Summary
Dr Stelios Rigopoulos holds his first degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1997) and his MSc degree from UMIST (1999). He obtained his PhD from UCL (2003) and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at Imperial College London. In 2005 he joined the University of Manchester, while in 2010 he joined again Imperial College London where he is currently Reader in Thermofluids. His research focuses on advanced theoretical and computational methods, including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), population balance modelling, stochastic and machine learning methods for modelling physical and engineering problems, with applications to reacting flows, aerosols, crystallisation, nanoparticle manufacturing and environmental flows. He has been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship for conducting research in “Nanoparticle Dynamics in Turbulent Reactive Flows” and he is also the recipient of the 2007 Hinshelwood Prize awarded by the Combustion Institute, British Section.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Koniavitis P, Rigopoulos S, Jones WP, 2017, A methodology for derivation of RCCE-reduced mechanisms via CSP, Combustion and Flame, Vol:183, ISSN:0010-2180, Pages:126-143
Sewerin F, Rigopoulos S, 2017, An explicit adaptive grid approach for the numerical solution of the population balance equation, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol:168, ISSN:0009-2509, Pages:250-270
Akridis P, Rigopoulos S, 2016, Modelling of soot formation in laminar diffusion flames using a comprehensive CFD-PBE model with detailed gas-phase chemistry, Combustion Theory and Modelling, Vol:21, ISSN:1741-3559, Pages:35-48
Elbahloul S, Rigopoulos S, 2015, Rate-Controlled Constrained Equilibrium (RCCE) simulations of turbulent partially premixed flames (Sandia D/E/F) and comparison with detailed chemistry, Combustion and Flame, Vol:162, ISSN:1556-2921, Pages:2256-2271
Sewerin F, Rigopoulos S, 2015, A methodology for the integration of stiff chemical kinetics on GPUs, Combustion and Flame, Vol:162, ISSN:0010-2180, Pages:1375-1394
Chatzopoulos AK, Rigopoulos S, 2013, A chemistry tabulation approach via Rate-Controlled Constrained Equilibrium (RCCE) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), with application to turbulent non-premixed CH4/H-2/N-2 flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol:34, ISSN:1540-7489, Pages:1465-1473
Di Veroli GY, Rigopoulos S, 2011, Modeling of aerosol formation in a turbulent jet with the transported population balance equation-probability density function approach, Physics of Fluids, Vol:23, ISSN:1070-6631
Rigopoulos S, 2010, Population balance modelling of polydispersed particles in reactive flows, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol:36, ISSN:1873-216X, Pages:412-443
di Veroli G, Rigopoulos S, 2010, Modeling of Turbulent Precipitation: A Transported Population Balance-PDF Method, AICHE Journal, Vol:56, ISSN:0001-1541, Pages:878-892
Rigopoulos S, Lovas T, 2009, A LOI-RCCE methodology for reducing chemical kinetics, with application to laminar premixed flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol:32, ISSN:1540-7489, Pages:569-576
Rigopoulos S, 2007, PDF method for population balance in turbulent reactive flow, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol:62, ISSN:0009-2509, Pages:6865-6878