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Saudi ArabiaKAUST(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is a private research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2009, the university provides research and graduate training programs in English as the official language of instruction. KAUST focuses research on food, water, energy, the environment, and digital.
Research theme
Ammonia and Hydrogen Combustion Research
Detailed investigations are conducted to understand the chemica l pathways for various blend fuels (NH3/CH4, NH3/H2, NH3/HC). In particular, the cross reactivity of C-N and the effects of NOx need arestudied in order to achieve clean and efficient ammonia combustion systems. Furthermore, quantitative diagnostic measurements are needed to validate the kinetic mechanisms. For example, the chemiluminescence intensities from radicals provide critical information about he at release rate and mixture composition.
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Researcher
- Affiliation
- Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST
- Job position
- Associate Professor
- Name
- Min Suk Cha
- message
- Interested in plasma assisted ammonia utilization, including cracking and combustion. In particular, plasma-chemical kinetic study with ammonia is main focus in this direction; both experimental and numerical methods, using a temperature controlled DBD reactor and 0D plasma-chemical model, respectively, are of interest way to explore the underlying science for practical application.
- Affiliation
- Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST
- Job position
- Professor
- Name
- Bassam Dally
- message
- I am interested in turbulent ammonia flames stability and emission characteristics including under vitiated combustion conditions and with relevance to industrial applications.
- Affiliation
- Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST
- Job position
- Associate Professor
- Name
- Aamir Farooq
- message
- My research interests are in experimental chemical kinetics and laser-based sensor development. We use shock tubes and rapid compression machine to study chemistry of fuels, such as ammonia and e-fuels. We apply laser diagnostics to measure rate coefficients of elementary reactions.
- Affiliation
- Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST
- Job position
- Assistant Research Professo
- Name
- Thibault F. Guiberti
- message
- My research activities include the development of optical diagnostics dedicated to flames featuring ammonia in the fuel blend, the experimental investigation of canonical ammonia flames, and the conversion of practical combustion devices, such as gas turbines, to operation with ammonia.
- Affiliation
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Job position
- Professor
- Name
- Hong G. Im
- message
- Professor Im’ s research and teaching interests are primarily fundamental and practical aspects of combustion and power generation devices using high-fidelity computational modeling. Current research activities include direct numerical simulation of turbulent combustion at extreme conditions, large eddy simulations of turbulent flames at high pressure, combustion of hydrogen and e-fuels, spray and combustion modeling in advanced internal combustion engines, advanced models for pollutant formation, and plasma-assisted combustion.
- Affiliation
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Job position
- Associate Professor
- Name
- Deanna Lacoste
- message
- My research interests include ammonia flame dynamics, with a special focus on thermoacoustic instabilities.
- Affiliation
- Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST
- Job position
- Assistant Professor
- Name
- Gaetano Magnotti
- message
- My research focuses on the development and application of novel laser diagnostics for quantitative measurements in laminar and turbulent ammonia flames at atmospheric and elevated pressure. Our current diagnostics capabilities include Raman/Rayleigh for temperature and major species, and quantitative LIF measurements of key radicals./dd>
- Affiliation
- Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST
- Job position
- Director of Clean Combustion Research Center | Professor
- Name
- William Roberts
- message
- Interested in practical and theoretical aspects of ammonia combustion, particularly at high pressure. Blending with hydrocarbons and H2/N2 mixtures in practical hardware, including gas turbines and large bore internal combustion engines, is a research focus. Laminar and turbulent burning velocities of ammonia, neat and blended, are also of interest.
- Affiliation
- Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST
- Job position
- Associate Director of Clean Combustion Research Center | Associate Professor
- Name
- Mani Sarathy
- message
- My research interest is in developing sustainable energy technologies with decreased net environmental impact. A major thrust of his research is using chemical kinetic simulations to design fuels, engines, and reactors. I am particularly interested in developing kinetic models for ammonia and hydrogen combustion to improve the design of engine systems.
- Affiliation
- Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST
- Job position
- Professor
- Name
- James Turner
- message
- Interested in novel cycles exploiting the waste heat recovery and latent heat utilization of ammonia in both combustion engines and fuel cells. Also interested in high-pressure cracking of ammonia to avoid the requirement to compress a gas.