Turbulent combustion of alternative engine fuels
Issues of climate change, fuel supply and CO2 emissions provide exciting prospects for the investigation of new and improved fuels. Turbocharging is becoming an increasingly...
Projects: 2014
Please note that the PhD projects listed are examples of projects offered to current CDT students and as such are not generally available to prospective students.
Turbulence, Shock Waves and Detonations
There is increasing demand for the development of new fuels for automotive, power generation, industrial and other applications. This is driven by issues of climate...
Turbulence dynamics and flame propagation in a spark-ignition engine
Research into new combustion strategies requires a new approach to data analysis. This project will support future Jaguar-LandRover engine programmes by providing state-of-the-art thermodynamic analysis...
Thermographic Particle Velocimetry for Simultaneous Temperature, Velocity and Mixture Fraction Measurements in High Temperature reacting and Particle Laden Flows
The drive for energy efficiency and low emissions is placing increasing demands on combustor design with schemes such as lean premixed pre-vaporised combustion, stratified combustions...
Layering in Fluid Dynamical Systems
One of the most interesting features of fluid dynamical systems is their tendency to form layers or “staircases”. These are particularly apparent, as density staircases,...
Modelling of advanced aircraft thermal management systems
Future advanced military aircraft face an appreciable technical challenge to design thermal management systems of adequate capacity within the available space and respecting special installation...
Heat transfer in dielectric fluids
The removal of heat from power and micro electronic systems using total liquid cooling is becoming popular and necessary. Traditionally such systems have been air-cooled....
Measuring multiphase impinging liquid jets for particle bed re-suspension with ultrasonic profilers
Impinging jets are used in a wide range of process engineering application e.g. tunnelling operations, paint spraying and cavitation drilling. Liquid jets are also used...
Dilute suspensions of non-spherical particles in fluid flow
Non-spherical particles in fluid flows are encountered in both natural and industrial environments. The relevance of non-spherical particles to the flow properties of complex fluids...
Coolant flow enhancements in hybrid (phase change & buoyancy driven flow) immersive cooling environments
This project is redacted and subject to a non-disclosure agreement. Students are advised to consult their project booklet for details of the project, which should be treated as confidential.