CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. SITKI USLU

TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Söğütözü Cad. No: 43

06560 Ankara, Turkey

Phone +90 (0)312 – 292 4266

E-Mail suslu@etu.edu.tr

Key words:

Combustion Chamber, CFD, Emissions (NO, CO, UHC, PM)

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DR. SITKI USLU

Personal Data

Address TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Söğütözü Cad. No: 43

06560 Ankara

Turkey

Phone +90 (0)312 – 292 4266

E-Mail suslu@etu.edu.tr

Professional Experience

04/2008 – Present TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Asst. Prof. Dr. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

Thermo-Fluid Sciences

07/2001 – 03/08 MTU Aero Engines GmbH, München

01/2002 – 03/08

Gas Turbine Combustor Research and Development Engineer

Heat Transfer and Combustion

Project management

European and National Technology projects in the field of Aeroengine Combustion Chamber

Cooperation with other project partners, e.g. universities, Rolls-Royce UK, Rolls-Royce Deutschland, Snecma, Turbomeca, Avio

Reacting CFD Computations

Presentations of the results at European Project Work shops

Technical Reports

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Internal Project Coordination

Projects:

MOLECULES (Modelling of Low Emissions Combustors Using Large Eddy Simulations)

- RANS computations of turbulent reacting flow

MUSCLES (Modelling of UnSteady Combustion in Low Emission Systems)

- Presumed JPDF (Joint Probability Density Function) combustion model

- Coordination of the Work Package ´Prediction of unsteady reacting flow and validation´

SiA-TEAM (Soot in Aeronautics – Towards Enhanced Aeroengine Combustor Modelling)

- Soot formation and oxidation in a generic Semi-Technical Scale Combustor

LOPOCOTEP (LOw POllutant COmbustor TEchnology Programme)

- An RQL (Rich-Quench-Lean) combustor with a reverse flow deflector was developed an manufactured at MTU Aero Engines

CFD4C (Computational Fluid Dynamics for Combustion)

- Two phase flow and soot modelling

- A generic RQL combustor was used for the CFD computations. Two soot models based on EBU and Flamelet combustion models were used for soot predictions

AG-TURBO II

- LPP (Lean Premixed and Prevaporised) combustor technology for the industrial gas turbine application was investigated within this German National Research Program

MTR390 (Aeroengine for TIGER-Eurocopter)

- Supervision of production errors of the base engine combustor of MTR390 and analytical design of the MTR390-E(nhanced) engine combustor which has a power enhancement of 14% compared to the base engine

GTF (Geared TurboFan)

- CFD computations of rotating cavities in a LP Turbine to investigate

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the flow distribution, Core Rotation Factor and Friction Forces on the rotor discs

ATFI 3 (Advanced Technology Fan Integrator)

- PATRAN/QTRAN were used for the thermal analysis of ATFI 3 low and high pressure compressor casing including the stator vanes

07/ - 12/2001 CFD Engineer for Acoustics in Compressor Blades

Aerodynamik - Aeroelastik, Akustik – TPAI - SILENCER

- CFD computations of mean flow and 3D fluctuating flow field using a linearised Euler solver, Lin3D, of a High Speed Low Pressure Compressor (LPC) in order to explore the potential design changes for noise emission reduction (AST 2004, vol.8 pp.299-306)

01.95 – 03.01 DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart

Senior CFD Engineer

Research and Technology in Internal Combustion Engines, FT1/MC

Premixed Flame Combustion

- CFD Computations of Premixed Flame Combustion in Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) using Weller 1-Equation Combustion Model which I implemented into the CFD Code STAR-CD

TWC (Three Way Catalytic Converter)

- Simulation of transient heat transfer and Conversion Efficiency of Automotive TWCs

PRIDE (EU Project)

- Pollutant Reduction in Diesel Engines. The EU project was aimed at optimising the combustion temperatures with respect to the pollutants reduction

LES Engines (EU Project)

- Large Eddy Simulation in Internal Combustion Engines

- Reacting RANS computations of a generic square cross section ICE

Exhaust Gas After treatment

- Post-oxidation in the Engine Exhaust System (Ports & Manifold) by

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Secondary Air Injection into the Exhaust Ports

Wall Film Modelling in Intake Ports of ICE

Torque conversion efficiency in an Automotive Torque Converter

Separation of Water Droplets in Engine Intake Assembly

Supersonic Turbulent Flow around a Bluff Body (DASA Project)

Analysis of noise generation due to Karman vortex shedding in an annular passage between concentric and eccentric rotating cylinders

03.94-12.94 Computational Dynamics Ltd. (STAR-CD), London

Code Validation and Senior Support Engineer

Unsteady Two Dimensional Flow Past a Square Cylinder (ASME, June 1994)

Steady Three Dimensional Flow in a Square cross-Section U-Bend (ASME, June 1994)

Flow around a Supersonic Wedge including Heat Transfer to the Steel Wedge due to Turbulent Viscous Dissipation (BAe)

2D Flow in a Staggered Tube Heat Exchanger (Danish Maritime Institute, DMI)

Two Dimensional Crossflow over a Surface Mounted Rib (DMI)

Radiation View Factor Calculation Using STAR-CD and Comparison with Analytical Solution

Turbulent Flow in an Axisymmetric U-Bend (WUA-CFD, 94)

Stirred Mixing Vessel (WUA-CFD, 94)

02.93 – 03.94 Imperial College of Science Technology, University of London

Research Engineer on a CEC JOULE Project

Prediction of Combustion in Homogenous Spark-Ignition Engines (COMODIA, 1994)

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03.1983 – 12.1987 Gazi University, Ankara/Turkey

Teaching Assistant

Mechanical Engineering Department

Teaching Lab classes and Lab experiments

Tutoring students in the following subjects

- Fluid Mechanics, Gas Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Heat Exchangers and Boilers

Education

1988 - 1993

Imperial College of Science Technology, University of London

PhD - Mechanical Engineering

Numerical Prediction of Transonic Flow in Turbine Blade Passages

1983 - 1986 Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara/Turkey

MSc - Mechanical Engineering

Through Flow Calculations in a Francis Turbine Using FEM

1977 - 1982 Uludağ University, Bursa/Turkey

BSc - Mechanical Engineering with distinction

Languages

English (fluent) - German (advanced) – Turkish (native)

CFD Software

ICEMCFD (Mesh Generation Tool for CFD Computations)

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CFX-TASCflow and CFX5 (3D Flow Solver)

STAR-CD :Especially in coupling user models with the code

COMPUTING

SKILLS FORTRAN, Unix, Linux OS

LATEX, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

REFEREES Prof. David Gosman

Vice President of Technology

CD-adapco London Office

200 Shepherds Bush Road

London W6 7NL UK

Tel./Fax ++44 207 471 6200/6201

Email david.gosman@uk.cd-adapco.com

Prof. Dr. Rudolf R. Maly

Daimler Chrysler AG

Forschung und Technologie 1, FT1/K

HPC G206

70546 Stuttgart

Tel./Fax ++49 711 17-21704/56562

Email rudolf.maly@daimlerchrysler.com

Ankara,

23 August 2016

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PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL PAPERS

Ahmet Topal, Onder Turan, Sitki UsLu and M. Ziya Sogut Exergy Analysis of an Air-Blasted Combustor: An Application for Atmospheric Test Rig Condition, Int. Journal of Exergy, Vol.20, No.1, 2016

Ahmet Topal, Onder Turan, and Sıtkı Uslu Design, Manufacturing and Rig Test of a Small Turbojet Engine Combustor with Airblast Atomizer International Journal of Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing, Vol. 3, No. 2, May 2015

Ender HEPKAYA, Salih KARAASLAN, Sıtkı USLU, Nureddin DINLER and Nuri YUCEL A Case Study of Combustion Modelling In A Spark Ignition Engine Using Coherent Flame Model, 2014.

Sitki UsLu, Thomas Hüttl and Klaus Heinig Simulation of Noise Generation due to Blade Row Interaction in a High Speed Compressor. Aerospace Science and Technology, vol.8, pp.299-306, 2004.

H.G. Weller, S. Uslu, A.D. Gosman, R. Maly, R. Herweg and B. Heel Prediction of combustion in homogenous spark-ignition engines. Proceedings of International Symposium COMODIA 94, pp.163-169, C94_P163, 1994

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Ozan Can Kocaman, Tekin Aksu and Sitki Uslu Large-Eddy Simulation of a Full Annular RQL Combustion Chamber : Fuel Distribution Effects on the Combustor Exit Temperature Profile, 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, July 2016

Bugra SİMSEK, Bayındır KURAN, Mehmet Ali AK, Sitki USLU Aerodynamic Heating

Prediction Tool for a Supersonic Vehicle for Conceptual Design Phase, AIAA Aviation, 13-17

June 2016, Washington, D.C., 46th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Yucel Saygin, Ozan Can Kocaman and Sitki Uslu Effect of Radiation on Gas Turbine Combustor Liner Temperature with Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) Methodology, 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, July 2016

Görkem Öztarlık, Sitki Uslu, Laurent Selle, Thierry Poinsot Effect of hydrogen enrichment on combustion properties of methane/air flames, International Symposium on Sustainable Aviation, 29 May - 1 June, 2016, Istanbul, TURKEY, ISSA-2016-000

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Firat Kiyici, Tekin Aksu and Sitki Uslu Design of a High Pressure Turbine Nozzle Guide

Vane with Effective Film Cooling System on Leading Edge, AIAA 54th Aerospace

Sciences Meeting, 04-08 January 15, San Diego

Hasan Basar Bolat and Sitki USLU Investigation of the effect of co/counter configurations of a double swirler airblast atomizer ın an annular turbojet combustor with computational fluid dynamics, AIAA 51st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference Orlando, Florida, 27-29 July, 2015

Hasan Başar BOLAT ve Sıtkı UsLu Yöndeş ve Ters Akışlı Hava Parçalamalı Yakıt-Hava Püskürtücülü Bir Yanma Odasının Karakteristiklerinin Belirlenmesi, V. Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Konferansı, 2014

Ugurtan Demirtas and Sitki UsLu Optimization and Design Tool Development of the Heating System In Military Vehicles, 20. Ulusal Isı Bilimi ve Tekniği Kongresi, 2-5 Eylül 2015

Ahmet Topal, Sitki UsLu, Onder Turan and M. Ziya Söğüt Effect of Exit Temperature On The Energy/Exergy Efficiencies of A Turbojet Engine Combustor. International Conference on Clean Energy 2014.

Ahmet Topal, Cışku Çatori, Sitki UsLu, Onur Tuncer Exit Temperature Profile Measurement and CFD Comparisons on Small Scale Turbojet Combustor with Air Blast Atomizer Configuration,50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEEE JOINT PROPULSION CONFERENCE, August 2014.

Fırat Kıyıcı, Bertan Özkan, Sıtkı Uslu Düşük Bypass Oranlı Süpersonik Turbofan Motor Tasarımı, V. Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Konferansı, 2014.

Ahmet Topal, Sıtkı UsLu and Önder Turan Gaz Türbini Yanma Odası Tasarım Metodolojisi, V. Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Konferansı, 2014.

Ahmet Topal, Coşku Çatori, Lütfiye Çağan, Sıtkı Uslu, Önder Turan and Altuğ Pişkin One-dimensional Heat Transfer Analysis and Experimental Investigation of a Gas Turbine Combustor, CONV-14: Symposium on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, Cesme-Turkey, 2014.

Mehmet Burak SOLMAZ, Sıtkı USLU, Oğuz UZOL Unsteady RANS for Simulation of High Swirling Non-Premixed Methane-Air Flame, AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, 2014.

Ahmet Topal, Sıtkı UsLu and Önder Turan A Design Tool for the Prelimenary Analysis of Gas Turbine Combustor, 7th Ankara International Aerospace Conference (AIAC), Ankara, 2011.

A. Topal, E. Celik, H. Battaloglu, S. Uslu Design of an Atmospheric Combustor Test Rig for Small Aero Engine Applications, 21st International Symposium on Air breathing Engines (ISABE), Busan, 2013.

E. Celik, H. Battaloglu, A. Topal, S. Uslu Reacting CFD Simulations through a Small Turbojet Combustor with Pre-Filming Air-Blast Atomizer, 21st International Symposium on Air breathing Engines (ISABE), Busan, 2013.

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Halit Tolga Erken, Haydar Battaloglu, Sitki Uslu Numerıcal Sımulatıon of Turbulent Flow Combustıon in Scramjet Geometrıes, 6th Ankara International Aerospace Conference (AIAC), Ankara, 2011.

Ender Celik, Sitki Uslu, Ahmet Topal Numerical Simulation of the Reacting Flow through the Combustor of a Small Scale Turboprop Engine, 6th Ankara International Aerospace Conference (AIAC), Ankara, 2011.

S. Uslu Numerical simulation of an Industrial Fuel Injector for Lean Stoichiometry. 17. Ulusal Isı Bilimi ve Tekniği Kongresi, Cumhuriyet Üni., Sivas, 24-27 Haziran 2009.

Sitki UsLu, Thomas Hüttl and Klaus Heinig Simulation of Noise Generation due to Blade Row Interaction in a Low Pressure High Speed Compressor. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2002, Stuttgart, 23.-26 September 2002.

R. Sanatian, S. Alizadeh, F. Lange and S. Uslu Simulation of WUA-CFD test cases using Star-CD thermofluids analysis code. WUA-CFD Second World Conference in Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics, Basel, May 1994.

R. Benodekar, R. Issa, R. Sanatian and S. Uslu CFD Biathlon: Two turbulent flow simulations by the Star-CD code. ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Lake Tahoe, June 19-24, 1994.

TECHNICAL REPORTS PRESENTED TO EU RESEARCH PROJECTS

COORDINATION

S. UsLu . Optimierung der Brennstoffaufbereitung durch Vormischung und Vorverdamfung, AGTURBO II Final Report, N05TESW-0082, 2005.

S. UsLu Numerical simulation of an Industrial Liquid Fuel Injector for Lean Stoichiometry. EU Project MUSCLES (Modelling of UnSteady Combustion in Low Emission Systems), D2.09, N05TESW-85, 2005.

S. UsLu Numerical simulation of an Industrial Fuel Injector for Lean Stoichiometry. EU Project MUSCLES, D2.08, N05TESW-74, 2005.

S. UsLu MTR390: Combustion Chamber liner Wall Temperature Distribution for Base and Enhanced Engines. MTU Aero Engines, M04TES-62, 2005.

S. UsLu CFD computations of soot formation and oxidation in gaseous combustion. MTU Aero Engines, N05TES-75

S. Hohmann and S. UsLu Application and Validation Report on two-phase flow modelling. EU Project CFD4C (CFD for Combustion), D4.13, 2004.

S. Hohmann and S. UsLu Application and Validation Report on soot modelling. EU Project CFD4C, D4.18, 2004.

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S. UsLu Validation of CFD Computations on a Single Sector Combustor. EU Project MOLECULES (Modelling of Low Emissions Combustors Using Large Eddy Simulations), D4.11, N04TESW-44

A. D. Gosman, S. Uslu, F. Monterasso and H.G. Weller Thermal NOx predictions in pre-mixed homogeneous combustion. Engine and Fuel Interactions in Real Engines, JOU2-CT92-0081, 1994.

R. R. Maly, F. Keller, G. König, K Koyanagi and S. Uslu Part I: Engine measurements and NOx & PM reduction. Part II: Application and testing of the numerical models. Pollutant Reduction in Diesel Engines (PRIDE), 4+5 Progress Reports, Aug 1998

F. Keller, G. König, R. Maly and S. Uslu Part II: NOx diagnostics, effects of injection system and oxygenates Part II: ILDM Interfacing with Star-CD and initial testing. Pollutant Reduction in Diesel Engines (PRIDE), 6+7 Progress Reports, Sept 1999

W. Sommerer, H. Flogel, D. Schmidt and S. Uslu Wasserabscheidung in Luftansaugung (Trophenabriß). Daimler-Benz, Forschung und Technik, F1M-96-0015, 1996.

S. Uslu and D. Schmidt Calculation of Taylor vortices between concentric and eccentric cylinders. Daimler-Benz AG, F1M/THPC212, 70546 Stuttgart, 1996.

S. Uslu Notizen zur Stroemungsberechnung in einer dreidimensionalen Ringstruktur. Daimler-Benz AG, F1M/THPC212, 70546 Stuttgart, 1996.

SUPERVISION OF MSC AND PhD THESES

Görkem Öztarlik Experimental Investigation of a Premixed Laminar Flame Stabilized on a Cylindrical Rod Confined in a Rectangular Duct, MSc, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, March 2016.

Serhan Dönmez Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Ignition Characteristics of A Reversed Flow Combustion Chamber With Large Eddy Simulation Approach, MSc, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, March 2016.

Mahmut Doğrudil Computations of An Aero Engine Gas Turbine Combustor Liner Temperature Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Conjugate Heat Transfer Methodology, MSc, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, April 2016.

Mehmet Burak Solmaz Simulation of A Non-Premixed Swirl Burner, MSc, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey, Co-Supervisor, September 2014.

Hakan Güney Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Flow and Combustion of a TIER IV Emissions Standard Diesel Engine, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, 2014.

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Fatma Burcu Doğan Investigation of Taylor and Von Karman Vortices Formed Between Two Concentric Rotating Cylinders Using Computational Fluid Dynamics , MSc, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, 2014.

Ahmet Topal Combustor Design, Test and Thermodynamic Analysis For A Small Scale Turbojet Engine, MSc, Anadolu University, Co-Supervisor, 2014.

Ender Çelik Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Spray and Combustion Characteristics of A Combustion Chamber With Pre-Filming Air-Blast Atomizer, MSc, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, 2012.

Sena Özlem Arıca Design of A Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Using Three Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics and Emissions Analysis, MSc, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, 2012.

Ahmet Cücen An Investigation of Combustion Characteristics In a 3D Turbulent DMD Internal Combustion Engine, MSc, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, 2012.

Ahmet Elbir Development and Validation of an Aero-Thermodynamic Design Tool for a Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber, MSc Thesis, METU, Department of Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Co-Supervisor, 2010.

Ahmet Ekiz Modelling of Bipolar Plates For Proton, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara-Turkey, Co-Supervisor, 2010.

Marko Heeß Numerische Simulation zur Untersuchung der Mischung von Abgas und Sekundärluft im Abgaskrümmer, Universität Karlsruhe, Institut für Thermische Strömungsmaschinen, Karlsruhe, März 2000. MSc Thesis (Diplomarbeit).

Axel Burkhardt Dynamik gasgetriebene Filme. Fakultät für Maschinenbau der Universität Karlsruhe, Juli 1999 Karlsruhe. PhD Thesis, Work carried out at DaimlerChrysler AG Stuttgart under my co-supervision, 1999.

Jörg J. Oesterle Abschätzung des Wassertransports in einem Motoransaugkanal mit integrierter Wasserabscheidung. Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Aero- und Gasdynamik, Stuttgart, Sept. 1997. MSc Thesis (Diplomarbeit). Work carried out at DaimlerChrysler AG Stuttgart under my supervision.

Thorsten Wendtland Untersuchung zur Wasserabscheidung in einem Strömungskanal. Universität Karlsruhe, Institut für Strömungslehre und Strömungsmaschinen, Karlsruhe, Januar 1996. MSc Thesis (Diplomarbeit), Simulation work carried out at DaimlerChrysler AG Stuttgart under my co-supervision.