2016

2016

Variations in non-thermal NO formation pathways in alcohol flames

M.D. Bohon, T.F. Guiberti, S.M. Sarathy, W.L. Roberts
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, (2016)

Year: 2016

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Transfer functions of laminar premixed flames subjected to forcing by acoustic waves, AC electric fields, and non-thermal plasma discharges

D.A. Lacoste, Y. Xiong, J.P. Moeck, S.H. Chung, W.L. Roberts, M.S. Cha
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, (2016)

Year: 2016

Plasma-assisted combustion
Thermoacoustic instabilities
Nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges
Combustion dynamics

Terpineol as a novel octane booster for extending the knock limit of gasoline

R. Vallinayagam, S. Vedharaj, N. Naser, W. L. Roberts, R. W. Dibble, S M. Sarathy
Fuel 187, pp. 9-15, (2016)

Year: 2016

Terpineol
Octane booster
Ignition
Combustion
FACE gasoline
IQT

Spray combustion of biomass-based renewable diesel fuel using multiple injection strategy in a constant volume combustion chamber

W. Jing, Z. Wu, W.L. Roberts, T. Fang
Fuel, 181, 718-728, (2016)

Year: 2016

Biomass to liquid
BTL
Diesel
Spray combustion
Multiple-injection strategy
Two-color pyrometry

Investigation of the effects of quarl and initial conditions on swirling non-premixed methane flames: Flow field, temperature, and species distributions
A.M. Elbaz, W.L. Roberts
Fuel 169, 120-134, , (2016)

Year: 2016 ISSN:DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.12.015

Swirling non-premixed flames
Flow field
Gas concentration

Laminar Burning Velocities of Fuels for Advanced Combustion Engines (FACE) Gasoline and Gasoline Surrogates with and without Ethanol Blending Associated with Octane Rating
O.A. Mannaa, M.S. Mansour, W.L. Roberts, S.H. Chung
Combustion Science and Technology 188 (4-5), 692-706, (2016)

Year: 2016 ISSN:DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2016.1138812

Ethanol
Flame instability
Gasoline surrogates
Laminar burning velocity
Octane number

Laminar Flame Speeds of Gasoline Surrogates Measured with the Flat Flame Method
Y.H. Liao, W.L. Roberts
Energy & Fuels 30 (2), 1317-1324, (2016)

Year: 2016 ISSN:DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01433

Gasoline surrogates
Flame method

Soot particle size measurements in ethylene diffusion flames at elevated pressures
S.A. Steinmetz, T. Fang, W.L. Roberts
Combustion and Flame 169, 85-93, (2016)

Year: 2016 ISSN:DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.02.034

Soot
High pressure
Particle
Aggregate
Scattering

TG/DTG, FT-ICR mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopy study of heavy fuel oil

A.M. Elbaz, A. Gani, N. Hourani, A.H. Emwas, S.M. Sarathy, W.L. Roberts
Energy & Fuels 29 (12), 7825-7835, (2016)

Year: 2016 ISSN:DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01739

Heavy fuel oil (HFO)
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Synthesis and utilization of catalytically cracked cashew nut shell liquid in a diesel engine

S. Vedharaj, R. Vallinayagam, W. M. Yang, C. G. Saravanan, W. L. Roberts

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 70, 316-324, (2016)

Year: 2016 ISSN:DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2015.09.026

CNSL (cashew nut shell liquid)
Catalytic cracking
Fuel injection pressure
CC-CNSL
Combustion
Emission