Sarofim, Adel F.
Adel F. Sarofim is an American engineer who produced important advances in combustion science, which reduced the release of pollutants from fossil fuel combustion. His research spanned radiative heat transfer, furnace design, circulation patterns in glass melts, the freeze process for desalination, nitric oxide formation in combustion systems, combustion generated aerosols, soot and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation, and the characterization of carbon structure and reactivity. For his work he received more than a dozen international prizes related to engineering and the combustion and environmental sciences.
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- Cleveland, Cutler (Lead Author); Peter Saundry (Topic Editor). 2007. "Sarofim, Adel F.." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 8, 2007; Retrieved June 25, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Sarofim,_Adel_F.>
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