The principal research interests of Prof. Dryer are in the fundamental combustion sciences with particular emphasis on chemically reacting flows. Some of the areas of current interest include chemistry/chemical kinetics of fuels and hazardous waste materials as related to ignition, combustion, and emissions generation/abatement; the fundamentals of formation/ignition/secondary atomization/liquid phase chemistry of conventional and synthetic fuel droplets as related to heavy industrial fuel combustion/emission control, gas turbine/reciprocating engines and liquid fuel firesafetyrelated issues on earth and in microgravity environments; solid phase/gas phase interactions as related to particle burning phenomena and materials processing; supersonic combustion; propulsion additives and reactions. Both experimental and numerical computational research are pursued.
Dr. Dryer has published extensively, and he has lectured and consulted for the government, industry and legal profession on the above as well as other combustion, fire safety, energy, and emissions-abatement-related subjects. His recent interests in environmentally related subjects has concentrated on hydrocarbon emissions from internal combustion engines, nitrogen oxides, aerosol particulates, and other pollutant interactions in high-performance gas turbines, and emissions interactions including chlorine, sulfur and ash (metals) component effects in stationary energy conversion, chemical processing, and incineration.
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