Research
Combustion Instability, Combustion Instabilities
Combustion of Bio
Combustion Characteristics
J Zhang
Combustion Institute
Reacting
Unsteady Flows
Spray Dynamics
Laser Diagnostics
Droplet
Reaction Layer Dynamics
High Speed Imaging
Derived Fuels
Flame Front Dynamics
Jet Fuel
Numerical Modeling
Computational Models, Computer Modeling, Computational Modeling
Flame Behavior
Power Engineering
Experimental Investigation
Experiment Testing
Fire Mitigation
Final Report
Co Firing
Biomass Pyrolysis
Planar Laser
K Kaufman
Local Response
Experimental Examination
Molecular Spectroscopy
Mitigating Crash
Numerical Simulations
Y Zhang
Controlling Additives
Numerical Study
Turbulent Jet Flames
Fuel Additives
Fluid Dynamics
Combustion Dynamics
Experimental Analysis
Predictive Modeling
Driven System
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Smooth Surface
Particle Transport
Scaling Analysis
Two Phase
Us Sections
Methane Air
Flame Structure
Combustion Efficiency, Combustion Efficiencies
Aiaa Aerospace Sciences
Acoustic Waves
Physical Processes
Shock Waves
List of Publications (65)
In 2017
65
Combustion characteristics of colloidal droplets of jet fuel and carbon based nanoparticles. M Ghamari, A Ratner Fuel 188, 182-189, 2017.
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In 2016
64
Effect of pressure variation on acoustically perturbed swirling flames. J Zhang, A Ratner Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2016.
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63
Combustion characteristics of diesel and Jet-A droplets blended with polymeric additive. M Ghamari, A Ratner Fuel 178, 63-70, 2016.
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62
Experimental Study of the Global and Local Flame Responses to Acoustic Perturbation. J Zhang, A Ratner Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2016.
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In 2015
61
Examination of thermo-acoustic instability in a low swirl burner. M Emadi, K Kaufman, MW Burkhalter, T Salameh, T Gentry, A Ratner International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 40 (39), 13594-13603, 2015.
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60
Experimental study of combustion of decane, dodecane and hexadecane with polymeric and nano-particle additives. M Ghamari, A Ratner APS Meeting Abstracts, 2015.
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59
Experimental Study of Combustion of Polymer Added n-Decane and n-Dodecane Droplets. M Ghamari, A Ratner ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ..., 2015.
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58
Analysis of the Thermoacoustic Flame Instability With Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. J Zhang, A Ratner ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ..., 2015.
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57
Analysis and Comparison of Biochar From Pilot Scale Downdraft Gasifier. T Sharma, Y Shi, G Zang, A Ratner ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ..., 2015.
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In 2014
55
Improving Freight Fire Safety: Modifying Droplet Behavior to Minimize Ignition. A Ratner, M Ghamari .
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54
Experimental Examination of the Thermoacoustic Instability of a Low Swirl Flame with Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence of OH. J Zhang, K Kaufman, A Ratner 69th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy 1, 2014.
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53
Experimental Study of the Local Response of a Low Swirl Flame to Acoustic Perturbation. J Zhang, A Ratner ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ..., 2014.
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52
Biomass Gasification in a Pilot-Scale Gasifier. Y Shi, T Sharma, G Zang, A Ratner ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ..., 2014.
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In 2013
51
Parameter variations and the effects of hydrogen: An experimental investigation in a lean premixed low swirl combustor. M Emadi, D Karkow, A Melendez, A Ratner International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 38 (13), 5401-5409, 2013.
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50
Biomass Pyrolysis and Gasification of Different Biomass Fuels. E Osgood, Y Shi, T Sharma, A Ratner .
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49
Numerical Modeling of Urea Injection and NO Emission in a Stoker Boiler. M Ghamri, S Vats, A Ratner 8th US national combustion meeting organized by the western states section ..., 2013.
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48
Effect of Hydrogen Addition to Methane Fuel in a Low Swirl Burner. K Kaufman, M Emadi, A Ratner .
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47
Numerical modeling of co-firing a light density biomass, oat (Avena sativa) hulls, and chunk coal in fluidized bed boiler. X Zhang, M Ghamari, A Ratner biomass and bioenergy 56, 239-246, 2013.
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46
Characterization of Real Time Producer Gas Generation From Paper Sludge Gasification. Y Shi, T Sharma, A Ratner ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition ..., 2013.
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In 2012
45
Improving Freight Fire Safety: Experiment Testing and Computer Modeling to Further Development of Mist-Controlling Additives for Fire Mitigation. A Ratner Ph D .
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43
Flame structure changes resulting from hydrogen-enrichment and pressurization for low-swirl premixed methaneair flames. M Emadi, D Karkow, T Salameh, A Gohil, A Ratner international journal of hydrogen energy 37 (13), 10397-10404, 2012.
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In 2011
42
Numerical Modeling of Co-Firing Chunk Coal and Oat Hulls in a Stoker Boiler. X Zhang, M Ghamari, A Ratner ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 1551 ..., 2011.
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41
Computational modeling of the combustion and gasification zones in a downdraft gasifier. M Muilenburg, Y Shi, A Ratner ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 151-158, 2011.
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40
Effect of chamber pressure on spreading and splashing of liquid drops upon impact on a dry smooth stationary surface. NK Mishra, Y Zhang, A Ratner Experiments in fluids 51 (2), 483-491, 2011.
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In 2010
39
Fuel drop spreading on a flat smooth surface: numerical simulations with a VOF method. Y Zhang, A Ratner ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 1079 ..., 2010.
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38
Gas Evolution of Corn Kernels and Paper Sludge From Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis. J Ulstad, A Ratner, J Dochtermann, B Sulak, J Hennigan ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 1271 ..., 2010.
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37
Improving Freight Fire Safety: Assessment of the Effectiveness of Mist-controlling Additives in Mitigating Crash-induced Diesel Fires. A Ratner Ph D .
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36
Experimental investigation of thermoacoustic coupling using blended hydrogenmethane fuels in a low swirl burner. I Yilmaz, A Ratner, M Ilbas, Y Huang international journal of hydrogen energy 35 (1), 329-336, 2010.
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In 2009
33
Numerical Study of Liquid Film Microstructure During Spin Coating of Ag Colloidal Suspension. Y Zhao, A Ratner, JS Marshall ASME 2009 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, 1239-1246, 2009.
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32
Measurements of fuel mixture fraction oscillations of a turbulent jet non-premixed flame. DM Kang, V Fernandez, A Ratner, FEC Culick Combustion and Flame 156 (1), 214-220, 2009.
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31
Effects of pairwise, self-associating functional side groups on polymer solubility, solution viscosity, and mist control. RLA David, MH Wei, D Liu, BF Bathel, JP Plog, A Ratner, JA Kornfield Macromolecules 42 (4), 1380-1391, 2009.
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29
Experimental investigation of thermoacoustic coupling for low-swirl lean premixed flames. Y Huang, A Ratner Journal of Propulsion and Power 25 (2), 365-373, 2009.
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In 2007
27
Molecular dynamics simulation of particle deposition and agglomeration in two-phase dilute flow. S Li, JS Marshall, A Ratner, Q Yao Journal of Engineering Thermophysics 28 (6), 1035, 2007.
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26
Scaling analysis on dynamic flammability limits of unsteady premixed methane/air flames. G Bansal, HG Im Ann Arbor 1001, 48109, 2007.
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25
Prediction of postcontact parameters of fluid droplet impact on a smooth surface. BF Bathel, N Stephen, L Johnson, A Ratner, M Huisenga AIAA journal 45 (7), 1725-1733, 2007.
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24
Numerical Study of Particle Transport and Aggregates during Spin Coating of Ag Colloidal Suspension. Y Zhao, A Ratner, J Marshall APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts 1, 2007.
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23
Combustion dynamics of a low-swirl combustor. DM Kang, FEC Culick, A Ratner Combustion and Flame 151 (3), 412-425, 2007.
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22
Coupling between combustor pressure and fuel/oxidizer mixing and the consequences in flame behavior. DM Kang, FEC Culick, A Ratner* Combustion Science and Technology 180 (1), 127-142, 2007.
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In 2006
21
Combined acetone PLIF and IR laser absorption probe measurements of fuel mixture fraction oscillations. DM Kang, V Fernandez, A Ratner, FEC Culick Caltech, 2006.
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In 2005
20
Experimental Analysis and Predictive Modeling of Droplet Impingement and Spreading onto a Solid, Smooth Surface. B Bathel, M Huisenga, L Johnson APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2005.
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In 2004
19
Imaging of fuel mixture fraction oscillations in a driven system using acetone PLIF. DM Kang, C Pinedo, FEC Culick, A Ratner Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2004.
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18
Measurements and Modeling of Combustion Dynamics for Control of Combustion Instabilities. FE Culick, A Ratner, DM Kang, KI Matveev, W Pun CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA, 2004.
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In 2003
17
Detection of NO in a methane-air, steady, flat flame with CO2/N2 seeding using degenerate four-wave mixing and laser-induced fluorescence. F Ciucci, DM Kang, A Ratner, EC Culick Powered Flight- The Next Century, 2003.
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16
Measured Influence of Oscillations in Fuel Mixture Fraction on Flame Behavior. V Fernandez, A Ratner, FEC Culick Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the US Sections of The Combustion ..., 2003.
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In 2002
15
Phase resolved PLIF and chemiluminescence for measuring combustion dynamics. FEC Culick, W Pun, SL Palm, A Ratner Caltech, 2002.
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14
Phase-Resolved Chemiluminescence of an Acoustically Forced Jet Flame at Frequencies< 60hz. W Pun, A Ratner, F Culick 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2002.
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13
Flame response to excitation at frequencies< 60 Hz as measured by phase-resolved NO PLIF. A Ratner, SL Palm, W Pun, B Ramirez, FEC Culick AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, 40 th, Reno, NV, 2002.
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12
Comparison of chemiluminescence, OH PLIF, and NO PLIF for determination of flame response to acoustic waves. A Ratner, W Pun, S Palm, FEC Culick GALCIT, 2002.
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11
Phase-resolved no planar laser-induced fluorescence of a jet flame in an acoustic chamber with excitation at frequencies< 60 Hz. A Ratner, W Pun, SL Palm, FEC Culick Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 29 (1), 85-90, 2002.
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In 2001
10
Nonuniformities of Mixture Ratio as a Mechanism of Combustion Instabilities in Lean Pre-Mixed Combustors. F Culick, A Ratner, G Isella, K Matveev, SP Palm, W Pun, C Seywert, ... Jet Propulsion Center, California Institute of Technology, AGTSR Subcontract, 2001.
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9
Combustion efficiencies of supersonic flames. A Ratner, JF Driscoll, H Huh, RA Bryant Journal of Propulsion and Power 17 (2), 301-307, 2001.
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8
Validity of Flamelet Concepts in Turbulent Jet Flames-Deduced from PIV/CH-PLIF Images of Reaction Zones. JF Driscoll, JM Donbar, CD Carter, A Ratner CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN COMBUSTION, 328-331, 2001.
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In 2000
7
Reaction zone structure of non-premixed turbulent flames in the intensely wrinkled regime. A Ratner, JF Driscoll, JM Donbar, CD Carter, JA Mullin Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 28 (1), 245-252, 2000.
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In 1999
5
Using PLIF determined flame structure to analyze supersonic combustion efficiencies. RA Bryant, A Ratner, JF Driscoll AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 37 th, Reno, NV, 1999.
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In 1997
4
The Combustion Efficiency of Supersonic Hydrogen-Air Flames. A Ratner, JF Driscoll CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN COMBUSTION, 321-324, 1997.
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3
Effects of shock waves on combustion efficiency of supersonic flames. A Ratner, JF Driscoll Ann Arbor 1001, 48109, 1997.
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Unspecified
2
An Experimental study of Coupling between Combustor Pressure, Fuel/Air Mixing, and Flame Behavior. DM Kang, FEC Culick, A Ratner .
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1. Key Lab of Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 2. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. LI Shui-Qing, JS Marshall, A Ratner, YAO Qiang .
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