Droplets and Sprays: Simple Models of Complex Processes

Sergei S. Sazhin is Professor of Thermal Physics at the University of Brighton (UK). He completed his Ph.D. degree (Physics and Mathematics) at St Petersburg State University (Russia) in 1977. Since 1996, he has been researching the modelling of fluid dynamics, heat transfer and combustion processes in internal combustion engines. He has supervised 14 successful Ph.D. completions over the past 25 years. In 1994, he was elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics. He is Author of over 500 research publications, mainly in international refereed journals, including 4 monographs.

• Spray Formation and Penetration.- Heating of Non-evaporating Droplets.- Heating and Evaporation of Mono-component Droplets.- Heating and Evaporation of Multi-component Droplets.- Processes in Composite Droplets.- Kinetic Modelling of Droplet Heating and Evaporation.- Heating, Evaporation and Autoignition of Sprays.- Concluding Comments.