my research

My research is focused on the proof of concept of a continuous gas-fluidized bed reactor for the thermocatalytic decomposition of methane into hydrogen and functional solid carbon on solid catalyst by modelling and demonstration with a lab-scale continuous reactor. Proof of concept of the reactor design will lead to a viable Cox-free hydrogen production route. For reactor modelling and design, a combined experimental and computational approach will be used. My background in Process Technology, modelling and computational fluid dynamics, and my general interest in collaborative work, are what interested me the most in this project. I am always interested in how researchers from different fields look at the same issue, in this case being the pyrolysis of methane.

Academic career

PhD candidate
2024 – present: PhD researcher in the group of Multi-scale Modelling of Multi-phase Systems at TU Eindhoven under supervision of prof. dr. ir. Hans Kuipers and dr. ir. Kay Buist.

Internship
2023-2024: Internship at Syclus B.V. in Geleen as part of the master program
Project on dynamic modelling of a future plant to test the feasibility of the design under the supervision of Yasmine Bergmans

MSc.
2021-2024: Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering
Thesis on simulating wet agglomerates to determine the agglomerate equilibrium shape, using an energy minimization approach, under the supervision of prof. dr. ir. Hans Kuipers and dr. ir. Maike Baltussen in the group of Multi-scale Modelling of Multi-phase Flows.

Bsc.
2018-2021: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering an Chemistry
Thesis on modelling of axial porosity gradients in 3D-printed monoliths for improved temperature control under the supervision of prof. dr. ir. Martin van Sint Annaland and dr. Leon Rosseau in the group of Chemical Process Intensification.