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EPSRC Support by Research Area (Combustion Engineering) in Theme (Engineering)

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio is described by this research area.

Please note: some research areas will appear under multiple themes. There is no unique, absolute, relationship between a research area and a theme.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
A combined experimental and numerical investigation of premixed flame-wall interaction in turbulent boundary layersPeterson, Dr BUniversity of EdinburghSch of Engineering 642,701
A combined experimental and numerical investigation of premixed flame-wall interaction in turbulent boundary layersChakraborty, Professor NNewcastle UniversitySch of Engineering 776,896
EPSRC-SFI:Tailored Production and Utilisation of Sustainable Low Cost Lignocellulosic Advanced Biofuel Blends as Diesel and Petrol Substitutes:SusLABBTomlin, Professor ASUniversity of LeedsChemical and Process Engineering 1,097,396
Flame quenching and Lean blow-off limits of new zero/low-carbon fuels towards delivering a green Aviation; a combined Modelling & Experimental studyYuan, Dr RUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 630,420
H2: Absolute zero-carbon propulsion systemsBrend, Dr MALoughborough UniversityAeronautical and Automotive Engineering 430,154
Intelligent instrumentation for assessment and monitoring of hydrogen blend fuels in domestic boilersHossain, Dr MUniversity of KentSch of Engineering & Digital Arts 319,919
Investigation of the influence of extinction strain rates and heat release rate on the stability of swirl stabilised hydrogen premixed flamesAhmed, Dr UNewcastle UniversitySch of Engineering 385,259
Laser Imaging of Turbine Engine Combustion Species (LITECS)Lengden, Dr MPUniversity of StrathclydeElectronic and Electrical Engineering 5,813,734
Non-Equilibrium Thermochemistry in Hypersonic Expanding FlowsMcGilvray, Dr MUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 1,056,445
Premixed Combustion Flame Instability Characteristics (PREFIC)Xu, Professor HUniversity of BirminghamMechanical Engineering 786,972
Thermodiffusive Instabilities in Hydrogen CombustionAspden, Dr AJNewcastle UniversitySch of Engineering 338,568
Understanding Turbulent Hydrogen Flames and Instability via Measurements and SimulationsHochgreb, Professor SUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 465,816

Total Number of Grants: 12
Total Value of Grants: £12,744,280

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).