Editors:
- Contains comprehensive information with extensive and relevant references in every topic
- Discusses recent advances in hypersonic propulsion using hydrocarbon fuels
- Discusses clean energy production from from waste, biomass and low grade fuels
- Presents complementary views on fuels, combustion, power, propulsion and air toxins with special focus on present and future research perspective
- Presents a multi-pronged approach involving development and utilization of new and renewable fuels, design of fuel-flexible combustion systems and novel environmentally friendly technologies
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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High-Speed Propulsion
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Front Matter
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Renewable Fuels
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Front Matter
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Flames and Reacting Systems
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Ashwani K. Gupta
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
Ashoke De, Abhijit Kushari
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Suresh K. Aggarwal
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Analytic & Computational Research, Inc. (ACRi), The CFD Innovators, Los Angeles, USA
Akshai Runchal
About the editors
Dr. Ashoke De is an Associate Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of TechnologyKanpur. He has been the recipient of the Humboldt Research fellowship for Experienced Researchers, IEI-Young Engineer’s Award-2014, DST Young Scientist award-2015, and P. K. Kelkar Research Fellowship from IIT Kanpur. He is a member of ASME, SIAM, FMFP, ISHMT and Combustion Institute. He received his M.S. from IIT Kanpur, and Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. He has authored over 90 peer reviewed papers. His research interests include combustion modeling, hybrid RANS/LES model development, supersonic flows and Fluid-Structure interactions (FSI) with focus on computational mechanics in combustion and turbulent flows.
Dr. Suresh K. Aggarwal received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a member of research staff at Princeton University and Senior Research Engineer at CMU. He then joined the University of Illinois at Chicago was promoted to Professor in 1995. He served as Director of Graduate Studies, and was also Visiting Scientist at ANL,Visiting Professor at Ecole Centrale-Paris, France and Guest Professor at Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include combustion, multiphase reacting flows, emissions, clean energy, and fire suppression. He has authored over 360 publications and is a Fellow of ASME, AAAS and Associate Fellow of AIAA.
Dr. Abhijit Kushari is a Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dr. Kushari received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, in 2000 and joined the IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor in 2001. He became a Professor in 2014. His research interests are aerospace propulsion, gas turbine engines, turbo-machinery, liquid atomization flow control and combustion dynamics. He has authored more than 130 technical papers.
Dr. Akshai Runchal is the founder and Director of CFD Virtual Reality Institute and ACRI group of companies. His expertise is in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He has consulted widely on flow, heat and mass transfer, combustion, environmental impact, hazardous and nuclear waste, ground water and decision analysis to over 200 clients in 20 countries. He is the principal author of PORFLOW®, TIDAL®, ANSWER® and RADM™ simulation models that are used worldwide. He received his Ph.D. from Imperial College (London), and Bachelor's in Engineering from PEC. He has taught in the USA, India and the UK. He has authored 7 books and over 200 technical publications. He has received many honors and awards, and given many invited contributions at conferences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Innovations in Sustainable Energy and Cleaner Environment
Editors: Ashwani K. Gupta, Ashoke De, Suresh K. Aggarwal, Abhijit Kushari, Akshai Runchal
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9012-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9011-1Published: 31 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9014-2Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-9012-8Published: 19 July 2019
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 561
Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 270 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Sustainable Development