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Fluid Dynamics Hobbies: Synchronized Swimming
April 11, 2017For many employees at Alden, fluid dynamics is part of their life outside the office--in the sports they choose for thei...
Fluid-Structure Interaction: Sloshing
April 7, 2017Sloshing is something that everyone is familiar with on a very basic level. The classic example is trying not to spill a...
From Mountain Clouds to River Plumes: Observations and modeling of turbulent mixing in stratified flows
March 22, 2017Mixing between fluids of different properties goes on all around us every day (e.g., think of stirring milk into your co...
NIAC Annual Meeting
February 16, 2017In November 2016, the Alden Quality Assurance department attended the NIAC (Nuclear Industry Assessment Committee) annua...
Pumped Energy Storage: Old Technology, New Demand
February 7, 2017There is an interesting past and new future for the world’s largest batteries. For decades pumped storage plants have he...
Venturi Design for a Circulating Dry Scrubber
January 31, 2017One of Alden’s key business areas is designing, analyzing, and improving air pollution control equipment for fossil powe...
Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee Annual Meeting
January 19, 2017In June 2016, the Alden Quality Assurance department attended the annual NUPIC (Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee) ve...
Are 3D Computational Models Good Enough for Gas-Fired Emissions Control Systems?
December 15, 2016Using three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools have become common practice for evaluating and testing ...
Hidden Costs of Inaccurate Flow Measurements
July 19, 2016Capital investment planning is not the only reason for power plants to have a clear understanding of their cooling water...
Physical Flow Testing and CFD Validation to Ensure Performance of Nuclear Industry Check Valves
October 1, 2015To ensure end user performance requirements, BNL Industries Inc. undertook a testing and analysis program to evaluate a ...
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