Lead Researcher: Reactive Flows in Aero Engines
E-Mail-address: robert-martin.schmitz[at]tu-braunschweig.de
Room: 215
Phone: +49 531 391 94216
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Scopus Author-ID: 57219650763
ORCID: 0009-0004-5805-4578
My research focuses on the simulation and modeling of combustion processes as well as the characterization of combustion properties of alternative fuels. The goal is to reduce pollutant emissions (e.g., soot particles and nitrogen oxides) while maintaining stable combustion.
During my PhD, I worked, among other topics, on modeling soot formation in flames that use oxymethylene ether (OME), an alternative to conventional diesel fuel. In canonical configurations (counter‑flow diffusion flames, premixed flames, and jet flames) I investigated soot formation and compared it with that of conventional fuels.
Currently, I am extending my work to the combustion and emission modeling of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs), ammonia, and hydrogen.
For the simulations I employ detailed chemical mechanisms together with quadrature‑based moment methods to represent soot particle formation. The tools I use include Cantera, OpenFOAM, and specialized solvers.
Exzellenzcluster SE2A – C3.5: Numerical investigations of synthetic fuel flames in aviation conditions
Lower Saxony Graduate School: Hydrogen and the Hydrogen Derivative Ammonia
Numerical simulation of reactive flows
Fundamentals of High-Performance Computing for CFD simulations