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Specialization: Combustion Though combustion is basically
a field in Mechanical Engineering but the chemical-kinetic part is where Chemical
Engineering plays big role. My research work involves chemical kinetic modeling of
combustion of fuels and studying the effect of oxygenated additives on its
underlying chemistry. The primary motivation of this work comes from the need
to develop cleaner fuels for gasoline and diesel engines. These kinetic
models are also vital for the CFD modeling of the process. Experiments are
performed using a counterflow diffusion flame burner. Insitu measurements of
key components are made using gas chromatography and
laser-diagnostic/laser-induced-fluorescence techniques. The kinetic
parameters are estimated form first principles using transition state/RRKM theories.
However kinetic parameters of specific reactions can also be determined by
performing shock-tube experiments. A Fortran based software
package-CHEMKIN-III is used to perform simulations. |