N-PRiME

About Us

Modelling and Simulation (M&S) activities focus on the study of non-equilibrium reactive plasmas created from different gas mixtures, adopting state-of-the-art kinetic schemes, both in volume and in interaction with surfaces, and considering the multi-dimensional transport of species and radiation, also under hydrodynamic flow regimes.
Our M&S studies include the development, the verification and the validation of predictive numerical tools and computational platforms, for a large variety of systems and conditions.

Contact

Prof Vasco Guerra, PI
Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear
Instituto Superior Técnico
1049-001 Lisboa
Portugal

LoKI - LisbOn KInetics

The LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) code is a simulation tool that couples two main calculation blocks to solve:
(i) the homogeneous two-term electron Boltzmann equation (for a pure gas or a gas mixture, including first and second-kind collisions, as well as electron-electron collisions);
(ii) the system of zero-dimensional (volume average) rate balance equations for the most relevant charged and neutral species in the plasma.

Plasma Modelling and Simulation

LoKI - LisbOn KInetics