Imperial College London

Dr Stelios Rigopoulos

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Reader in Thermofluids
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 7108s.rigopoulos

 
 
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Location

 

620City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Overview

Fluid flows with chemical reaction and particle formation; interaction of turbulence with chemical reactions and particulate processes; advanced modelling and simulation methods. Applications include combustion, mitigation of pollutant formation, turbulent mixing and production of nanoparticles.

Mathematical methods for mechanism reduction

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  - Rate-Controlled Constrained Equilibrium (RCCE)
  - Methods for selecting leading species for RCCE, including Computational Singular Perturbation (CSP)

Coupling of kinetics and fluid dynamics

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  - Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) including regression networks (Multi-Layer Perceptron, MLP) and classification networks (Self-Organising Map, SOM) for tabulating combustion mechanisms
  - Generation of comprehensive data sets for ANN tabulation via abstract combustion problems

Reacting flows with particle formation

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  - Population balance modelling of particulate processes, numerical methods for solution of the population balance equation (PBE)
  - PBE-PDF method for coupling the PBE with turbulent flows

Laminar and turbulent flames

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  - RANS-PDF simulations of turbulent flames with stochastic particles
  - LES-PDF simulations of turbulent flames with stochastic fields
  - Investigations of non-premixed, premixed and partially premixed turbulent flames
  - Sooting laminar and turbulent flames

Turbulent mixing processes

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  - PDF simulations of turbulent mixing processes
  - Turbulent precipitation processes