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Analysis of the step responses of laminar premixed flames to forcing by non-thermal plasma
D. Lacoste, J. Moeck, W. Roberts, S. Chung, M. Cha
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36 (3),4145-4153, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Plasma-assisted combustion
  • Flame dynamics
  • Nanosecond repetitively pulsed glow discharges
  • Flame transfer function
  • G-equation
Transfer functions of laminar premixed flames subjected to forcing by acoustic waves, AC electric fields, and non-thermal plasma discharges
D. Lacoste, Y. Xiong, J. Moeck, S. Chung, W. Roberts, M. Cha
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36 (3), 4183-4192, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Plasma-assisted combustion
  • Thermoacoustic instabilities
  • Nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges
  • Combustion dynamics
Investigation of gas heating by nanosecond repetitively pulsed glow discharges used for actuation of a laminar methane-air flame
D. Lacoste, B. Lee, A. Satija, S. Krishna, S. Steinmetz, I. Alkhesho, O. Hazzaa, R. Lucht, M. Cha, W. Roberts
Combustion Science and Technology, 1-11, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Atmospheric pressure plasma
  • Plasma-assisted combustion
  • Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
Characteristics of spray from a GDI fuel injector for naphtha and surrogate fuels
L. Wang, J. Badra, W. Roberts, T. Fang
Fuel, 190, 113-128, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Gasoline direct injection (GDI)
  • Naphtha
  • Surrogate Spray penetration
  • Spray angle
  • Particle size distribution
Effect of burner geometry on swirl stabilized methane/air flames: A joint LES/OH-PLIF/PIV study
X.Liua, A. Albaz, C. Gong, X. Bai, H. Zheng, W. Roberts
Fuel, 207,533-546, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • PIV/OH-PLIFLES
  • Flame structures
  • Swirl stabilized flames
  • Burner quarl
Soot measurements by two angle scattering and extinction in an N2-diluted ethylene/air counterflow diffusion flame from 2 to 5 atm
H. Amin, W. Roberts 
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36 (1), 861-869, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Counterflow diffusion flames
  • Soot parameters
  • Scattering
  • High pressure
Simulation of MILD combustion using Perfectly Stirred Reactor model
Z. Chen, V. Reddy, S. Ruan, N. Doan, W. Roberts, N. Sawminathan
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36 (3), 4279-4286, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Moderate or intense low-oxygen dilution (MILD)
  • Flameless combustion
  • Perfectly
  • Stirred
  • Reactor (PSR)
  • Jet in Hot Coflow (JHC)
  • Correlated joint PDF
Pulse combustor driven pressure gain combustion for high efficiency gas turbine engines
J. Lisanti, W. Roberts
Combustion for Power Generation and Transportation, 127-152, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Energy Systems
  • Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Engine Technology
Fuel effects on the stability of turbulent flames with compositionally inhomogeneous inlets
T. Guiberti, M. Juddoo, D. Lacoste, M.Dunn, W. Roberts, A. Masri
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36(2), 1777-1784, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Turbulent flames
  • Piloted flames
  • Inhomogeneous inlets
  • Flame stability
Soot, organics, and ultrafine ash from air- and oxy-fired coal combustion
M. Andersen, N. Modak, C. Winterrowd, C. Lee, W. Roberts, J. Wendt, W. Linak
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute  36 (3), 4029-4037, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Oxy-coal combustion
  • Ultrafine fly ashLoss on ignition
  • Elemental carbon
  • Organic carbon
Effect of burner geometry on swirl stabilized methane/air flames: A joint LES/OH-PLIF/PIV study
Z. Lu, A.M. Elbaz, F.E.H. Perez, W.L. Roberts, H.G. Im
Fuel, volume 207, pp. 533-546, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • PIV/OH-PLIF
  • LES
  • Flame structures
  • Swirl stabilized flames
  • Burner quarl

Investigations of the long-term effects of LII on soot and bath gas

E. Cenker, A. Bennett, W.L. Roberts

Aerosol Science and Technology, pp. 1-14, (2017)

Year: 2017 ISSN:DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2017.1368444
  • Soot
  • Laser Induced Incandescence (LII)
  • Bath Gas Heating
  • TEM
Conical quarl swirl stabilized non-premixed flames: flame and flow field interaction
A. M. Elbaz, W. L. Roberts
Energy Procedia, volume 120, pp. 206-213, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Conical swirl stabilized
  • Non-premixed flames
  • PIV/OH-PLIF

Heavy fuel oil pyrolysis and combustion: Kinetics and evolved gases investigated by TGA-FTIR

A.G.A. Jameel, Y. Han, O. Brignoli, S. Telalović, A.M. Elbaz, H.G. Im, W.L. Roberts, S.M. Sarathy

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, volume 127, pp. 183-195, (2017)

Year: 2017 ISSN:DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2017.08.008-6501/aa912b
  • Heavy fuel oil
  • TGA-FTIR
  • Pyrolysis
  • Combustion

Effects of hydrodynamics and mixing on soot formation and growth in laminar coflow diffusion flames at elevated pressures

A. Abdelgadir, I. Rakha, S. Steinmetz, A. Attili, F. Bisetti, W. Roberts

Combustion and Flame, 181, pp. 39-53, (2017)

Year: 2017 ISSN:DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.01.003
  • Soot
  • Coflow flames
  • Pressurized flames
  • Ethylene
  • Scalar dissipation rate
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Effects of fuel quantity on soot formation process for biomass-based renewable diesel fuel combustion
W. Jing, Z. Wu, W. Roberts, T. Fang
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, volume 139 (10), 102803, (2017)
Year: 2017 ISSN:DOI: 10.1115/1.4036292
  • Fuel quantity
  • Soot formation proces
  • Biomass-based fuel combustion

Performance and emissions of gasoline blended with terpineol as an octane booster

R. Vallinayagam, S. Vedharaj, W. Roberts, R. Dibble, M. Sarathy

Renewable Energy, 101, 1087-1093, (2017)
Year: 2017 ISSN:DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.09.055
  • Terpineol
  • SI engine
  • Octane booster
  • Performance
  • Emission and gasoline
Time-averaged probability density functions of soot nanoparticles along the centerline of a piloted turbulent diffusion flame using a scanning mobility particle sizer
S. Chowdhury, W.R. Boyette, W.L. Roberts
Journal of Aerosol Science 106, 56-67, (2017)​​
Year: 2017
  • Turbulent non-premixed flame
  • Flame generated aerosols
  • Flame soot sampling
  • Soot nanoparticle size distribution
  • Soot probability density function
  • Scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS)
  • Differential mobility analyzer (DMA)
Numerical modeling of MILD combustion at high pressure to predict the optimal operating conditions
V.M. Reddy, W.L. Roberts
Combustion for Power Generation and Transportation, 5576, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • MILD combustion
  • High pressure
  • Auto-ignition
Soot particle size distribution functions in a turbulent non-premixed ethylene-nitrogen flame
W. Boyette, S. Chowdhury, W.L. Roberts
Flow Turbulence Combustion, 1-14, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Turbulent non-premixed flames
  • Soot
  • Particle size distribution function
  • Scanning mobility particle sizer
  • Differential mobility analyzer
​Quantitative effects of rapid heating on soot-particle sizing through analysis of two-pulse LII
E. Cenker, W.L. Roberts​
Applied Physics B, 123, 74, (2017)
Year: 2017
  • Soot particle size
  • LII modeling
  • Sublimation
  • Thermal annealing
​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, 9-15, (2017)​
Year: 2017
  • Terpineol
  • Octane booster
  • Ignition
  • Combustion
  • FACE gasoline
  • IQT
Effect of the mixing fields on the stability and structure of turbulent partially premixed flames in a concentric flow conical nozzle burner

M. S. Mansoura, A. M. Elbaz, W. L. Robertsc, M. S. Senosye, M. F. Zayedb, M. Juddoof, A. R. Masrif
Combustion and Flame, Vol. 175, 180200, (2017)​

Year: 2017
  • Partially premixed
  • Inhomogeneity
  • Mixing field
  • Stability
  • Flow field
  • Rayleigh
Characteristics of spray from a GDI fuel injector for naphtha and surrogate fuels

L. Wanga, J. Badrah, W. Robertsc, T. Fanga
Fuel, volume 190, pages 113-128, (2017)​

Year: 2017
  • Gasoline direct injection (GDI)
  • Naphtha
  • Surrogate
  • Spray penetration
  • Spray angle
  • Particle size distribution
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