Sarofim, Adel F.
From The Encyclopedia of Earth
March 8, 2007, 2:26 pm
Adel F. Sarofim (1934-), an Egyptian-born, American engineer and developer of important advances in combustion science that led to reductions in the release of pollutants from fossil fuel combustion. His research covered 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 environmental science.
