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Current
Position at CWA
Dr. James Kelman
joined CWA in 2006 as a senior member of staff in the Fire and
Explosion Investigation Department. James is a highly qualified
combustion specialist with a mechanical engineering background. He
is responsible for carrying out investigations of the nature,
cause and extent of fire and/ or explosion casualties, cargo self
heating and related fire in industrial machinery incidents. Apart
from his own case work, James co-ordinates the work of CWA’s
register of expert consultants in this field.
Summary
of Specific Expertise and Experience
Senior
combustion research fellow at the Engineering Department,
Cranfield University. Has carried out extensive fundamental
research on combustion and its application to industry. Expertise
in gas phase combustion, stabilisation and extinction mechanisms
for combustion, fire hazard evaluation, failure analysis, fire
safety in industrial machinery, specific project experience
includes:
Fire
and Explosion Incident Investigation
Fire
safety consultancy for the School of Industrial and Manufacturing
Science
Research
on hydrogen-carbon monoxide safety and imaging in supersonic
flows of hydrogen-ethylene/carbon monoxide.
Supervision
of combustion and fluid dynamics and laser diagnostic laboratory,
fuel delivery and burner design and low emission engine
development, Hydrogen enhanced fuel operation for gas turbines,
(with Sandia National Labs, USA), Automotive engine development
and consultancy, Research burner design (AutoCAD), Instruments for
imaging of temperature and velocity and fluid flow in restricted
access applications
Consultancy
Nissan
Motor Company in engine development.
Rolls-Royce gas turbine
combustor premixers.
Commercial fire extinguisher nozzle
development.
Combustion
research
Piloted
burner, swirl burner, auto ignition rig and scaled gas turbine
combustor, design, commissioning and operation.
Research into
partially premixed and stratified flame propagation
Lifted
triple flame stabilisation mechanisms
Hydrogen combustion for
automotive and gas turbine applications
Shockwave-flame
interaction, and fuel auto ignition times.
Partially premixed
flames relating to gas turbine combustion.
Combustor design for
the investigation of acoustic instability in gas turbines.
Imaging
of NO in turbulent jet flows and flames.
Other
Research
Small
scale marine refrigeration performance
Flow rig design for
restricted access imaging with Heriot-Watt University.
Restricted
access laser imaging of flow concentrations
Development of
laser imaging of temperature
Imaging of sail trim using diode
lasers.
Management
roles
Fuel research laboratory refurbishment and
operation.
Multi-species Laser Imaging facilities.
1996-
1998 Post doctorate research in combustion with Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Sydney University
Other
Interests/Activities
Car
and classic boat renovation, bush walking/hiking and sailing.
Sailed
from Sydney, Australia to Essex, Great Britain, 1998-1999
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