Professor Thanos Megaritis
Director of Research/Professor
Howell Building 120
- Email: thanos.megaritis@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266682
Summary
Academic Career
- 2011 to date. Professor in Internal Combustion Engines, Brunel University London
- 2005-2011. Senior Lecturer/Reader in Internal Combustion Engines, Brunel University London
- 1999-2005. Lecturer in Thermofluids, Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
- 1994-1998. Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College London
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- PhD, DIC, Internal Combustion Engines, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
- Dipl Ing Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- EurIng(FEANI)
- Chartered Engineer, CEng
Newest selected publications
Peng, Z., Megaritis, T., Sung, CJ., Yaga, M., Hellier, P. and Tian, G. (2017) 'Advanced Engine Flows and Combustion'. Journal of Combustion, 2017. ISSN: 2090-1968
Pos, R., Avulapati, M., Wardle, R., Cracknell, R., Megaritis, A. and Ganippa, L. (2017) 'Combustion of Ligaments and Droplets Expelled after the End of Injection in a Multi-hole Diesel Injector'. Fuel, 197. pp. 459 - 466. ISSN: 0016-2361 Open Access Link
Shinjo, J., Xia, J., Ganippa, LC. and Megaritis, A. (2016) 'Puffing-enhanced fuel/air mixing of an evaporating n-decane/ethanol emulsion droplet and a droplet group under convective heating'. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 793. pp. 444 - 476. ISSN: 1469-7645 Open Access Link
Avulapati, MM., GANIPPA, LC., Xia, J. and Megaritis, A. (2016) 'Puffing and Micro-Explosion of Diesel-Biodiesel-Ethanol Blends'. Fuel, 166. pp. 59 - 66.Open Access Link
Shinjo, J., Xia, J., Megaritis, A., Ganippa, LC. and Cracknell, RF. (2016) 'Modeling temperature distribution inside an emulsion fuel droplet under convective heating: A key to predicting microexplosion and puffing'. Atomization and Sprays, 26 (6). pp. 551 - 583. ISSN: 1044-5110 Open Access Link