Dr. Emilien Varea

E-Mail:  emilien.varea(at)itv.rwth-aachen.de

Adresse:
              Institut für Technische Verbrennung
              RWTH Aachen University
              Templergraben 64
              52056 Aachen

Telefon: +49 (0)241 80-94633
Telefax: +49 (0)241 80-92923

Büro:  211.1 (2. Etage)


Key Words:

Optical diagnostics applied to combustion (high-speed PIV, tomography, OH-PLIF), Laminar premixed flames, flame speed, lifted flames, Lewis Number, Markstein Lengths, Biofuels.


Publications

 

[1] A. Cessou, E. Varea, K. Criner, G. Godard, P. Vervisch, Simultaneous Measurements of OH, mixture fraction and Velocity Fields to Investigate Flame Stabilization Enhancement by Electric Field, Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 52, pp.905-917,2011

[2] E. Varea, V. Modica, A. Vandel, B. Renou, Measurement of laminar burning velocity and Markstein length relative to fresh gases using a new post-processing procedure. Application to laminar spherical flames for methane, ethanol and isooctane/air mixtures, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 159, pp. 577-590, 2012

[3] E. Varea, V. Modica, B. Renou and A. M. Boukhalfa, Pressure effects on laminar burning velocities and Markstein lengths for Isooctane-Ethanol-Air mixtures, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 34, 735-744, 2013

[4] S. Kruse, B. Kerschgens, L. Berger, E. Varea and H. Pitsch, Experimental and Numerical Study of MILD Combustion for Gas Turbine Applications, submitted to Applied Energy

[5]  E. Varea, S. Kruse, T. Albin, D. Abel and H. Pitsch, Actuation Studies for active control of MILD Combustion for Gas Turbine Applications, submitted to  ASME Turbo Expo, Düsseldorf (Germany), 2014

 


International communications

 

[6] E. Varea, K. Criner, G. Godard, P. Vervisch, A. Cessou, Simultaneous Measurements of OH, mixture fraction and Velocity Fields to Investigate Flame Stabilization Enhancement by Electric Field, International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon (Portugal), 2010.

[7] E. Varea, K. Criner, G. Godard, P. Vervisch, A. Cessou, Investigation of Flame Stabilization Enhancement by Electric Field using Simultaneous Measurements of OH, mixture fraction and Velocity Fields, European Combustion Meeting, Cardiff (U.K.), 2011. 

[8] E. Varea, A. Vandel, V. Modica, F. Corbin, G. Godard, B. Renou, Measurement of laminar flame speed for high pressure and high temperature conditions : validation of the facility and developpement of a new tool for post-processing, International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon (Portugal), 2010. 

[9] E. Varea, A. Vandel, V. Modica, B. Renou, Laminar Burning Velocity and Markstein length relative to fresh gases determination applied on ethanol air flames, European Combustion Meeting, Cardiff (U.K.), 2011.

[10] E. Varea, A. Vandel, V. Modica, B. Renou, Laminar Burning Velocity and Markstein length relative to fresh gases determination for Isooctane-Ethanol air flames, International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, University of California, Irvine (California, U.S.A.), 2011.

[11] J. Beeckmann, H. Pitsch, N. Chaumeix, P. Dagaut, G. Dayma, F. Egolfopoulos, F. Foucher, F. Halter, C. Mounaïm-Rousselle, B. Renou, E. Varea, P. de Goey, E. Volkov, Collaborative Study for Accurate Measurements of Laminar Burning Velocity, European Combustion Meeting, Lund (Sweeden), 2013. 

[12] A. Lefebvre, E. Varea, V. Modica, B. Renou, M. Boukhalfa, Experimental Study of Radiation Absorption on Laminar Flame Speed of CO2 Diluted Methane Flames at Elevated Pressure, European Combustion Meeting, Lund (Sweeden), 2013. 

[13] S. Kruse, B. Kerschgens, L. Berger, E. Varea, H. Pitsch, Experimental and Numerical Study of Flameless Oxidation for Gas Turbine Applications, , European Combustion Meeting, Lund (Sweeden), 2013. 

[14] E. Varea, V. Modica, B. Renou, F. Halter, C. Mounaïm-Rousselle, Z. Chen, On the accurate determination of unstretched laminar burning velocity from spherically expanding flames, COST Topical Workshop: Kinetic studies using laminar flame, Lund (Sweeden), 2013.