Fernando Veiga López

Office: 1.1.D.11   Phone: (+34) 91 624 6225    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fveigalopez/ Email: fveiga @ ing.uc3m.es

Education

Fernando Veiga López completed his BSc in Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2014, specializing in aerospace propulsion and collaborating during his BSc Thesis with the Microgravity Institute "Ignacio da Riva".

After finishing his BSc degree, he enrolled in a Master of Science of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft. He completed the course in 2016, specializing in Flight Performance and Propulsion. He developed a numerical simulation of a novel Lean Premixed Hydrogen combustion chamber in the frame of the AHEAD project as his MSc Thesis. During this period, he collaborated with the Research and Development department of WS FLOX, experimentally investigating flameless oxidation.

Fernando completed his PhD under the supervision of Mario Sánchez-Sanz, focusing on experimental investigation of premixed flames in confined geometries. More specifically, he studies premixed-flames propagation (see video) in a quasi-two-dimensional geometry (Hele-Shaw cell). He is currently working as a Postdoctoral researcher on fluid mechanics focused on the study of alternative fuel’s applications, combustion processes, two-phase flows, wildfires, etc.

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Research Interests

  • Premixed flames dynamics.
  • Innovative fuels and combustion techniques.
  • Flame instabilities.
  • Micro combustion.

Teaching Activities

Fernando has been a teaching assistant in the Fluid Mechanics Engineering course since February 2017 until July 2020. Now, he is a professor for the Fluid Mechanics course in Aerospace Engineering.

Fernando supervised the Bachelor thesis of Alicia González Gala, Carlos Vivanco Silva, Alexis Jesús Lora de la Calle, Omar Otero Santos and Oscar Luis Muñoz.

Publications

  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, E. Fernández-Tarrazo, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Experimental analysis of oscillatory premixed flames in a Hele-Shaw cell propagating towards a closed end". Combustion and Flame, 2019, vol. 201, p. 1-11.
  • D. Martínez-Ruiz, F. Veiga-López, D. Fernández-Galisteo, V. N. Kurdyumov, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "The role of conductive heat losses on the formation of isolated flame cells in Hele-Shaw chamber". Combustion and Flame, 2019, vol. 209, p. 187-199.
  • D. Martínez-Ruiz, F. Veiga-López, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Premixed-flame oscillations in narrow channels". Physical Review Fluids, 2019.
  • F. Veiga-López, M. Kuznetsov, et al. “Unexpected propagation of ultra-lean hydrogen flames in narrow gaps”. Physical Review Letters (Editor’s Suggestion and high impact: 20+ reviews) 124.17, p. 174501, 2020.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martınez-Ruiz, M. Kuznetsov, et al. “Thermoacoustic analysis of lean premixed hydrogen flames in narrow vertical channels”. Fuel 278, p. 118212, 2020.

Awards

  • D. Martínez-Ruiz, F. Veiga-López, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "V0018: Premixed-flame oscillations in narrow channels". 2018 APS/DFD Milton van Dyke award winner.
  • F. Veiga-López. Outstanding Student Presentation at the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute's Spring Technical Meeting, 2018, Minneapolis, USA.

Conference contribution

  • F. Veiga-López, M. Kuznetsov, J. Yanez, J. Grune, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Flame Propagation Neat the Limiting Conditions in a Thin Layer Geometry". ICHS, 2019, Adelaide, Australia.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, M. Kuznetsov, E. Fernández-Tarrazo, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Thermoacoustic Analysis of Lean H2-Air Premixed Flames in Thin Layers". 27th ICDERS, 2019, Beijing, China.
  • F. Veiga-López, M. Kuznetsov, J. Yanez, J. Grune, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Near-Limit Hydrogen Flame Propagation in a Thin Layer Geometry". 2nd Near Limit Flame Workshop, 2019, Beijing, China.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, M. Kuznetsov, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Thermoacoustic Study of Lean Air-Hydrogen Premixed Flames in Narrow Channels". 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, 2019, Tenerife, España.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, M. Kuznetsov, E. Fernández-Tarrazo, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Near-Limit Premixed Hydrogen-Air Flames in Narrow Channels". 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, 2019, Tenerife, España.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, M. Kuznetsov, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Experimental Analysis of Lean Hydrogen Premixed Flames Propagation in a Confined Vertical Channels". 9th European Combustion Meeting, 2019, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, M. Kuznetsov, E. Fernández-Tarrazo, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Near-Limit Premixed Hydrogen-Air Flames in Narrow Channels". STAMS, 2019, Madrid, España.
  • D. Martínez-Ruiz, F. Veiga-López, M. Sánchez-Sanz. "Vessel Confinement contributions to themo-acoustic instabilities of premixed flames". 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2018, Atlanta, USA.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, M. Sánchez-Sanz, E. Fernández-Tarrazo. "Experimental Analysis of Oscillatory Premixed Flames Propagating in a Hele-Shaw Cell". 37th International Symposium on Combustion, 2018, Dublin, Ireland.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, M. Sánchez-Sanz, E. Fernández-Tarrazo. "Experimental Analysis of the Oscillatory Motion of Premixed Flames Propagating in a Hele-Shaw Cell". Central States Section of the Combustion Institute's Spring Technical Meeting, 2018, Minneapolis, USA.
  • F. Veiga-López, D. Martínez-Ruiz, M. Sánchez-Sanz, E. Fernández-Tarrazo. "Experimental Analysis of Premixed-Flame Propagation in a Hele-Shaw Cell". Fourteenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, ICFD 2017, Sendai, Japan.

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