Santiago Cardona Vargas, Ph.D.

Santiago Cardona Vargas, Ph.D.

Santiago Cardona Vargas, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Location:

Building 5, Level 4, 4266-WS06

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Research Interests

Spray Flames

Injection systems

Optical and laser diagnostics

Gas turbines

High-pressure combustion

Selected Publications

Experimental Investigation of the Lift-off Height and Soot Formation of a Spray Flame for Different Co-Flow Conditions and Fuels
J. Gimeno, P. Martí-Aldaraví, M. Carreres, S. Cardona
Combustion and Flame, 233, 111589, 2021
Experimental Study of the Influence of the Fuel and Boundary Conditions over the Soot Formation in Multi-Hole Diesel Injectors Using High-Speed Color Diffused Back Illumination Technique
J. Gimeno, R. Payri, S. Cardona, S. Ayyapureddi
Applied Thermal Engineering, 158, 113746, 2019
Measurement of Soot Concentration in a Prototype Multi-Hole Diesel Injector by High-Speed Color Diffused Back Illumination Technique
R. Payri, J. Gimeno, S. Cardona, S. Ayyapureddi
SAE, 2017-01-2255, 2017

Education

PhD, Transport Propulsion Systems, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, 2021
MSc, Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, 2017
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Antioquia, Colombia, 2014

Professional Profile

2022-Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Clean Combustion Research Center, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2017-2021: PhD, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2015-2017: MSc, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2014-2015: Research Assistant, Colombian Administrative Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation - Colciencias and Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

Awards

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

KAUST Affiliations

Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)
Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Spray Flames Injection Systems Optical and Laser Diagnostics Gas Turbines High pressure combustion