This thesis describes the development and evaluation of a high-temperature combustion standard. This comprises a McKenna burner premixed flame, together with a full assessment of its temperature, stability and reproducibility. ...

A experimental study of the two-phase flow inside a lean premixed prevaporised combustor has been carried out in order to evaluate the capabilities of large eddy simulations applied to engineering applications. To this ...

Heat storage as a means to respond to the requirements for improved energy efficiency motivated this study. The objective was to evaluate the impact of thermal energy storage systems in dwellings under Mexican climatic ...

Combustion acoustic noise is a phenomenon which has attracted the attention of many people during centuries who observed the characteristics of singing flames in different conditions. It is only in recent years, with the ...

This research aims to investigate the nature of high β-angle cornering as seen in rallying and in particular the World Rally Championship. This is achieved through a combination of sensor development, on-car measurement and ...

Laser-Induced Incandescence (LII) occurs when a high-energy pulsed laser beam encounters graphitic particulate matter particles like soot or carbon black. The particles absorb laser energy from the beam and see an increase ...

Lean burn in spark-ignition engines offers a significant efficiency advantage compared with stoichiometric operation. The lean operation is restricted by increasing cyclic fluctuation in torque. In order to make use of ...