Norbert Peters (10 July 1942 – 4 July 2015) was a professor at
RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...
, Germany and one of the world-wide authorities in the field of combustion engineering. He headed the '' Institut für Technische Verbrennung ''(Institute for Combustion Technology). Born in
Linz
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In 2009, it was a European Capital ...
, Austria, he was educated at the
Karlsruhe University of Technology and later at the
Technical University of Berlin
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. He worked in
Rourkela Steel Plant
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for six months.
Peters's primary research interest was in the field of combustion engineering, especially
turbulent
In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity. It is in contrast to a laminar flow, which occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between ...
flames. The interaction between turbulence and combustion constituted an important part of his research. He was author of the book titled ''Turbulent Combustion'', a monograph with excellent but challenging insights on the advances, problems, and active research in the field of combustion in turbulent flow media. He was well known for his ideas on the
Laminar flamelet model in turbulent combustion as well as for the systematic generation of reduced reaction mechanisms from detailed reaction mechanisms.
He had received numerous recognitions for his contributions, including:
* Honorary Doctorate degrees from University of Brussels (1994),
Technical University of Darmstadt (2002) and
ETH Zurich
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(2010)
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Zeldovich Medal of Combustion Institute (2002)
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
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of
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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(1990)
* Member of the United States
National Academy of Engineering
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(since 2002)
See also
*
Forman A. Williams
*
Amable Liñán
Amable Liñán Martínez (born Noceda de Cabrera, Castrillo de Cabrera, León, Spain in 1934) is a Spanish aeronautical engineer considered a world authority in the field of combustion.
Biography
He holds a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering f ...
*
Paul Clavin
Paul Clavin is a French scientist at Aix-Marseille University, working in the field of combustion and statistical mechanics. He is the founder of Institute for Research on Nonequilibrium Phenomena (IRPHE).
Biography
Clavin served as the chair ...
References
External links
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Institute for Combustion Technology Homepage*
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1942 births
2015 deaths
Austrian chemical engineers
20th-century German chemists
Fluid dynamicists
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners
People from Linz
Academic staff of RWTH Aachen University
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology alumni
Technical University of Berlin alumni
21st-century German chemists