Mika Järvinen

Post-Doc Researcher
D.Sc.(Tech.)

E-mail address: firstname.lastname@tkk.fi

Tel. +358 9 470 23657
Fax. +358 9 470 23418
Room: 352 (K4)
Street address: Sähkömiehentie 4, 02150 Espoo

Aalto University
School of Engineering
Department of Energy Technology
P.O. Box 14400, 00076 Aalto, Finland

Experience keywords:

Numerical modeling of heat and mass transfer in reactive systems including drying, pyrolysis, combustion, metallurical processes, two-phase flows, development of sub-models for CFD. Programming in F77, C/C++

Publications:

Doctoral Dissertation

Järvinen, M., P., Numerical Modeling of the Drying, Devolatilization and Char Conversion Processes of Black Liquor Droplets, Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Mechanical Engineering Series No. 163, Espoo 2002, 77 p. A doctoral dissertation.

Books

Järvinen, M., P. "Black Liquor Combustion - Numerical Modeling of the Drying, Devolatilization and Char Conversion Processes", LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG, 2009

Refereed journal articles

Järvinen, M.P., Pisilä, S.E., Kärnä, A.V. and Fabritius, T. Fundamental Mathematical Model for AOD Process. Part I: Derivation of the model. Accepted for publication in Steel Research International (2011).
Pisilä, S.E., Järvinen, M.P., Kärnä, A.V. and Fabritius, T. Fundamental Mathematical Model for AOD Process. Part II: Model validation. Accepted for publication in Steel Research International (2011).
Järvinen, M., Mueller, C., Hupa, M. and Fogelholm, C. J. A CFD Applicable Discrete Combustion Model for Thermally Large Particles, Accepted for publication in Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics (2010).
Fabritius, T., Riipi, J., Järvinen, M., Mattila, O., Heikkinen, E.-P., Kärnä, A., Kurikkala, J., Sulasalmi, P. and Härkki, J., Interfacial Phenomena in Metal–Slag–Gas System during AOD Process, ISIJ International, Vol. 50 (2010), No. 6, pp. 797–803
Järvinen, M., Kärnä, A. and Fabritius, T. A Detailed Single Bubble Reaction Sub-Model for AOD Process, Steel Research International 80, No. 6, pp. 431-438 (2009)
Kankkunen, A., Miikkulainen, P., Järvinen, M. and Fogelholm, C.-J. Shape characteristics of non-spherical black liquor droplets, Pulp and Paper Canada, 106(12): 71-74 (2005).
Miikkulainen, P., Kankkunen, A. , Järvinen, M. P. and Fogelholm, C.-J. Predicting droplet size from black liquor spray characteristics, TAPPI journal, 4(5): 11-17 (2005).
Miikkulainen, P., Kankkunen, A. and Järvinen, M. P. Furnace endoscope - measuring fuel spray properties in hot and corrosive environments, Experiments in Fluids, 37: 910-916, DOI: 10.1007/s00348-004-0884-1, (2004)
Järvinen, M.P., Zevenhoven, R., Vakkilainen, E. K. and Forssén, M., Effective Thermal Conductivity and Internal Thermal Radiation in Burning Black Liquor Particles, Combustion Science and Technology, 175(5): 873-900 (2003)
Järvinen, M.P., Zevenhoven, R., Vakkilainen, E. K. and Forssén, M. Black Liquor Devolatilization and Swelling - a Detailed Model and Experimental Validation, Biomass and Bioenergy, 24:495-509 (2003)
Järvinen, M.P., Zevenhoven, R. and Vakkilainen, E. K. Auto-Gasification of a Biofuel, Combustion and Flame, 131:357-370 (2002)
Miikkulainen, P., Järvinen, M. and Kankkunen, A. The Effect of a Furnace Environment on Black Liquor Spray Properties, Pulp&Paper Canada 103(9):T238-242 (pp.34-38), (2002)
Järvinen, M., Zevenhoven, R. and Vakkilainen, E., Implementation of a Detailed Physical Black Liquor Combustion Model Into Furnace Calculations, Article Number 200206, June 2002, IFRF Online Combustion Journal (2002)
Zevenhoven, R. and Järvinen, M. Particle/turbulence interactions, mass transfer and gas/solid chemistry in a CFBC riser, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 67:107-124 (2001)
Vakkilainen, E., Järvinen, M. and Paju, R. Liquor firing philosophy - focus on Efficiency, energy and emissions. Paper and Timber, Vol 81(1). pp. 45-52, (1999)

Selected conference papers

Järvinen, M. P., Kankkunen, A. P. , Miikkulainen, P.H. and Heikkilä, V.P. A One-Dimensional Flow Model of a Flashing Black Liquor Gun: Study of Vaporization Sub-Models, Swedish-Finnish Flame Days 2011, Piteå, 26-27 February, (2011).
M. Järvinen, S. Pisilä, A. Kärnä, T. Ikäheimonen, P. Kupari and T. Fabritius, Fundamental Mathematical Model for AOD Process, 4th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation of Metallurgical Processes in Steelmaking, 27 June-1 July, Dusseldorf, Germany (2011).
M. Järvinen, S. Pisilä, A. Kärnä, T. Ikäheimonen, P. Kupari and T. Fabritius, Fundamental Mathematical Model for AOD Process, SIMS2010, Oulu, October 14-15 (2010).
Järvinen, M. P., Kankkunen, A. P. , Miikkulainen, P.H. and Heikkilä, V.P. A One-Dimensional Flow Model of a Flashing Black Liquor Gun, International Chemical Recovery Conference 2010, Williamsburg, VA, USA, March 29 - April 1 (2010).
Malinen K., Järvinen M., Saari K., Lampinen M., Fogelholm C-J, Riikonen A. Controlled Combustion of Low-Quality gas Mixtures, Finnish-Swedish Flame Days 2009, Naantali, (2009)
Järvinen, M., Kärnä, A. and Fabritius, T. Detailed numerical modelling of gas-liquid and liquid-solid reactions in steel making processes, Scanmet III, 3rd International Conference on Process Development in Iron and Steelmaking, 8-11 June 2008, Luleå, Sweden. Volume I, pp. 347-355. (2008)
Kärnä, A., Hekkala, L., Fabritius, T., Riipi, J. and Järvinen, M. CFD model for nitrogen transfer in AOD converter, Scanmet III, 3rd International Conference on Process Development in Iron and Steelmaking, 8-11 June, 2008, Luleå, Sweden. Volume I, pp. 155-161. (2008)
Järvinen, M. P., Kärnä, A., Riipi, J. & Fabritius, T. New modeling approach for AOD process, EOSC2010, 6th European Oxygen Steelmaking Conference, 26-28 April 2010, Stockholm, Sweden. (2008)
Miikkulainen, P., Kankkunen, A., Järvinen, M. and Fogelholm, C.J., Significance of Velocity in Black Liquor Spraying, International Chemical Recovery Conference, May 29 June 1, 2007, Quebec City, QC, Canada (2007)
Järvinen, M., Mueller, C., Hupa, M. and Fogelholm, C.J., A New Comprehensive Black Liquor Combustion Model for CFD Applications, International Chemical Recovery Conference, May 29 June 1, 2007, Quebec City, QC, Canada (2007)
Järvinen, M., Mueller, C., Hupa, M. and Fogelholm, C. J. Current Status of Black Liquor Droplet Combustion Modeling and CFD Sub-Model Development, 7th International Colloquium on Black Liquor Combustion and Gasification, Jyväskylä, July 31 - August 2, (2006)
Järvinen, M. P., Kankkunen, A. P. and Miikkulainen, P. H., Bubble Growth in Flash Evaporation of Viscous, High Solid Content Black Liquor, ECI International Conference on Boiling Heat Transfer, Spoleto, Italy, 7-12 May (2006)
Kankkunen, A. , Miikkulainen, P., Järvinen, M. Characteristics of Black Liquor Droplets, ILASS Europe 2004 19th Annual Conference of the Institute of Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (Europe) Nottingham (United Kingdom), 6-8 September (2004)
Miikkulainen, P., Kankkunen, A. and Järvinen, M., Predicting Droplet Size from Black Liquor Spray Characteristics, International Chemical Recovery Conference, Charleston, SC, USA, June 6-10 (2004)
Kankkunen, A., Miikkulainen, P., Järvinen M. Shape Characteristics of Non-Spherical Black Liquor Droplets, International Chemical Recovery Conference, Charleston, SC, USA, June 6-10, (2004)
Järvinen M., Kankkunen, A., Miikkulainen, P. and R. Zevenhoven, Combustion and Flight Characteristics of Non-Spherical Black Liquor Droplets, International Chemical Recovery Conference, Charleston, SC, USA, June 6-10, (2004)
Järvinen, M., Zevenhoven, R. and Vakkilainen, E., Numerical Modeling of the Drying, Devolatilization and Char Conversion Processes of Black Liquor Droplets, Colloquium on Black Liquor Combustion and Gasification, May 13-16, Park City Marriott, Park City, Utah, USA, (2003)
Miikkulainen, P., Kankkunen, A. and Järvinen, M. The Effect of Excess Temperature and Flashing on Black Liquor Spray Properties, Finnish - Swedish Flame Days 2002, Vaasa, Finland, 24-25 September (2002)
Järvinen, M., Zevenhoven, R. and Vakkilainen, E. Modeling the Combustion of a Single Black Liquor Droplet in Furnace Conditions - Relevant Properties for a Simplified CFD sub-model, Finnish - Swedish Flame Days 2002, Vaasa, Finland, 24-25 September (2002)
Miikkulainen, P., Kankkunen, A. and Järvinen, M. The Effect of Furnace Environment on Black Liquor Spray Properties, International Chemical Recovery Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, 11-14 June (2001)
Kankkunen, A., Miikkulainen, P. and Järvinen, M. The Ratio of Ligaments and Droplets of Black Liquor Sprays, Presented as a poster in International Chemical Recovery Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, 11-14 June (2001)
Järvinen, M., Zevenhoven, R. and Vakkilainen, E., Importance of different char conversion mechanisms in black liquor combustion - a detailed modelling approach , Proc. of the International Chemical Recovery Conference, June 11-14, 2001, Whistler (BC), Canada, pp. 239-245 (2001)
Järvinen, M., Zevenhoven, R. and Vakkilainen, E., Rate controlling mechanisms during black liquor char conversion - effect of particle size and temperature, presented at the Nordic Seminar on Single Particle Conversion, Nov. 20 2000, Trondheim, Norway (2000)
Järvinen, M., Zevenhoven, R. and Vakkilainen, E., Forssen, M. and Hupa, M. Black liquor devolatilization and swelling - detailed droplet model and experimental validation, presented at Behaviour of Inorganic Materials in Recovery Boilers, Bar Harbor, Maine, (USA), June 4-9, (2000)
Miikkulainen, P., Järvinen, M. and Kankkunen A. Black Liquor Spray Properties in Operating Recovery Boiler Furnaces, INFUB 5th European Conference on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers, Porto – Portugal, 11-14 April (2000)

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