Andrew McIntosh

Adjunct Faculty of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory

School of Engineering

Education

• BSc, Applied Mathematics, University of Wales
• Ph.D., Theory of Combustion, Cranfield Institute of Technology
• Awarded DSC “Mathematical modeling of unsteady combustion processes within gases, fluids, and solids”, University of Wales

Biography

Professor Andrew C. McIntosh DSc, FIMA, C.Math, FInstE, CEng FInstP, MIGEM, FRAeS holds an emeritus chair in Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory in the Energy and Resources Research Institute at the University of Leeds, where he has lectured and researched in the field of Combustion and Explosions for over 30 years. His research has included investigations involving fluids (the interaction of pressure waves with flames) as well as solids. In the area of heterogeneous combustion he is interested in the safety of reactive substances, which can include traditional fuels such as coal, but also may include agrochemicals some of which are now being used widely to increase crop yields, but in bulk can have unusual ignition properties. Unusual chemical behavior is also being studied in collaboration with industry, with a view to developing carbon capture reactors for energy generation.

In the last few years, he has been involved in research in the area of biomimetics where the minute combustion chamber of the bombardier beetle has inspired a patented novel spray technology. This led to research first sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) followed by extensive funding from industry to apply the technology to fuel injectors, pharmaceutical sprays, aerosols and fire extinguishers. He is a trained mathematician and has worked in aerodynamics at Cranfield University and the Royal Aircraft Establishment (Bedford) before coming to Leeds where he gained a DSc in 1998 and a personal chair in 2000. He became a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2002 and in 2003 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He has over 180 publications in Journals and Conferences and has lectured widely internationally on these subjects and on the scientific question of origins on which the discipline of thermodynamics has a fundamental bearing.

 Selected Publications

1. McIntosh, A. C. and Pike, J. “The 1-4-1 system of jack movements for the flexible liners of supersonic wind tunnels”,  Aeronautical Journal, pp. 28-31 (Jan 1979).
2. Clarke, J. F. and McIntosh, A. C. “The influence of a flame-holder on a plane flame, including its static stability”, Proc. Roy. Soc. A372, 367-392 (1980).
3. McIntosh, A. C. and Clarke, J. F. “A review of theories currently being used to model steady plane flames on flame-holders”,  Comb. Sci. and Tech., 37, 201-219 (1984).
4. McIntosh, A. C. and Clarke, J. F. “Second-order theory of unsteady burner-anchored flames with arbitrary Lewis Number”, Comb. Sci. and Tech., 38, 161-196 (1984).
5. McIntosh, A. C. “On the coupling of an anchored flame with an acoustic field”, Proc. Inst. Acoustics, 6(1), 277-298 (1984).
6. McIntosh, A. C. “On the cellular instability of flames near porous-plug burners”, Jnl. Fluid Mech. 161, 43-75 (1985).
7. McIntosh, A. C. “The effect of upstream acoustic forcing and feedback on the stability and resonance behavior of anchored flames”, Comb. Sci. and Tech., 49, 143-167 (1986).
8. McIntosh, A. C. “Combustion-acoustic interaction of a flat flame burner system enclosed within an open tube”, Comb. Sci. and Tech., 54, 217-236 (1987).

Patents

1. McIntosh, A.C. and Beheshti, N. European Patent granted Sept 2009 EP1937333 “Drug Delivery – Spray system based on bombardier beetle”
2. Beheshti, N. and McIntosh, A.C US Patent granted Jan. 24th 2012 US patent number US8100191 “Vapour Explosion chamber.”
3. McIntosh, A.C. and Beheshti, N. US Patent granted Feb. 3rd 2015 US patent number US8944173 “Apparatus and method of extinguishing a fire using a vapour explosion process.”
4. McIntosh, A.C. and Beheshti, N. US Patent granted March 3rd 2015 US patent number US8967494 “Fuel Injector.”
5. McIntosh, A.C. and Beheshti, N. US Patent granted July 7th 2015 US patent number US9072850 B2 “Drug Delivery”