Environmental Technology and Advanced Propulsion
The research themes have been identified as:
System cost reduction and durability improvements through extended component life design , materials and manufacturing. Understanding combustion instability and development of control mechanisms. Improved efficiency cooling technologies. Creation of design rules for lean burning systems via including understanding of fuel / air premixing. Implementation of mechanisms for reliable high altitude relight, pullaway and operability. Enhancing performance through improved combustor aerodynamics and appropriate component interactions
Energy and Multi-Physics Research at the University of Manchester
The Energy and Multi-Physics Group tackles a wide range of problems within Aerospace: aerodynamics, energy systems, turbomachinery, combustion, heat transfer, spray and multiphase flows
The thematic and specific research areas the group members are involved in are:
Computational Research:
- Atomisation
- Computational high-temperature aerophysics
- Combustion - flame propagation
- Wavelet methods for reacting flows
- Computational chemistry
- LES for turbomachinery component analysis and design
- Computational aeroacoustics
- Analytical/computational/ thermoacoustic studies
- Computational methodologies and submodel development for reacting flow LES
- Scramjet propulsion for hypersonic applications
- Combustion synthesized nanoparticulates
- Computational environmentally friendly engine design
Experimental research:
- Gas turbine heat transfer and aerodynamics
- Heat transfer measurement techniques
- Testing jet engine turbine components
- Transonic, supersonic and hypersonic vehicles
- Flow control
- LIF
- Acoustics (including flame-induced) and signal processing
- Stereo imaging of flame diagnostics
Theoretical studies:
- Combustion modelling
- Spray modelling
- Thermo-acoustic instability
- Difference Potential Method (DPM) for acoustic shielding
Energy and Multi Physics Facilities at the University of Manchester
The Combustion Laboratory has several lab scale burners for both fundamental research and teaching. An industrial gas turbine combustor (1 Megawatt) has been installed for testing and research. A high pressure test burner up to 10 bar will be commissioned soon.
The burner has two quartz windows and two pure silicon windows, which are transparent to infrared and longer wavelength (e.g. Terahertz wave).
Besides the conventional diagnostic techniques the group is known for in house developed unique and innovative diagnostic techniques, which could be applied not only in flame dynamics studies but also in many fast moving dynamic system. The team has great strength on signal and image processing capabilities including multi-channel data acquisition, high speed imaging and stereo imaging.
Relevant Postgraduate Study
MSc Thermal Power and Fluids Engineering
The University of Manchester has for many years provided an internationally recognized masters programme in thermal power and fluids engineering.
Our Thermal Power and Fluids Engineering programme aims to educate and train thermo-fluids engineers capable of meeting present and future demands of industry and to equip them with the advanced skills and knowledge to engage in employment or further postgraduate research.
Academic Staff
| Name | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr B Axcell | |
| Mr D Cooper | |
| Dr I Dupere | |
| Dr N Hanspal | |
| Dr A J Jaworski | |
| Dr K Kontis | |
| Dr R Prosser | |
| Dr S Rigopolous | |
| Professor A Turan | |
| Professor S V Utyuzhnikov | |
| Dr P Watkins | |
| Dr Y Zhang |
Contact
Professor Ali Turan
Email: propulsion@manchester.ac.uk
