DOBASHI’s Laboratory

For the Researches on Safety Engineering,

and Combustion Science

Background

CombustionReaction

Heat Release

Mass transfer

Fluid dynamics

Safety

Explosion, Fire

Energy

Combustion Efficiency

(Turbulent Combustion)

Environment

Pollutant, Incineration

Target

Safety Engineering (Explosion & Fire)

・Scientific understanding of disasters

・Design of safety systems

Combustion Science

・Fundamental researches on combustion

・Aero-thermo chemistry

Recent research topicsSafety Engineering

• Explosions

Gas explosion, Dust explosion

• Fires

Flame spread, Fire whirl

• Consequence analysis of accidents

Fundamental researches on combustion

• Flame propagation in heterogeneous combustion system (dust, spray, etc.)

• Effects of turbulence on combustion behavior

• Thermophoretic effects (especially on soot)

Research Topics (ongoing)• Gas Explosion

Pressure behavior of gas explosion in confined spaces

(Nishimura, Haraguchi)

CFD prediction for large scale explosion (Tomizuka)

• Dust Explosion

Dust explosion of sub-micron particles (Uchino)

Flame propagation mechanisms (Gao)

• Fire

Flame spread over napped fabrics (Yonetsu)

Fire whirl (Hayashi, Haba)

Modeling of evacuation (Abe)

• Risk Analysis

Consequence analysis of gas explosion in open spaces

(Kim, Terasawa)

Safety of hydrogen energy system (Mogi)