Combustion and Propulsion Research Group

Professor Ömer L. Gülder                                   (Return to Home Page of Prof. Gülder)

I joined UTIAS in November 2001 and I lead an experimental and computational research program in Combustion and Propulsion. I collaborate with Profs. Clint Groth and Adam Steinberg (UTIAS),  Drs. David Snelling, Fengshan Lui, Hongsheng Guo, and Greg Smallwood (National Research Council Canada), and with several other colleagues from Europe.

My group's research has been in the field of turbulent combustion, premixed flame propagation, soot formation in combustion, radiation and chemical kinetics interactions, development and use of experimental optical diagnostics in combustion systems, gas turbine combustion, combustion in reciprocating engines, structure of fuel sprays, fuel technology, combustion of pyrophoric fuels and radiation from flames. I am the author and coauthor of more than 250 papers in these areas. I served on the editorial boards of Combustion and Flame, International Journal of Engine Research, and International Journal of Thermal Sciences. I also served on the Board of Directors of the Combustion Institute between 2000 and 2012, and I was the Chair of the Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute from 1991 to 2001.

Group Photo - Missing: Adam, Graeme, Navid and Roger (October 2012)

Post-Doctoral Fellows/Visiting Researchers/Research Staff

Name

Research Area

 
Dr. Frank T. C. Yuen Altitude emissions control for aviation

Current Graduate Students

Name

Thesis Subject Area

 Degree
Sandipan CHATTERJEE Swirl-stabilized turbulent combustion

PhD
Ivo FABRIS Thermal stability of aviation fuels M.A.Sc
Christopher HALMO Swirl-stabilized turbulent combustion

M.A.Sc

Emre KARATAS

 

Soot formation at elevated pressures

 PhD
Sina KHEIRKHAH

Turbulent combustion

 PhD
Timothy KWON Soot formation in fuel mixtures. M.A.Sc

Jason Liang

Thermal oxidative stability of jet fuels

M.A.Sc

Zhao LiU

Modelling of thermal oxidative stability of jet fuels

M.A.Sc

Ali NASSERI

Formulation of surrogate aviation fuels

M.A.Sc
Adam O'BriEn Thermoacoustics

Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) 

M.A.Sc
Nasim SHAHBAZIAN LES/DNS of turbulent combustion

Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) 

PhD
Graeme SUPEENE Numerical simulation of aviation fuel sprays at elevated temperatures

Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) 

PhD

Parsa TAMADONFAR

 

Turbulent premixed combustion

PhD
Weichao WANG Combustion characteristics of aviation biofuels

Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) 

M.A.Sc

 

Undergraduate Students

Name

 

Thesis

 Degree
Roger Anthony FRANCIS Combustion characteristics of blends of biofuels with Jet A1

 

BASc
Navid NOURIAN Combustion characteristics of aviation biofuels BASc

Alumni

Name

 

Thesis/Area

 Current Position

Décio BENTO,  M.A.Sc. (2005)

Soot formation in propane-air laminar diffusion flames at elevated pressures.

Aerospace Design & Engineering, Albatroz Engenharia S.A.

Kevin Thomson, PhD (2005)

 

Soot formation in annular non-premixed laminar flames of methane-air at pressures of 0.1 to 4.0 MPa. (co-supervisor E. J. Weckman, Waterloo)

Combustion Lab. National Research Council Canada

Esen CINTOSUN M.A.Sc. (2005)

Analysis of premixed turbulent flame front images obtained by Mie scattering and laser-induced fluorescence of OH MTI Polyfab (Aerospace), Toronto

Frédéric Dandavino M.A.Sc. (2005)

Development of a two-line atomic fluorescence technique for temperature measurement in diffusion flames SIM Industries, Netherlands
Natalie K. GALLEY M.A.Sc. (2006)

 

 Investigation of thermal flame structure in lean turbulent premixed methane-air flames by Rayleigh scattering Technical Advisor, Fish & Richardson, Boston
M. Kathleen BOHAN M.A.Sc. (2006)

 

 Soot formation in laminar diffusion flames of gas mixtures PhD Student, Central European University
Srivatsava PURANAM M.A.Sc. (2006) Flame surface density of turbulent premixed flames at medium to high turbulence intensities Postdoctoral fellow, Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Labs., US
Marie-Pierre VAILLANCOURT  M.A.Sc. (2006)

 

 High pressure soot formation in non-smoking methane-air laminar diffusion flames from 1.5 MPa to 6.0 MPa Air Canada Technical Services, Montreal

Eugene ZASSOKO 4th year thesis(2006)

Design methodology of surrogate fuels that mimic the chemistry and physical properties of jet fuels.

 		  

Paul MANDATORI M.A.Sc. (2006)

Soot formation in ethane-air coflow laminar diffusion flames at elevated pressures DECA Aviation Engineering, Toronto
Dr. Guillaume DAYMA

Postdoctoral Fellow (2006)

Chemical kinetics

University of Orléans and CNRS-ICARE, France

 

Dr. David PAVÉ

Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2006)

Laser-based combustion diagnostics / premixed turbulent flames Cabinet Debay Intellectual Property Law Firm, France

Alex LIN

4th year thesis (2008)

 

Soot formation rates at high pressures

Graduate student UTIAS
Natalie PANEK  M.A.Sc. (2009) An Investigation of Ethylene Laminar Diffusion Flames at Sub-Atmospheric Pressures to Simulate Microgravity MDA, Toronto
Quinn JIEN               4th year thesis (2009) Ignition quality of hydrocarbon fuels. Graduate student UTIAS
Graham FELTHAM USRA Summer student researcher (2009) Laminar burning velocities of transportation fuels. MASc student at UTIAS

Frank T. C. Yuen   PhD (2009)

Experimental investigation of the dynamics and structure of lean-premixed turbulent combustion.

Research Associate,  Cambridge University, UK
Peter JOO               PhD (2010)

 

 Soot formation in non-premixed laminar flames at subcritical and supercritical pressures.

 

 Research Associate,  Lund University, Sweden
Trevor KEMPTHORNE  M.A.Sc. (2010)

 

 Development of a laser-induced incandescence system. Lead SR&ED Technical Writer at The Ingenuity Group, Ottawa

Wen LiN                 PhD (2010)

Large Eddy Simulation of Premixed Turbulent Combustion Using Flame Surface Density Approach. Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) 

 
Owen WONG MASc (2010) Design and development of an apparatus to study aviation jet fuel thermal stability

 

 Pratt and Whitney Canada, Toronto
Dr. Mario COMMODO

Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2010)

Thermal oxidative stability of jet fuels; soot formation

 

Scientist, CNR, Instituto Ricerche sulla Combustione, Napoli, Italy
Sintia BEJATOVIC MASc (2010) Discrete Explicit Filtering Techniques for LES with AMR . Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) 

PhD student, Queen's University, Kingston
Marc CHAREST PhD (2010) Modelling of soot formation at sub- and super-atmospheric pressures, and at zero gravity. Co-supervised (Prof. Groth) 

 

 Postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos National Labs
Gorngrit INTASOPA MASc (2011) Soot measurements in high-pressure diffusion flames of gaseous and liquid fuels Aerospace Engineering Officer, Canadian Forces
Francisco E. Hernandez Perez  PhD (2011) Subfilter Scale Modelling for Large Eddy Simulation of Lean Hydrogen-Enriched Turbulent Premixed Combustion. Co-supervised (Prof. Groth)  Postdoctoral fellow at an undisclosed university in Europe
Daniel CORMIER MASc (2011) Laser-induced incandescence of soot for high-pressure combustion diagnostics PhD student, Physics dept., University of Toronto
George PANAGIOTOGLOU BASc (2011) Premixed turbulent combustion Graduate Student, University of Cambridge
Kevin PUI      BASc (2011) Ignition quality and sooting propensity of aviation fuels  
Navid NOURIAN      USRA Summer student researcher (2011) Alternative turbine fuels Undergraduate student, University of Toronto
Sanaz GHASEMI MASc (2012) Laser-induced incandescence of soot at high pressures PhD student, MIE dept., University of Toronto
Arup BARUA MASc (2012) Soot formation in diffusion flames of alternative turbine fuels at high pressures Bombardier Aerospace,
Montreal
Weiqing FANG UTEA Summer student researcher (2012) Burning speeds of alcohols Undergraduate student, University of Toronto

 

Current Funding:

  • Rolls Royce Canada - CRIAQ: NSERC CRD
  • Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN)
  • Pratt and Whitney Canada
  • NSERC-Discovery