Combustion Processes Laboratories [eScholarship]

The Combustion Processes Laboratories (CPL) is the research facility in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley (USA), specializing in combustion, heat and mass transfer, and reactive systems. The Principal Investigators are Prof. Carlos Fernandez-Pello, Prof. Robert Dibble and Prof. Jyh-Yuan Chen.

There are 33 publications in this collection, published between 1999 and 2007.

Paper Series

Combustion Modelling

Bisetti, Fabrizio; Chen, J Y: LES of Sandia Flame D with Eulerian PDF and Finite-Rate Chemistry, 2005
Bisetti, Fabrizio; Chen, J Y: Numerical Issues of Monte Carlo PDF for Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Flames, 2005
Chen, Yi-Hann; Chen, J Y: Development of Isooctane Skeletal Mechanisms for Fast and Accurate Predictions of SOC and Emissions of HCCI Engines based on LLNL Detailed Mechanism, 2005

Environmental Health

Fischer, Susan L; Koshland, Catherine P.: Field performance of a nephelometer in rural kitchens: effects of high humidity excursions and correlations to gravimetric analyses (Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2006), 2006
Fischer, Susan L; Koshland, Catherine P: Field performance of a nephelometer in rural kitchens: effects of high humidity excursions and correlations to gravimetric analyses, 2005

Fire Science

Lautenberger, Chris: A Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids, 2007
Lautenberger, Chris; Fernandez-Pello, Carlos: A Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Simulating Charring, Intumescent, Smoldering, and Noncharring Gasification, 2006
Ghabi, Chekib; Rein, Guillermo; Ben Ticha, Hmaied; Sassi, Mohamed: Bidimensional Numerical Model for Polyurethane Smoldering in a Fixed Bed, 2005
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Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition

Mack, John Hunter; Flowers, Daniel L; Aceves, Salvador M; Dibble, Robert W: Direct Use of Wet Ethanol in a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engine: Experimental and Numerical Results, 2007
Blizman, Brandon J.; Makel, Darby B.; Mack, John Hunter; Dibble, Robert W.: Landfill Gas Fueled HCCI Demonstration System, 2006
Mack, John Hunter; Flowers, Daniel L.; Buchholz, Bruce A.; Dibble, Robert W.: Using Biofuel Tracers to Study Alternative Combustion Regimes, 2006
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Microgravity Combustion

Macko, Kevin; Mikofski, Mark A; Fernandez-Pello, Carlos; Blevins, Linda G; Davis, Ronald W.: Laser Extinction in Laminar Inverse Diffusion Flames, 2005
Mikofski, Mark A: Flame Structure and Soot Formation in Inverse Diffusion Flames (Ph.D. Dissertation), 2005
Mikofski, Mark A; Williams, Timothy C; Shaddix, Christopher R; Blevins, Linda G: Effect of Varied Air Flow on Flame Structure of Laminar Inverse Diffusion Flames, 2004
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Other Recent Work

Ban-Weiss, George A.; Chen, J.Y.; Buchholz, Bruce A.; Dibble, Robert W.: A numerical investigation into the anomalous slight NOx increase when burning biodiesel; A new (old) theory, 2007

Postprints from CPL

Mikofski, Mark A.; Williams, Timothy C.; Shaddix, Christopher R.; Blevins, Linda G.: Flame Height Measurement of Laminar Inverse Diffusion Flames, 2006
Rein, Guillermo; Lautenberger, Chris; Fernandez-Pello, Carlos; Torero, Jose; Urban, David: Application of Genetic Algorithms and Thermogravimetry to Determine the Kinetics of Polyurethane Foam in Smoldering Combustion, 2006
Bar-Ilan, Amnon; Putzeys, Olivier; Rein, Guillermo; Fernandez-Pello, A. Carlos; Urban, David L.: Transition from Forward Smoldering to Flaming in Small Polyurethane Foam Samples, 2005
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