1. Environmental engineering Presentation of the research activities University of Maribor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Institute for Power, Process and Environmental Engineering Vienna, 28.01.2003

2. Environmental engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Numerical modelling and simulation of the combustion and Numerical modelling and simulation of the combustion and incineration processes applying our own and commercial CFD codes Experimental investigations of the incineration of different kind of waste (solid Experimental investigations of the incineration of different kind of waste (solid municipal, sludge, hazardous, liquid and gaseous) Flue gas and waste water treatment technologies Experimental and numerical investigations of the alternative fuels in diesel Experimental and numerical investigations of the alternative fuels in diesel engines (diesel fuel blended with alcohols, diesel/water emulsions, bio-diesel,etc.) Dispersion modelling of solids applying commercial code CFX

3. Temperature field and combustion products concentrations CFD packages (CFX, FLUENT, FIRE, BEEAS...) Combustion models Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

4. Combustion processes optimization Numerical simulation of the combustion processes in the secondary combustion chamber of two stage straved air pilot incinerator Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

5. Pilot incineration plant 25 kg/h With complete flue gas treatment technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

6. Emissions reduction by combustion of D2/H 2 O emulsion in DI diesel engine The relative reduction of exhaust emissions and specific fuel consumption. Engine operating regime p e =10bar, n=2100 rpm. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering