Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Manchester
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Manchester
About the group:
Dr Claudio Fonte is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Manchester. His research group activities focus on the study of the flow and mixing dynamics in industrial equipment to provide innovative solutions that address new manufacturing demands. He uses a combination of experimental and computational techniques for the fundamental understanding of physical processes and for the development of computational tools for the in-silico design of new products and equipment. Specific topics of interest include:
About Claudio Fonte:
Dr Claudio Fonte obtained his PhD degree in 2012 from the University of Porto, Portugal on the topic of mixing by Confined Impinging Jets (CIJs) for the production of plastic parts by Reaction Injection Moulding. His work focused on the fundamental study of the flow and mixing dynamics in laminar chaotic flows using both Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations (CFD) and laser flow characterisation techniques (Particle Image Velocimetry, PIV; Laser-Induced Fluorescence, PLIF). He was awarded the EFCE Young Researcher Award in Mixing 2015 by the European Federation of Chemical Engineers and its Working Party on Mixing for the innovation, breadth and depth of his research on impinging jets mixing and the dissemination of the results.
From 2013 to 2014 he was a postdoctoral researcher at IFPEN (France), a major research and training centre in the fields of energy, transport and the environment. There, he developed numerical models of the flow and mass transfer of multiphase pilot-scale stirred reactors using Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Before joining the University of Manchester he was a research engineer at IFPEN in the department responsible for the intensification of pilot-scale equipment. During this period, he developed innovative methodologies based on the combination of computational tools and 3D metal printing techniques for the rational design and manufacture of intensified pilot-scale chemical reactors.
Reactive injection moulding
Inkjet printing of complex inks
Characterisation of fluid flow in the personal care and food industries
Particle Image Velocimetry
Laser Induced Fluorescence
High-speed shadowgraphy
Blending in laminar and turbulent regimes
High-shear mixing
Solid suspension and gas dispersion
Transport and reaction in heterogeneous catalysis
Transport in coatings for corrosion protection
Researchers in this group develop and use modelling and simulation tools to addresses major research challenges, from the fundamental understanding of novel phenomena at atomic, molecular, meso, micro and macroscopic levels, to the prediction of industrially-relevant fluid properties and equipment performance.
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Brito, M. S. C. A., Dias, M. M., Santos, R. J., Lopes, J. C. B. & Da Fonte, C. P., 2019, In : Chemical Engineering Science
Voros, V., Drioli, E., Pereira Da Fonte, C. & Szekely, G., 2019, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
John, T. P., Panesar, J. S., Kowalski, A., Rodgers, T. L. & P. Fonte, C., 2019, In: Chemical Engineering Science
Torres, P., Goncalves, N. D., Fonte, C. P., Dias, M. M., Lopes, J. C. B., Liné, A. & Santos, R. J., 2019, In: Chemical Engineering and Technology
Santos-Moreau, V., Lopes, J. C. B. & Fonte, C. P., 5 Apr 2019, In: Chemical Engineering and Technology
Moreira, F. C., Bocos, E., Faria, A. G. F., Pereira, J. B. L., Fonte, C. P., Santos, R. J., Lopes, J. C. B., Dias, M. M., Sanromán, M. A., Pazos, M., Boaventura, R. A. R. & Vilar, V. J. P., 1 Jun 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment
John, T., Pereira Da Fonte, C., Kowalski, A. & Rodgers, T., 2019, In: Chemical Engineering Science
Sultan, M. A., Pardilhó, S. L., Brito, M. S. C. A., Fonte, C. P., Dias, M. M., Lopes, J. C. B. & Santos, R. J., 1 Jan 2019, In: Chemical Engineering and Technology
Bracconi, M., Ambrosetti, M., Okafor, O., Zhang, X., Sans, V., Ou, X., Pereira Da Fonte, C., Fan, X., Maestri, M., Groppi, G. & Tronconi, E., 2018, In: Chemical Engineering Journal
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.10.060
Brito, M. S. C. A., Esteves, L. P., Fonte, C. P., Dias, M. M., Lopes, J. C. B. & Santos, R. J., Jun 2018, In: Chemical Engineering Research and Design
Didaskalou, C., Buyuktiryaki, S., Kecili, R., Pereira Da Fonte, C. & Szekely, G., 2017, In: Green Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/C7GC00912G
Fonte, C. P., Sultan, M. A., Santos, R. J., Dias, M. M. & Lopes, J. C. B., 20 Apr 2016, In: AIChE Journal
DOI: 10.1002/aic.15169
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Mixing in industrial flows
Flow of complex rheology fluids
Chaotic mixing
PDRA in Rheologically Complex Flows
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Particle Image Velocimetry
Funding: CAFE4DM (EPSRC)
PDRA in Transport in Corrosion Protection Coatings
Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena
Finite Element Methods
Funding: SusCoRD (EPSRC)
PhD Student
Characterisation of jets of complex fluids with applications to inkjet printing
Co-supervision: Dr Peter Quayle & Dr Flor Siperstein
PhD Student
Modelling and simulation of the production of high volume phase emulsions
Co-supervision: Dr Thomas Rodgers
Funding: CAFE4DM (EPSRC)
PhD Student
Characterisation of ice-cream production
Co-supervision: Dr Thomas Rodgers
Funding: CAFE4DM (EPSRC)
PhD Student
Modelling and simulation o filling operations in the personal care and food industries
Co-supervision: Prof Anne Juel
Funding: CAFE4DM (EPSRC)
PhD Student
Modelling and simulation of agitated systems in the personal care and food industries
Co-supervision: Dr Thomas Rodgers
Funding: CAFE4DM (EPSRC)
PhD Student
Mixing of fluids with high viscosity ratio in stirred equipment
Co-supervision: Dr Amir Keshmiri
Funding: CAFE4DM (EPSRC)
Dr Thomas Rodgers
Prof Anne Juel
Dr Marco Domingos
Dr Amir Keshmiri
Dr Peter Quayle
Prof José Carlos Lopes
Prof Madalena Dias
Dr Ricardo Santos
Prof Joëlle Aubin
Prof Alain Liné
Prof David Fletcher
Dr Gyorgy Szekely
AkzoNobel (UK)
Unilever (UK)
NNL (UK)
IFPEN (FR)
Dr Claudio Fonte
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Manchester
C21, The Mill
claudio.fonte (at) manchester.ac.uk
Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, UK