Professor Silvana Cardoso

The interaction between chemical reaction, diffusion of heat and mass, and convection, in both industrial and environmental flows, ranging from the small to the large scales; with a particular interest in flows where buoyancy forces are important, arising from temperature, concentration, and chemical or phase changes. Generally, a combination of experimental techniques, such as Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Infra-red Spectroscopy, colourimetry and densitometry is used. The processes are modelled using scaling, asymptotic and perturbation analytical techniques, complemented by computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

• Carbon Dioxide Storage
• Low temperature combustion
• Convection, diffusion and phase-change/reaction in solid materials