William L. Roberts

Study of spray structure under flash boiling conditions using 2phase-SLIPI

EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 62(1).

A comprehensive study of spray and combustion characteristics of a prototype injector for gasoline compression ignition (GCI) application

FUEL, 277.

Auto-ignition characteristics of high-reactivity gasoline fuel using a gasoline multi-hole injector

EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 112.

INFLUENCE OF FLASH BOILING ON SPRAY MORPHOLOGY USING A PROTOTYPE INJECTOR FOR GASOLINE COMPRESSION IGNITION (GCI) APPLICATION

ATOMIZATION AND SPRAYS, 30(5), 351–369.

Soot characteristics of high-reactivity gasoline under compression-ignition conditions using a gasoline direct injection (GDI) piezoelectric fuel injector

FUEL, 265.

Study of spray collapse phenomenon at flash boiling conditions using simultaneous front and side view imaging

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 147.

Experimental and analytical study on liquid and vapor penetration of high-reactivity gasoline using a high-pressure gasoline multi-hole injector

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING, 163.

Macroscopic non-reacting spray characterization of gasoline compression ignition fuels in a constant volume chamber

FUEL, 255.

Effects of Fuel Quantity on Soot Formation Process for Biomass-Based Renewable Diesel Fuel Combustion

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 139(10).

Soot, organics, and ultrafine ash from air-and oxy-fired coal combustion

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 36(3), 4029–4037.

Investigation of the effects of renewable diesel fuels on engine performance, combustion, and emissions

FUEL, 140, 541–554.

Aromatization of n-octane over Pd/C catalysts

FUEL, 103, 408–413.

Crude glycerol combustion: Particulate, acrolein, and other volatile organic emissions

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 34, 2749–2757.

Effect of diluents on soot precursor formation and temperature in ethylene laminar diffusion flames

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 160(3), 656–670.

Effects of Ambient Temperature and Oxygen Concentration on Diesel Spray Combustion Using a Single-Nozzle Injector in a Constant Volume Combustion Chamber

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 185(9), 1378–1399.

Environmental implications of iron fuel borne catalysts and their effects on diesel particulate formation and composition

JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE, 58, 50–61.

Hydrocarbon species concentrations in nitrogen diluted ethylene-air laminar jet diffusion flames at elevated pressures

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 34(1), 1035–1043.

NOx emissions from high swirl turbulent spray flames with highly oxygenated fuels

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 34, 1705–1712.

Product sampling during transient continuous countercurrent hydrolysis of canola oil and development of a kinetic model

COMPUTERS & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 58, 144–155.

Semi-Batch Deoxygenation of Canola- and Lard-Derived Fatty Acids to Diesel-Range Hydrocarbons

ENERGY & FUELS, 27(12), 7489–7496.

Spray and atomization of diesel fuel and its alternatives from a single-hole injector using a common rail fuel injection system

Fuel, 103, 850–861.

Hydrocarbon Fuels From Gas Phase Decarboxylation of Hydrolyzed Free Fatty Acid

JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 134(3).

Hydrocarbon fuels from vegetable oils via hydrolysis and thermo-catalytic decarboxylation

FUEL, 95(1), 622–629.

Glycerol combustion and emissions

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 33, 2717–2724.

Influence of Geometry on Starting Vortex and Ejector Performance

JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 133(5).

Comparison Between Numerically Simulated and Experimentally Measured Flowfield Quantities Behind a Pulsejet

FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 84(4), 653–667.

A new acoustic model for valveless pulsejets and its application to optimization thrust

JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 130(4).

A new methodology for targeting drug-aerosols in the human respiratory system

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 51(23-24), 5578–5589.

Effect of dilution, pressure, and velocity on smoke point in laminar jet flames

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 180(7), 1334–1346.

Quantification of transient stretch effects on kernel-vortex interactions in premixed methane-air flames

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 154(1-2), 296–309.

Soot surface temperature measurements in pure and diluted flames at atmospheric and elevated pressures

EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 33(1), 17–22.

A study on pressure drop and heat transfer in open cell metal foams for jet engine applications

MATERIALS & DESIGN, 28(2), 569–574.

Combined numerical and experimental investigation of a 15-cm valveless pulsejet

FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 78(1), 17–33.

Combined numerical and experimental investigation of a hobby-scale pulsejet

JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, Vol. 23, pp. 186–193.

Experimental and numerical investigation of an 8-cm valveless pulsejet

EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 31(7), 641–647.

Measurement of smoke point in velocity-matched coflow laminar diffusion flames with pure fuels at elevated pressures

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 145(3), 571–578.

Acoustic damping rate measurements in binary mixtures of atomic species via transient-grating spectroscopy

EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 39(4), 687–693.

Computational analysis of the feasibility of a micro-pulsejet

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 32(1-2), 19–26.

Forced convective cooling via acoustic streaming in a narrow channel established by a vibrating piezoelectric bimorph

FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 74(2), 195–206.

Fuel Lewis number effects in unsteady Burke-Schumann hydrogen flames

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 177(1), 75-+.

Measurements of laminar burning velocity and Markstein number using high-speed chemiluminescence imaging

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 141(4), 473–477.

Measurements of the soot volume field in laminar diffusion flames at elevated pressures

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 140(1-2), 60–69.

Relative polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in unsteady counterflow diffusion flames

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 177(4), 691–713.

Effects of leading edge entrainment on the double flame structure in lifted ethanol spray flames

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 29(1), 23–31.

Analysis of transient-rating signals for reacting-flow applications

APPLIED OPTICS, 42(3), 566–578.

Goniometric characteristics of optical fibres for temperature measurement in diesel engine exhaust filters

MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 14(5), 563–572.

The response of a propane-air counter-flow diffusion flame subjected to a transient flow field

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 135(3), 285–297.

Transient grating spectroscopy with delayed thermalization in non-combusting CO/air mixtures

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 226(1-6), 255–258.

Turbulence filter and POD analysis for velocity fields in lifted CH4-air diffusion flames

FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 70(1-4), 21–41.

Investigation of gaseous acoustic damping rates by transient grating spectroscopy

Li, Y. Y., Roberts, W. L., & Brown, M. S. (2002, June). AIAA JOURNAL, Vol. 40, pp. 1071–1077.

Observations on the interaction between a premixed flame kernel and a vortex of different equivalence ratio

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, Vol. 29, pp. 1687–1693.

Investigation of pre-mixed flame-kernel/vortex interactions via high-speed imaging

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 126(4), 1827–1844.

Temperature imaging in an unsteady propane-air counterflow diffusion flame subjected to low frequency oscillations

FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 66(1), 23–36.

Extinction of laminar counterflow diffusion flames of CH4 and C3H8 fuels with inert jet impingement

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 160, 103–118.

Simultaneous particle-imaging velocimetry and OH planar laser-induced fluorescence measurements in an unsteady counterflow propane/air diffusion flame

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, Vol. 28, pp. 2021–2027.

Transient flow field effects on soot volume fraction in diffusion flames

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 160, 165–189.

Effect of unsteady stretch on spark-ignited flame kernel survival

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 118(3), 469–478.

Single-point thermometry in high-pressure, sooting, premixed combustion environments

JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, Vol. 15, pp. 119–127.

Study of transient effects on the extinction limits of an unsteady counterflow diffusion flame

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 146(1-6), 57–84.

Suppression of NF-kappa B-Dependent proinflammatory gene expression in human RPE cells by a proteasome inhibitor

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 40(2), 477–486.

Velocity and thermal structure, and strain-induced extinction of 14 to 100% hydrogen-air counterflow diffusion flames

COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 112(4), 575–592.

Temperature measurement by degenerate four-wave mixing with strong absorption of the excitation beams

APPLIED OPTICS, 35(33), 6544–6547.