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Thermal Control Engineering Lab (2)
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A combustion lab that measures flames with lasers and works on cleaning fine particles from exhaust.
AboutAbout the lab
Mastering heat to open up the future of Earth and space
The Combustion Group (Yamamoto Lab) of the Thermal Control Engineering Research Group studies how things burn and how to measure it.
Using lasers, the lab measures flames burning in turbulence and makes them visible.
It also works on developing technologies to clean fine particles such as soot contained in automobile exhaust.
Together with the Thermal Control Group in the same research group, the lab studies the management of thermal energy spanning Earth and space.
Key terms
- Turbulence
- Flow in which speed and direction change irregularly with place and time, containing many small eddies
- DPF
- A filter that traps particles such as soot from the exhaust gas of diesel vehicles (Diesel Particulate Filter)
- Lattice Boltzmann method
- A simulation method that treats a fluid as a collection of particles moving on a lattice and calculates the flow
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to reduce soot and other particles produced by combustion and to clarify how flames burn in turbulence. It uses both experimental measurements and numerical simulation.
*Illustrative imageHow soot particles burn
The lab investigates soot oxidation occurring inside diesel particulate filters (DPFs). Using carbon particles in place of soot, it experimentally confirms how NO2 promotes oxidation, based on changes in particle size and number.
*Illustrative imageSimulation inside exhaust filters
Using the lattice Boltzmann method, the lab calculates the flow inside the filter and the process in which soot accumulates and burns. The internal geometry of the filter is captured with X-ray CT.
*Illustrative imageTurbulent flames seen with lasers
The lab makes molecules in a flame fluoresce with laser light and images them to study the shape of flames in turbulence. It clarifies how flames go out in places (local extinction) and how fast flames spread when turbulence is strong.
MembersFaculty
The Combustion Group's members consist of faculty, technical staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.
- Associate ProfessorKazuhiro Yamamoto
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Iss071e582160 (Sept. 3, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Jeanette Epps replaces and cleans research components inside the Destiny laboratory module's Combustion Integrated Rack” NASA Johnson Space Center / Public domain (cropped)
- How soot particles burn: “Diesel particulate filter 01” Hatsukari715 / Public domain (cropped)
- Simulation inside exhaust filters: “Dpf filter” Beef1980! / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Turbulent flames seen with lasers: “Bunsen burner ( )” Jason Woodhead / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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