Profile
Dr Tong SU
Research Fellow
Dr. Tong Su obtained her PhD in Energy and Process Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where she conducted detailed experimental investigations on the lean blow-off (LBO) behaviour of premixed NH₃/H₂/N₂-air flames. Her doctoral research focused on determining LBO limits, characterising blow-off dynamics, and comparing the stability of carbon-free fuelled flames with conventional hydrocarbon flames.
In 2025, she joined CARES as a researcher within the HYCOMBS project, under the mentorship of Professor Epaminondas Mastorakos. Her current work explores ammonia/hydrogen-air stability limits, flame dynamics, as well as the development of plasma-assisted ammonia combustion strategies in Rich-Quench-Lean (RQL) burner configurations, aiming to enable cleaner and more efficient carbon-free combustion technologies.
Singapore - CARES
Researchers
HYCOMBS
Research Interest
- Premixed and non-premixed NH3/H2 flames
- Turbulent swirling flames
- Plasma-stabilised ammonia flames
- Laser diagnostics
- RQL burners
- Non-premixed and partially-premixed flames
- Emission levels
- Laminar flame characteristics calculation
- Stability limits
Key Publications
Google Scholar link
T Su, S Wiseman, JR Dawson, NA Worth. Low-frequency oscillations in ammonia/hydrogen/nitrogen and methane flames approaching lean blow off. Combustion and Flame 277, 114184.
T Su, B Xu, RJM Bastiaans, NA Worth. The behaviour of NH3/H2/N2, CH4 and C3H8 turbulent premixed bluff-body stabilized flames near lean blow-off. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40 (1-4), 105739.
T Su, B Xu, RJM Bastiaans, NA Worth. Lean blow-off behaviour of premixed bluff-body stabilized hydrocarbon-air flames and ammonia/hydrogen/nitrogen-air flames. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 146 (11), 111011.
Achievements
- Best Paper Award from Combustion, Fuel, and Emissions sessions from ASME Turbo Expo & ASME IGTI Committee 2024