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

2017

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