Post by Alex Chiella

I am truly, truly happy to tell you that my work "Investigation of predilution capabilities of rainproof vent pipe exhaust Lambda-Ausbläser" was awarded the Giorgio Squinzi prize by Federchimica for master theses of interest in chemical industry! Regulated by DVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches technical rule G 442 and originally conceived as a mere rainproof vent exhaust, the lambda-ausbläser was shown in #CFD (carried out with the Ansys suite) to have potential in prediluting the outflowing stream via turbulent mass transfer. With the possibility of being assembled from stored/reclaimed piping, and relying solely on total pressure of the vented gas, #sustainable options come as part of the package. The study was done in collaboration with the exceptional scientists from BASF Jonathan Raudszus and Oliver Odenwald, who are working to bring the whole proof of concept up a notch. My most heartfelt thank you goes to Prof. Valentina Busini of Politecnico di Milano, who with her unmatched scientific, professional, and human qualities just has the touch for making good things happen. I also want to thank all of my former fellow university classmates, who were not only fundamental in helping me get through it all, but made the whole journey worth it in the first place.