Publications
2025
Peer-reviewed journal article
Extraction of spores of Metarhizium anisopliae in a rotary drum
Ferreira, Daiane B.; Cunha, Lucas P.; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Thoméo, Joao C.
In: Chemical engineering and processing - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, Bd. 216 (2025), Artikel 110430, insges. 12 S.
Use of reconstructed pore networks for determination of effective transport parameters of commercial Ti-Felt PTLs
Altaf, Haashir; Milicic, Tamara; Faber, Felix; Vidakovic-Koch, Tanja; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: Processes - Basel : MDPI, Bd. 13 (2025), Heft 4, insges. 24 S.
Pore-scale study of coupled heat and mass transfer during primary freeze-drying using an irregular pore network model
Faber, Felix; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Thomik, Maximilian; Gruber, Sebastian; Först, Petra; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa. : Taylor & Francis, Bd. 43 (2025), Heft 1-2, S. 162-182
Investigation on the intra-particle anisotropic transport properties of a beech wood particle during pyrolysis
Dernbecher, Andrea; Bhaskaran, Supriya; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Seidenbecher, Jakob; Gopalkrishna, Suresh; Briest, Lucas; Dieguez-Alonso, Alba
In: Particuology - Amsterdam : Elsevier, Bd. 98 (2025), S. 172-190
2024
Peer-reviewed journal article
Model PEM water electrolyzer cell for studies of periodically alternating drainage/imbibition cycles
Bhaskaran, Supriya; Miličić, Tamara; Vidaković-Koch, Tanja; Surasani, Vikranth Kumar; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: International journal of hydrogen energy - New York, NY [u.a.] : Elsevier, Bd. 77 (2024), S. 1432-1442
Pore shape matters - in-situ investigation of freeze-drying kinetics by 4D XCT methods
Gruber, Sebastian; Greiner, Joshua; Eppink, Alexander; Thomik, Maximilian; Coppens, Frederik; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Foerst, Petra
In: Food research international - New York, NY [u.a.] : Elsevier, Bd. 193 (2024), Artikel 114837, insges. 13 S.
Multi-point temperature measurements in packed beds using phosphor thermometry and ray tracing simulations
Xuan, Guangtao; Ebert, Mirko; Rodrigues, Simson Julian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Lessig, Christian; Fond, Benoît
In: Particuology - Amsterdam : Elsevier, Bd. 85 (2024), S. 77-88
Dielectric and physico-chemical behavior of single thermally thick wood blocks under microwave assisted pyrolysis
Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Seidenbecher, Jakob; Bhaskaran, Supriya; Schenkel, Fancesca; Briest, Laura; Gopalkrishna, Suresh; Barowski, Jan; Dernbecher, Andrea; Hilfert, Liane; Rolfes, Ilona; Dieguez-Alonso, Alba
In: Particuology - Amsterdam : Elsevier, Bd. 86 (2024), S. 291-303
2023
Book chapter
Pore network simulation of heat and mass transfer during freeze-drying of porous media
Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Thomik, Maximilian; Gruber, Sebastian; Först, Petra; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: EuroDrying 2023 - Lodz ; Musielak, Grzegorz, S. 451-457 [Konferenz: 8th European Drying Conference, EuroDrying 2023, Lodz, 04. - 07. July 2023]
Microwave heating as a possible route for the defossilization of green brick drying
Briest, Lucas; Dharmananda, Prajwal; Tretau, Anne; Wagner, Ralf; Thomik, Maximilian; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: EuroDrying 2023 - Lodz ; Musielak, Grzegorz, S. 58-64 [Konferenz: 8th European Drying Conference, EuroDrying 2023, Lodz, 04. - 07. July 2023]
In-situ analysis of the 3-D microstructure and its impact on the freeze-drying kinetics
Gruber, Sebastian; Thomik, Maximilian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Coppens, Frederik; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Först, Petra
In: EuroDrying 2023 - Lodz ; Musielak, Grzegorz [Konferenz: 8th European Drying Conference, EuroDrying 2023, Lodz, 04. - 07. July 2023]
Peer-reviewed journal article
Influence of particle shape on tortuosity of non-spherical particle packed beds
Rodrigues, Simson Julian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Richter, Thomas; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Processes - Basel : MDPI, Bd. 11 (2023), Heft 1, Artikel 3, insges. 16 S.
A non-isothermal pore network model of primary freeze drying
Thomik, Maximilian; Faber, Felix; Gruber, Sebastian; Foerst, Petra; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: Pharmaceutics - Basel : MDPI, Bd. 15 (2023), Heft 8, Artikel 2131, insges. 25 S.
Prediction of effective thermal conductivity of packed beds of polyhedral particles
Rodrigues, Simson Julian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Powder technology - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, Bd. 430 (2023), Artikel 118997
Neutron imaging experiments to study mass transport in commercial titanium felt porous transport layers
Altaf, H.; Milicic, T.; Vidakovic-Koch, T.; Tsotsas, E.; Tengattini, Alessandro; Kardjilov, N.; Arlt, T.; Manke, I.; Vorhauer-Huget, N.
In: Journal of the Electrochemical Society - Bristol : IOP Publishing, Bd. 170 (2023), Heft 6, insges. 11 S.
2022
Peer-reviewed journal article
Effective thermal conductivity of packed beds made of cubical particles
Rodrigues, Simson Julian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: International journal of heat and mass transfer - Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier, Bd. 194 (2022)
Modeling and analysis of mass transport losses of proton exchange membrane water electrolyer
Miličić, Tamara; Altaf, Haashir; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Živković, Luka A.; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vidaković-Koch, Tanja
In: Processes - Basel: MDPI, Bd. 10 (2022), 11, insges. 20 S.
LBM studies at pore scale for graded anodic porous transport layer (PTL) of PEM water electrolyzer
Bhaskaran, Supriya; Pandey, Divyansh; Surasani, Vikranth Kumar; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vidakovic-Koch, Tanja; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: International journal of hydrogen energy - New York, NY [u.a.]: Elsevier, Bd. 47 (2022), 74, S. 31551-31565
Study on film effects during isothermal drying of square capillary tube using Lattice Boltzmann method
Bhaskaran, Supriya; Pandey, Divyansh; Panda, Debashis; Paliwal, Shubhani; Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Surasani, Vikranth Kumar
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa. : Taylor & Francis, Bd. 40 (2022), Heft 4, S. 735-747
30 Years of pore network modeling in drying
Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Shokri, N.
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa.: Taylor & Francis, Bd. 40 (2022), 4, S. 689-690
Temperature distribution in granular assemblies using luminescence thermometry and radiative transfer simulation
Xuan, Guangtao; Ebert, Mirko; Rodrigues, Simson Julian; Lessig, Christian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Fond, Benoît
In: Conference proceedings from OSA Publishing/ Optical Society of America - Washington, DC . - 2022
Determination of 3D pore network structure of freeze-dried maltodextrin
Thomik, Maximilianvorhauer; Gruber, S.; Foerst, E.; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa.: Taylor & Francis, Bd. 40 (2022), 4, S. 748-766
Experimental study of the impact of pore structure on drying kinetics and sublimation front patterns
Thomik, Maximilian; Gruber, Sebastian; Kaestner, Anders; Foerst, Petra; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: Pharmaceutics - Basel : MDPI, Bd. 14 (2022), Heft 8, Artikel 1538, insges. 15 S.
Non-peer-reviewed journal article
Einsatz von Mikrowellenerwärmung zur Elektrifizierung der Ziegelrohlingstrocknung
Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Briest, Lucas; Wagner, R.; Tretau, A.; Rahimi, A.; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Ziegelindustrie international - Gütersloh : Bauverl. . - 2022, Heft 3, S. 8-24
2021
Book chapter
3D animation of single stage batch distillation for distance learning
Vorhauer, Nicole; Mathew, P.; Gunasekaran, H.; Do, M.; Thalakkotoor, S.; Jayanand, V.; Dhanasekaran, P.; Hegde, C.; Kochupurakkal, B.; Broneske, David
In: EDULEARN21 - [Valencia, Spain] : IATED Academy ; Gómez Chova, Luis . - 2021, S. 476-483 [Konferenz: 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, EDULEARN21, Online, 5-6 July, 2021]
Peer-reviewed journal article
In situ micro-computed tomography to study microstructure and sublimation front during freeze-drying
Gruber, Sebastian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Foerst, Petra
In: Food structure - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, Bd. 29 (2021), insges. 8 S.
Porosity and pore size distribution of beds composed by sugarcane bagasse and wheat bran for solid-state cultivation
Canedo, Marianny Silva; Figueiredo, Maria Fernanda Santos; Thomik, Maximilian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Thoméo, João Cláudio
In: Powder technology: an international journal on the science and technology of wet and dry particulate systems - Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier Science, Bd. 386 (2021), S. 166-175
Microwave-assisted drying of clay roof tiles
Briest, L.; Wagner, R.; Tretau, A.; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, N.
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa. : Taylor & Francis, Bd. 40 (2022), Heft 9, S. 1804-1818
Experimentelle Untersuchung der Mikrowellentrocknung von Sanitärkeramiken
Briest, Lucas; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole
In: Keramische Zeitschrift - Wiesbaden : Springer Vieweg, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Bd. 2 (2021), S. 36-42
Lattice Boltzmann method to study the water-oxygen distributions in porous transport layer (PTL) of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser
Paliwal, Shubhani; Panda, Debashis; Bhaskaran, Supriya; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Surasani, Vikranth Kumar
In: International journal of hydrogen energy: official journal of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy - New York, NY [u.a.]: Elsevier - official journal of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy, Bd. 46 (2021), 44, S. 22747-22762
Non-peer-reviewed journal article
Beschreibung der Sublimationsfront in Schüttgütern mittels Neutronenradiografie und -tomografie
Gruber, Sebastian; Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Schulz, Michael; Hilmer, Mathias; Peters, Jürgen; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Foerst, Petra
In: Die pharmazeutische Industrie - Aulendorf : ECV, Editio-Cantor-Verl., Bd. 83 (2021), Heft 5, insges. 12 S.
2020
Peer-reviewed journal article
Freeze-drying with structured sublimation fronts - visualization with neutron imaging
Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Mannes, David; Hilmer, Mathias; Gruber, Sebastian; Strobl, Markus; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Foerst, Petra
In: Processes - Basel : MDPI - Vol. 8 (2020), 9, Artikelnr. 1091, insgesamt 12 Seiten
Characterization of lyophilization of frozen bulky solids
Foerst, Petra; Gruber, Sebastian; Schulz, Michael; Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Chemical engineering & technology - Weinheim : Wiley-VCH Verl.-Ges., Bd. 43 (2020), Heft 5, S. 789-796
Estimation of the local sublimation front velocities from neutron radiography and tomography of particulate matter
Gruber, Sebastian; Vorhauer, Nicole; Schulz, Michael; Hilmer, Matthias; Peters, Jürgen; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Foerst, Petra
In: Chemical engineering science - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science - Vol. 211 (2020), Artikelnr. 115268, insgesamt 11 Seiten
Computational optimization of porous structures for electrochemical processes
Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole; Altaf, Haashir; Dürr, Robert; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vidaković-Koch, Tanja
In: Processes - Basel : MDPI - Vol. 8 (2020), 10, Artikelnr. 1205, insgesamt 21 Seiten
Development of an experimental setup for in situ visualization of lyophilization using neutron radiography and computed tomography
Hilmer, Mathias; Peters, Jürgen; Schulz, Michaela; Gruber, Sebastian; Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Foerst, Petra
In: Review of scientific instruments - [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics - Vol. 91 (2020), 1, Artikelnr. 014102, insgesamt 6 Seiten
2019
Book chapter
Freeze drying behavior of spray frozen and pelletized materials by neutron radiography and tomography
Först, Petra; Gruber, Sebastian; Hilmer, Mathias; Vorhauer, Nicole; Schulz, Michael; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: EuroDrying'2019 - Torino - Paper 035, Seite 180-186 [Konferenz: EuroDrying 2019, Torino, 10-12 July 2019]
Peer-reviewed journal article
Microwave drying of wet clay with intermittent heating
Vorhauer, Nicole; Tretau, Anne; Bück, Andreas; Prat, Marc
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa : Taylor & Francis, Bd. 37 (2019), Heft 5, S. 664-678 [Special Issue celebrating the 60th birthday of Prof. Evangelos Tsotsas]
Evaporation study based on micromodel experiments - comparison of theory and experiment
Geistlinger, Helmut; Ding, Yi; Apelt, Bernd; Schlüter, Steffen; Küchler, Matthias; Reuter, Danny; Vorhauer, Nicole; Vogel, Hans-Jörg
In: Water resources research - [New York] : Wiley, Bd. 55 (2019), Heft 7, insges. 20 S.
Pore network simulation of gas-liquid distribution in porous transport layers
Vorhauer, Nicole; Altaf, Haashir; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Vidaković-Koch, Tanja
In: Processes - Basel : MDPI - Volume 7 (2019), 9, Artikel 558, insgesamt 23 Seiten
2018
Book chapter
Virtual reality-based training system for complex engineering processes on the example of a fractionating column
Mencke, Nicole; Vorndran, Markus; Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: EDULEARN18 - [Valencia, Spain] : IATED Academy ; EDULEARN (10.:2018), insges. 10 S. [Konferenz: EDULEARN18]
Pore network model of primary freeze drying
Vorhauer, Nicole; Först, Petra; Schuchmann, Harald; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: IDS 2018 - València, Spain : Universitat ; International Dryign Symposium (21.:.2018), S. 221-228 [Konferenz: IDS 2018]
Peer-reviewed journal article
Drying of thin porous disks from pore network simulations
Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa : Taylor & Francis, Bd. 36 (2018), Heft 6, S. 651-663
Temperature gradient induced double stabilization of the evaporation front within a drying porous medium
Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: Physical review fluids - College Park, MD : APS - Vol. 3.2018, 11, Artikel 114201, insgesamt 24 Seiten
Dissertation
Experiment based development of a non-isothermal pore network model with secondary capillary invasion
Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Barleben: docupoint Verlag, 2019, Dissertation Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Fakultät für Verfahrens- und Systemtechnik 2018 Dissertation Université de Toulouse 2018, xviii, 300 Seiten - (Micro-macro transactions; Volume 33), ISBN: 978-3-86912-156-7
2017
Book chapter
Pore scale investigation of drying under periodic temperature variation
Vorhauer, Nicole; Ahmad, Faeez; Tretau, Anne; Bück, Andreas; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: EuroDrying'2017 - Liège : University - 2017, Poster 7, insgesamt 8 Seiten
Combined convectice and microwave drying of wet clay
Vorhauer, Nicole; Mirsadraee, N.; Tretau, Anne; Bück, Andreas; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: Second Nordic Baltic Drying Conference - Hamburg . - 2017, insges. 15 S.
2016
Article in conference proceedings
Feedback control of microwave drying of solids
Bück, Andreas; Dürr, Robert; Vorhauer, Nicole; Friese, Larissa; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: IDS 2016 - Gifu ; International Dryign Symposium (20.:.2016) - 2016, Art. C-5-3, insgesamt 7 S.
Non-isothermal drying of thin porous disks
Vorhauer, Nicole; Rahimi, Arman; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: IDS 2016 - Gifu ; International Dryign Symposium (20.:.2016) - 2016, Art. P2-1, insgesamt 9 S.
2015
Peer-reviewed journal article
Drying with formation of capillary rings in a model porous medium
Vorhauer, Nicole; Wang, Yujing; Kharaghani, Abdolreza; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: Transport in porous media - Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V, Bd. 110 (2015), Heft 2, S. 197-223
2014
Book chapter
Isothermal drying in the presence of capillary liquid films - comparison of experiments with pore network simulations in a model system
Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: IDS 2014 - Les Ulis : EDP Sciences, insges. 7 S. Kongress: IDS 2014 19 Lyon, France 2014.08.24-27
2013
Peer-reviewed journal article
Experimental investigation of drying in a model porous medium - influence of thermal gradients
Vorhauer, Nicole; Tran, Q. T.; Metzger, Thomas; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: Drying technology - Philadelphia, Pa : Taylor & Francis, Bd. 31 (2013), Heft 8, S. 920-929
2012
Peer-reviewed journal article
Fractal phase distribution and drying - impact on two-phase zone scaling and drying time scale dependence
Prat, Marc; Veran-Tissoires, Stéphanie; Vorhauer, Nicole; Metzger, Thomas; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Drying technology - New York, NY [u.a.] : Dekker, Bd. 30 (2012), Heft 11/12, S. 1129-1135 [Special Issue to Commemorate 30 Years of Drying Technology]
Article in conference proceedings
Experimental investigation of drying by pore networks - influence of pore size distribution and temperature
Vorhauer, Nicole; Metzger, Thomas; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Prat, Marc
In: Fourth international conference on porous media and its applications in science, engineering, and industry - Potsdam . - 2012, insges. 6 S. Kongress: International Conference on Porous Media and Its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry 4 Potsdam 2012.06.17-22
2011
Book chapter
On the influence ot temperature gradients on drying of pore networks
Vorhauer, Nicole; Metzger, Thomas; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: EuroDrying'2011 - [Palma (Illes Balears)] : [Universitat de les Illes Balears] ; European Drying Conference (3.:2011), insges. 3 S.
2010
Book chapter
Extraction of effective parameters for continuous drying model from discrete pore network model
Vorhauer, Nicole; Metzger, Thomas; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Drying 2010 Vol. A - Barleben-Magdeburg : Docupoint GmbH, S. 415-422 Kongress: IDS 17 Magdeburg 2010.10.03-06
Article in conference proceedings
Drying of porous media - a comparison of discrete and continuous models
Vorhauer, Nicole; Metzger, Thomas; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Third Internatinal Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry - Montecatini . - 2010, insges. 9 S. Kongress: ICPM 3 Montecatini, Italy 2010.06.20-25
Original article in peer-reviewed international journal
Empirical macroscopic model for drying of porous media based on pore networks and scaling theory
Vorhauer, Nicole; Metzger, Thomas; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Drying technology - New York, NY [u.a.] : Dekker, Bd. 28 (2010), Heft 8, S. 991-1000 [Special Issue: Mathematical Modeling of Drying]
2008
Book chapter
Use of pore networks for macroscopic modelling of drying
Metzger, Thomas; Vorhauer, Nicole; Tsotsas, Evangelos
In: Drying 2008 - Mumbai : Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai ; Thorat, Bhaskar N. Vol. A, S. 242-249 Kongress: IDS 2008 16 Hyderabad, India 2008.11.09-12