Combustion: Heat & mass transfer, fluid dynamics and kinetics of combustion processes in novel, low-emissions combustors for different fuels, with focus on pulverized coal. Development of the radiatively-conductively stabilized combustor. Energy conversion: Development and analysis of novel high-efficiency low pollution power generation system, using fossil, renewable, and nuclear energy. Fuel cells. Solar heating and cooling. Energy storage. Exergy analysis. Water desalination and flash evaporation: Heat & mass transfer, fluid dynamics and evaporation analysis for the improvement of existing water desalination processes, and for the development of novel ones. Flash evaporation. Measurements and control in water desalination. Membrane distillation. Manufacturing: Heat treatment (quenching) by gases: heat transfer and fluid mechanics in the gas, and distortions and microstructure and mechanical properties of the treated solids. Electrolytic removal of corrosion from steel: fluid mechanics, mass transfer and electrochemistry of the process. Crystal growth.
