The main research topics that have been/are presently subject of Professor Continillo's activities are:
Detailed modelling and simulation of laminar flames with detailed chemical kinetics
Modelling of deflagrations in combustible dust clouds suspended in air/oxidizing atmosphere
Modelling and analysis of flame propagation on the surface of combustible solids
Modelling and analysis of flame propagation in droplet suspensions and sprays
Analysis of reaction-diffusion-convection and dynamics of reaction waves in solids
Modelling and simulation of reacting flows in order to study numerically the morphological instabilities of the system
Dynamic analysis of monolitic catalytic reactors and their multistability properties
Model reduction of distributed parameters systems
Applications of parallel computing to the bifurcation analysis of large dynamical systems
Dynamics and bifurcations of periodically forced systems
Application of decomposition methods (POD) to the dynamical analysis of continuos flow chemical reactors
Development and application of image processing methods to study combustion in optically accessible closed vessels
Development and application of decomposition methods (POD, ICA) to the analysis of combustion processes (Internal combustion engines, turbulent atmospheric flames
Development and optimization of microcogeneration systems based on renewable energy sources and external combustion engines (Stirling)