Research Interests
- 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