Dr Herodotos Phylaktou
- Position: Senior Lecturer
- Areas of expertise: fire dynamics, fire toxicity, fire resistance, fire protection, fire investigation, gas explosions, explosion protection, explosion investigation, turbulent combustion, biomass combustion
- Email: H.N.Phylaktou@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2505
- Location: 104 Energy Building
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I am Director of the Postgraduate Masters programme in Fire and Explosion Engineering at Leeds University. I manage the operation of the MSc, manage changes to the curriculum, teach on the main programme modules,supervise the Design Projects and many of the Research projects. I carry out research, manage lab facilities and supervise PhD students in the areas of
- dynamics of fire development in compartments (including CFD)
- toxic emissions from fires
- dynamics of explosion development in confined and congested volumes
- combustion systems - currently working on biomass combustion systems and emissions.
I also work with industry on the design of fire and explosion safety systems and combustion systems. I investigate fire and explosion accidents and act as an Expert Witness.
Responsibilities
- Director of MSc in Fire Explosion Engineering
Research interests
- Biomass and Torrefied Biomass Flame Propagation and Gasification Burners
- Fire and Explosion Engineering
Qualifications
- BEng
- PhD
- PGCLTHE
Professional memberships
- United Kingdom Explosion Liaison Group (Committee)
- International Association for Fire Safety Science
Student education
I currently contribute to the following modules at MSc level:
- Fire dynamics and modelling
- Fire and explosion investigation
- Fire safety design
- Explosion prediction and mitigation.
Research groups and institutes
- Clean Combustion