Applied Mathematics Seminar

In this talk I give a general overview of several quite distinct problems/case studies in Combustion that my colleagues and I have examined in the past 5 years.

Firstly, forced exothermic reactions are studied to determine the possibility of increasing the selectivity of a desired product by externally perturbing or forcing the system. In the second case study, we will discuss how dynamical systems theory can be utilized to investigate the flammability limits of a fuel-oxygen mixture in a well-stirred, continuous flow reactor. Flame speeds in pre-mixed gaseous and solid fuels are the focus of the next case study. Here we show that oscillations in the wave speed are possible under certain conditions. Finally, the existence of twin-flames in stagnation point flows is discussed.