• Studies on liquid fuel droplet vaporization and combustion.
  • Flame propagation over liquid and solid fuel surfaces.
  • Fires of different scales.
  • Laminar flame structure and stability – effect of enhanced oxygen, hydrogen addition and presence of bluff bodies.
  • Spontaneous ignition of accumulated coal dust.
  • Fuel characterization of alternative fuels; biodiesel, ethanol.
  • Gasification of high ash coals.
  • Indirect coal gasification.
  • Domestic burners for bio- and synthetic-gases; design, experiments and optimization
  • Vaporizers and domestic burners for alternative liquid fuels
  • Domestic burners for variable grade bio-fuels