Gianfranco Scribano

Contact

• workRoom CA27
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8725 3644
• Gianfranco.Scribano@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr. Gianfranco Scribano is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.

Dr. Scribano obtained his M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering in 1999 and then he received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2004 both at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. After the Ph.D. he has worked in private industries for 8 years in the R&D to develop combustion and energy systems with experimental and simulation tools. Beside the publication in international journals and conferences, he is also an inventor of 6 patent applications for combustion devices and aerosol generators.

Expertise Summary

Dr. Scribano's expertise is on combustion emission reduction and fluid-mechanics. He uses experimental techniques such as PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry), PDI (Phase Doppler Interferometry) in both reactive and non-reactive flows. He also has extensive relevant experience in conducting CFD to design combustion system and test-rig.

During his industrial working career, he has acquired hands-on experience in project management and new product development from concept analysis to production.

Teaching Summary

Thermofluids 2

Thermofluids 3

Computational Fluid Dynamics

MEng Final Year Project

Research Summary

Combustion and emissions control, experimental fluid mechanics, thermos-fluid dynamics.

Selected Publications

• SCRIBANO G and BISETTI F, 2016. Reynolds number and geometry effects in laminar axisymmetric isothermal counterflows Physics of Fluids. 28(12), 123605
• G. SCRIBANO, G. SOLERO and A. COGHE, 2006. Pollutant emissions reduction and performance optimization of an industrial radiant tube burner Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 30(7), 605 - 612
• A. COGHE, G. SOLERO and G. SCRIBANO, 2004. Recirculation phenomena in a natural gas swirl combustor Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 28(7), 709 - 714

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• CHOO EJC, CHENG X, SCRIBANO G, NG HK and GAN S, 2023. Numerical investigation on the temporal and quasi-steady state soot characteristics of diesel-n-butanol spray combustion Energy. 268, 126770
• SCRIBANO G, CHENG X and TRAN M-V, 2022. Numerical study on the effects of ozone addition on the development of laminar premixed flames and emissions for methane and propane in a co-flow configuration Energy. 243, 122744
• LEE CC, TRAN M-V, NURMUKAN D, TAN BT, CHONG CT and SCRIBANO G, 2022. Investigation of flame structure and stabilisation characteristics of palm methyl esters diffusion flames Fuel. 313,
• CHENG X, SCRIBANO G and CHENG X, 2022. Formulation of a reduced chemical kinetic mechanism for the combustion modelling of iso-pentanol fuel SAE Technical Paper.
• CHOO EJC, CHENG X, NG HK, GAN S and SCRIBANO G, 2022. Development and validation of a new n-dodecane-n-butanol-PAH reduced mechanism under diesel engine-relevant conditions Fuel. 319, 123829
• SAFAEI B, HOW HC and SCRIBANO G, 2022. A Computational Study on Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes in a Sooty Inverse Diffusion Flame International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.
• AL-BISHTAWI B, SCRIBANO G and TRAN M-V, 2022. Numerical Analysis on the Effect of Blade Roughness on Cavitating Flow Characteristics in Centrifugal Pumps Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 44, 305
• CHOO EJC, CHENG X, SCRIBANO G, NG HK and GAN S, 2022. Numerical investigation on the ignition and flame characteristics of n-dodecane-n-butanol spray under diesel engine conditions Fuel. 325, 124881
• LEE CC, TRAN MV, TAN BT, OOI JB, CHONG CT and SCRIBANO G, 2022. A numerical study on soot formation in methane-ethanol diffusion flames Fuel. 328, 125313
• LEE CC, TRAN MV, TAN BT, CHONG CT and SCRIBANO G, 2022. Effects of ethanol and methyl formate additions on characteristics of pre-vaporised palm methyl ester laminar diffusion flame Fuel. 329, 125518
• AL-BISHTAWI B, MUSTAPHA KB and SCRIBANO G, 2022. Modelling the Mass Transfer at Acoustically Generated Bubble Interface Using Rayleigh-Plesset Equation Second-Order Derivatives Physics of Fluids. 34, 113303
• SCRIBANO G, CHENG X and TRAN M-V, 2021. Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide Ratios on the Combustion and Emissions for Syngas Fuels in a Radiant Burner Energy. 214, 118910
• LEE CC, TRAN M-V, TAN BT, SCRIBANO G and CHONG CT, 2021. A comprehensive review on the effects of additives on fundamental combustion characteristics and pollutant formation of biodiesel and ethanol Fuel. 288,
• NURMUKAN D, TRAN M-V, FOO JJ, SCRIBANO G, CHONG CT and HUYNH TC, 2021. Experimental study on laminar lifted flames of pre-vaporized palm oil biodiesel Fuel. 288,
• NURMUKAN D, TRAN M-V, HUNG YM, SCRIBANO G and CHONG CT, 2021. Effect of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Pre-vaporized Palm Oil Biodiesel/air Premixed Flames Fuel Communications. 100020
• TRAN M-V and SCRIBANO G, 2021. Explosion Characteristics of Syngas/air Premixed Flames In: 8th International Conference on Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer.
• AMSAL M, TRAN M-V, HUNG YM and SCRIBANO G, 2021. Experimental study of evaporation of palm biodiesel with multi-walled carbon nanotubes additives at elevated temperatures International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.
• LEE CC, TRAN M-V, TAN BT, SCRIBANO G, CHONG CT and OOI JB, 2021. Chemical Effect of Ethanol on the Aromatics Formation in Methane-Ethanol Coflow Diffusion Flame at Pressures from 1 to 6 bar: A Numerical Study Energy. 234, 121215
• AL-BISHTAWI B, SCRIBANO G and TRAN M-V, 2021. Numerical Study of Blade Roughness Effect on Cavitation in Centrifugal Pumps In: ICADME 2021.
• CHOO EJC, CHENG X, SCRIBANO G, NG HK and GAN S, 2021. Development and validation of a n-butanol reduced chemical kinetic mechanism under engine relevant conditions International Journal of Chemical Kinetics.
• AL BISHTAWI B, SCRIBANO G and TRAN M-V, 2021. Numerical Study of Blade Roughness Effect on Cavitation in Centrifugal Pumps Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2051(1), 012047
• CHOO EJC, CHENG X, GAN S, NG HK and SCRIBANO G, 2021. Spray combustion simulation study of diesel-n-butanol blend in a constant volume combustion chamber In: 4th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Power Engineering (MEPE 2021).
• SCRIBANO G and TRAN M-V, 2020. Numerical investigation of a confined diffusion flame in a swirl burner European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 82, 1-10
• SCRIBANO G and TRAN M-V, 2020. Numerical Simulation of Radiant Burner Performance Burning Syngas Fuels In: 12th European Conference on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers.
• TRAN M-V, SCRIBANO G, CHONG CT, NG JH and HO TX, 2019. Numerical and experimental study of the influence of CO2 dilution on burning characteristics of syngas/air flame Journal of the Energy Institute.
• LEE CC, TRAN M-V, SCRIBANO G, CHONG CT, OOI JB and CONG HT, 2019. Numerical Study of NOx and Soot Formations in Hydrocarbon Diffusion Flames Energy & Fuels. 33(12), 12839-12851
• TRAN M-V, SCRIBANO G, CHONG CT, HO TX and CONG HT, 2018. Experimental and numerical investigation of explosive behavior of syngas/air mixtures International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43(16), 8152–8160
• TRAN M-V, SCRIBANO G, CHONG CT and HO TX, 2018. Simulation of Explosion Characteristics of Syngas/air Mixtures Energy Procedia. 153, 131-136
• TRAN M-V, SCRIBANO G and PARK J, 2017. Pressure history of syngas/air premixed flames propagating in a closed combustion chamber In: Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Research Day 2017.
• TRAN M-V, SCRIBANO G, CHONG CT and HO TX, 2017. Influence of hydrocarbon additions and dilutions on explosion behavior of syngas/air mixtures International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 42(44), 27416-27427
• LIM YJ, SCRIBANO G, LIAO Y-H and TRAN M-V, 2016. A Numerical Study on the Effect of Velocity Profiles on the Structure of a Partially Premixed Laminar Flame In: 13th International Conference on Combustion and Energy Utilization, Taipei.
• SCRIBANO G and BISETTI F, 2016. Reynolds number and geometry effects in laminar axisymmetric isothermal counterflows Physics of Fluids. 28(12), 123605
• MANSOUR MS, ALKHESHO I, SCRIBANO G, MITSUDHARMADI H, BISETTI F and CHUNG SH, 2015. Flow fields and droplet dynamics of turbulent spray flames in curved wall jet burner In: European Combustion Meeting 2015.
• BISETTI F and SCRIBANO G, 2015. Scaling of velocity and mixture fraction fields in laminar counterflow configurations In: 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston.
• G. SCRIBANO, A. O. ALSHAARAWI, A. ATTILI and F. BISETTI, 2014. Real geometry effects and scaling of strain rate in a counterflow configuration In: European Fluid Mechanich Conference, Copenhagen.
• G. SCRIBANO, A. O. ALSHAARAWI, A. ATTILI and F. BISETTI, 2014. Nucleation and growth of dibutyl phthalate droplets in a laminar counterflow In: International Aerosol Conference, Korea.
• G. SCRIBANO and F. BISETTI, 2014. Analysis of a steady laminar stagnation flow and its self-similarity properties In: 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco.
• F. BISETTI and G. SCRIBANO, 2014. Devices and methods for generating an aerosol US 62/041323 08/25/2014 00:00:00
• A. O. ALSHAARAWI, G. SCRIBANO, K. ZHOU, A. ATTILI and F. BISETTI, 2013. Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Hydrodynamic Mixing on Droplet Nucleation and Growth In: European Aerosol Conference, Prague.
• G. SCRIBANO, A. O. ALSHAARAWI, K. ZHOU, A. ATTILI and F. BISETTI, 2013. Development of an Experimental Flow Configuration for the Study of the Effects of Mixing on the Nucleation and Growth of Liquid Droplets In: European Aerosol Conference, Prague.
• A. O. ALSHAARAWI, K. ZHOU, G. SCRIBANO, A. ATTILI and F. BISETTI, 2013. The effect of residence time on the dynamics of a condensing aerosol in a Hiemenz-type stagnation flow In: 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh.
• G. SCRIBANO, 2010. An air-gas mixer device for premix combustible gas burners EP2612074 09/02/2010 00:00:00
• G. SCRIBANO and A. RANALLI, 2010. Premix gas burner USD642675S 02/19/2010 00:00:00
• G. SCRIBANO, L. BARDUCA and N. LOLLO, 2008. A premix gas burner EP2242952 B1 04/09/2008 00:00:00
• G. SCRIBANO, M. BEGHI, L. BARDUCA, N. LOLLO, S. MASIERO and D. PULZATO, 2007. A Burner, specifically a premix gas burner EP2225489 11/06/2007 00:00:00
• G. SCRIBANO and M. BEGHI, 2007. A Burner, specifically a premix burner EP2227655 B1 11/19/2007 00:00:00
• G. SCRIBANO, G. SOLERO and A. COGHE, 2006. Pollutant emissions reduction and performance optimization of an industrial radiant tube burner Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 30(7), 605 - 612
• D. PESERICO and G. SCRIBANO, 2006. Differentiated Distributor, suitable for premixed gas burner EP1914476 10/13/2006 00:00:00
• G. SCRIBANO, G. SOLERO and A. COGHE, 2004. Numerical Simulation of an Industrial Radiant Burner In: Joint Meeting of the Greek and Italian Sections of The Combustion Institute.
• G. SOLERO, A. COGHE and G. SCRIBANO, 2004. Influence of natural gas injection procedure in a swirl burner In: Joint Meeting of the Greek and Italian Sections of The Combustion Institute.
• A. COGHE, G. SOLERO and G. SCRIBANO, 2004. Recirculation phenomena in a natural gas swirl combustor Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 28(7), 709 - 714
• G. SCRIBANO, A.J. GRIFFITHS and N. SYRED, 2003. Numerical simulation of two stage combustor In: Joint meeting of Scandinavian – Nordic and Italian Sections of the Combustion institute.
• G. SCRIBANO, G. SOLERO, A. COGHE and P. GENNARO, 2003. Characterization of pollutant emissions in a radiant tube natural gas burner In: Joint meeting of Scandinavian – Nordic and Italian Sections of the Combustion institute.
• P. GENNARO, G. SCRIBANO, L. GALFETTI, A. COGHE and G. SOLERO, 2002. Fluid dynamic and thermal analysis of an industrial gas burner In: 25th Annual Meeting of the Italian Combustion Institute.
• G. SCRIBANO, G. SOLERO, A. COGHE and L. ARANEO, 2001. Characterization of the vortical flow field in a swirl burner through PIV In: 24th Annual Meeting of the Italian Combustion Institute.
• S. DE IULIIS, G. SCRIBANO, G. SOLERO, F. CIGNOLI and G. ZIZAK, 1999. Characterization of a Turbulent Lean Premixed Methane/Oxygen/Air Flame In: 21st Annual Meeting of the Italian Combustion Institute.