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We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Dipal Patel
BEng, MSc, PhD (Newcastle UK)

Assistant Professor

Department of Automotive and Mechatronics Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Contact information

2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5
Office: ACE 3020

905.721.8668 ext. 5713
905.721.3370 (fax)

dipal.patel@ontariotechu.ca

Research topics

  • DNS of turbulent combustion
  • Stratified Combustion
  • Fuel Flexible Combustion
  • Auto-ignition and spark ignition of turbulent
  • combustible mixtures
  • Ignition Modelling
  • Spray Combustion

Education

  • PhD (Mechanical Engineering) Newcastle University, UK, 2017
  • MSc (Engineering and Technology) Northumbria University, UK, 2005
  • BEng (Mechatronics Engineering) Sardar Patel University, INDIA, 2004

Publications and presentations

  • Selected publications and presentations

    Journal Publications

    • Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., (2016) “Effects of Mixture Distribution on Localised Forced Ignition of Stratified Mixtures: A Direct Numerical Simulation Study”, Combustion Science and Technology, 188.11-12, 1904-1924.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., (2016) “Effects of Fuel Lewis Number on Localised Forced Ignition of Globally Stoichiometric Stratified Mixtures: A Numerical Investigation”, Flow Turbulence and Combustion, 96(4), 1083-1105.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., (2016) “Effects of Fuel Lewis Number on Localised Forced Ignition of Turbulent Homogeneous Mixtures: A Numerical Investigation”, International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, 8(3), 183-196.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., (2015) “Effects of Energy Deposition Characteristics on Localised Forced Ignition of Homogeneous Mixtures”, International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, 7(2), 151-174.
    •  Brosh, T., Patel, D., Wacks, D., Chakraborty, N., (2015) “Numerical Investigation of Localised Forced Ignition of Pulverised Coal Particle-laden Mixtures: A Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) Analysis”, Fuel, 145, 50-62.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., (2014) “Localised Forced Ignition of Globally Stoichiometric Stratified Mixtures: A Numerical Investigation”, Combustion Theory and Modelling, 18(6), 627-651.

     Conference Proceedings

    •  Patel, D., “Effects of Karlovitz number on Localised Forced Ignition of Turbulent Combustible Mixtures: A DNS Study”, Combustion Institute/Canadian Section Spring Technical Meeting, May 15-18, 2017, Montréal, Canada.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., “Effects of mixture fraction on localised forced ignition of stratified mixtures: A Numerical Investigation”, 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, August 2-7, 2015, Leeds, UK.
    •  Brosh, T., Marincola, F.C., Patel, D., Wacks, D., Chakraborty, N., “On Conditions for Self-sustained combustion of pulverised coal particle-laden mixtures following localised forced ignition: A Direct Numerical Simulation Analysis”, 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, August 2-7, 2015, Leeds, UK.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., “Effects of Fuel Lewis Number with Energy Deposition Characteristics on Localised Forced Ignition of Homogeneous Mixtures: A Direct Numerical Simulation Analysis”, 12th International Conference on Energy of a Clean Environment, July 5-9, 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., “Effects of Lewis Number on Localised Forced Ignition of Globally Stoichiometric Stratified Mixtures: A Numerical Investigation”, in Ninth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, June 7-11, 2015, Rhodes, Greece.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., “Effects of Combustion Regime On Localised Forced Ignition Of Turbulent Homogeneous Mixtures: A Direct Numerical Simulation Analysis”, in 7th European Combustion Meeting, March 30-April 02, 2015, Budapest, Hungary.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., “Effects of Mixture Distribution on Localised Forced Ignition of Globally Stoichiometric Stratified Mixtures: A Direct Numerical Simulation Study”, in An International Meeting Towards Sustainable Combustion, November 19-21, 2014, Lisbon, Portugal.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., “Effects of Energy Deposition Characteristics in Localised Forced Ignition of Turbulent Homogeneous Mixtures: A Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) Analysis”, in International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (HTFF'14), August 11-12, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic.
    •  Brosh, T., Patel, D., Wacks, D., Chakraborty, N., “Localised Forced Ignition of Pulverised Coal Particle-laden Mixtures: A Direct Numerical Simulation Analysis”, in International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (HTFF'14), August 11-12, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic.
    •  Patel, D., Chakraborty, N., “Localised Forced Ignition Of Stratified Mixtures: A Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) Analysis”, in Joint Meeting of the British and Scandinavian Nordic Section of the Combustion Institute, March 27-28, 2014, Cambridge, UK.

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