Irfan Mulla

About

Irfan Mulla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at IISc. His current research interest includes the experimental investigation of soot and NOx formation during the combustion process. Soot and NO concentrations are measured using laser-induced incandescent (LII) and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) techniques. Apart from this, turbulent mixing and soot formation as a function of fuel type and combustion mode are being investigated in academic flames. The generated pollutant database in laminar flames will help the chemical kinetics academic community in validating or developing better mechanisms for emission predictions.

Dr. Mulla received a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University, and PhD in the Aerospace Department with combustion as a specialization from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. He was a visiting researcher at University College London, where he worked on heat release rate imaging, and laser-induced spark ignition. Irfan has investigated pollutant formation (soot, PAH, NO) in gaseous and spray turbulent flames during his postdoc stay in CNRS, France, at CORIA lab. These works also generated benchmark databases containing a range of parameters for the validation of numerical models. At Imperial College London, Irfan developed three-dimensional laser diagnostic techniques to investigate turbulent mixing in swirl flows.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Assistant Professor
  2020 - Present
• Imperial College London Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
  2018 - 2020
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Postdoctoral Fellow
  2014 - 2018
• University College London Visiting postdoctoral researcher
  2014 - 2014
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Sr. Project Officer
  2013 - 2014
• Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd Graduate Apprentici
  2006 - 2013

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras PhD
  2007 - 2013
• University of Pune BE
  2003 - 2006
• Maharashtra state board Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
  2000 - 2003

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (20)

• Measurement of instantaneous fully 3D scalar dissipation rate in a turbulent swirling flow
  Experiments in Fluids 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-022-03518-2
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• Interaction of lean premixed flame with active grid generated turbulence
  Heat and Mass Transfer 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s00231-018-2443-y
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• Quantitative imaging of nitric oxide concentration in a turbulent n-heptane spray flame
  Combustion and Flame 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.02.005
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• Evolution of flame-kernel in laser-induced spark ignited mixtures: A parametric study
  Combustion and Flame 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.11.029
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• Heat release rate estimation in laminar premixed flames using laser-induced fluorescence of CH<inf>2</inf>O and H-atom
  Combustion and Flame 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.12.023
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• Heat release rate measurements on methane, simulated biogas and syngas turbulent flames
  2014
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• Flame speed and tangential strain measurements in widely stratified partially premixed flames interacting with grid turbulence
  Combustion and Flame 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.03.003
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• Measurement of flow field and tangential strain along the flame front in turbulent partially premixed flames
  2013
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• Propagation velocity and flame stretch measurements in co-flowing partially premixed flames with widely varying premixedness
  Combustion and Flame 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.02.001
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• Measurement of flow field and tangential strain along the flame front in a turbulent partially premixed flames
  8th US National Combustion Meeting 2013 2013
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