時間：2026年1月14日?14:00
地點：4號樓5樓中間會議室
主持人：姚遠
報告人：José?L.?Torero,?University?College?London?（倫敦大學學院）,?United?Kingdom

José?L.?Torero（何塞·L·托雷羅）教授是倫敦大學學院土木工程學教授，并擔任土木、環境與測繪工程系主任。其主要研究領域為非預混火焰及其在消防安全、環境修復與衛生處理等實際問題中的應用。托雷羅教授身兼多國院士，包括英國皇家工程院院士、愛丁堡皇家學會院士、澳大利亞技術科學與工程院院士，以及國際燃燒學會會士等。他成功研發并商業化多項基于陰燃燃燒的技術，同時深度參與了眾多標志性設計工作與火災調查項目。

報告摘要：Smouldering?combustion?is?a?unique?process?by?which?characteristic?transport?and?chemical?time?scales?converge?to?deliver?robust?low?temperature?combustion.?Classic?studies?on?smouldering?have?focused?on?its?negative?impact,?i.e.?fires,?cigarettes,?pollution,?etc.?Nevertheless,?studies?focused?on?preventing?and?suppressing?smouldering?combustion?have?led?the?wayto?a?deeper?understanding?of?combustion?within?porous?media?and?the?realization?that?smouldering?could?be?used?in?unique?and?positive?ways.?Experimentation?and?modelling?of?the?complex?thermal?exchanges?that?deliver?a?robust?smouldering?reaction?have?allowed?to?establish?the?conditions?that?lead?to?its?steady?propagation?and?the?unique?bifurcations?leading?to?extinction?and?transition?to?flaming.?Unique?applications?such?as?contaminated?soil?remediation,?waste?management,?PFAS?destruction?will?be?discussed?alongside?new?issues?such?as?the?impact?of?smouldering?on?the?fire?performance?of?novel?timber?structures?and?the?control?of?underground?coal?fires?by?means?of?systematic?energy?extraction.?