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Reaction Engineering for Combustion and Pyrolysis


Description:
Fundamental papers on gas-phase combustion and pyrolysis are sought.

Sponsor:
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division


Chair:
S.S. Kumaran
Productline Engineer
Cabot Corporation
Fumed Metal Oxides
700 E. US Highway 36
Tuscola, IL 61953
Phone Number: 217-253-5364
Fax Number: 217-253-5530
Email: Soundar_Kumaran@cabot-corp.com

Co-Chair:
William H. Green

Papers:
Study On the Mechanism and Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition of Nitroethane
Qingsheng Wang, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University; M. Sam Mannan, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University
Evidence for Roaming Radical Mechanisms in Thermal Systems: High Temperature Shock Tube Studies
Raghu Sivaramakrishnan, Argonne National Laboratory; Joe V. Michael, Argonne National Laboratory; L.B. Harding, Chemical Sciences & Engineering Division; Stephen J. Klippenstein, Argonne National Laboratory
Range-Constrained Simultaneous Reaction and Species Elimination in Kinetic Mechanisms
Geoffrey M. Oxberry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alexander Mitsos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Paul I. Barton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William H. Green, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inferring Fuel-Rich Toluene Flame Chemistry From Photo-Ionization MBMS Analysis and Modeling
Wenjun LI, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Nicole Labbe, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Phillip R. Westmoreland, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Bin Yang, Cornell University; Juan Wang, Cornell University; Terrill A. Cool, Cornell University; Tina Kasper, Sandia National Laboratories; Nils Hansen, Sandia National Laboratories; Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, Bielefeld University
Fundamental Simulation of Aluminum Droplet Combustion
Sean Thomas Smith, University of Florida; Ephraim Washburn, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division; Siddharth Thakur, University of Florida; S. Balachandar, University of Florida; Yasuyuki Horie, US Air Force – AFRL/RWME
Studies of Soot Oxidation On a Two- Stage Premixed Burner; Effects of Temperature and Fuel Composition On the Evolution of Particle Size Distribution
Carlos A. Echavarria, University of Utah; Benjamin Brewster, University of Utah; JoAnn Slama Lighty, University of Utah; Adel Sarofim, University of Utah
Kinetic Model Development for the Combustion of Diesel Particulate Matter From Conventional and Soy Methyl Ester Diesel Fuels
Andrea Strzelec, University of Wisconsin- Madison & Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Todd J. Toops, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; C. Stuart Daw, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; David E. Foster, University of Wisconsin- Madison; Christopher J. Rutland, University of Wisconsin- Madison
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