Facilities

  • Counterflow Burner

    A high-pressure counterflow burner (capable of operating at above 50 atmospheres – hydrotested up to 200 atm) with an array of flow controllers, PIV, and LII diagnostics.

  • High-Pressure Flow Reactor

    A high-pressure flow reactor (hydro tested up to 100 atm) with an array of flow controllers, gaseous and pre-vaporized liquid fuel delivery system, and species/soot quantification via GC-TCD-FID, GC-MS, MBMS, SMPS.

     



     

  • Reacting Flow Codes

    An array of reacting flow codes – Chemkin suite, Cantera 2.3, OpenFOAM, Sandia S3D DNS code with IBM, and access to high performance computing capabilities

Contact Information

Harsha K. Chelliah

Professor

Before joining UVA in 1992, Professor Chelliah received his BSc degree from the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka in 1981, MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from SUNY at Stony Brook in 1984, and PhD degree from Princeton University in 1989. After earning his Ph.D., he worked at Princeton University as a Research Associate/Staff Member.
Google Scholar Reacting Flow Lab
Email harsha@virginia.edu