William Roberts

Du, J., Mohan, B., Sim, J., Fang, T., & Roberts, W. L. (2021). Study of spray structure under flash boiling conditions using 2phase-SLIPI. EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 62(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-020-03123-1

Du, J., Mohan, B., Sim, J., Fang, T., Chang, J., & Roberts, W. L. (2020). A comprehensive study of spray and combustion characteristics of a prototype injector for gasoline compression ignition (GCI) application. FUEL, 277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118144

Du, J., Mohan, B., Sim, J., Fang, T., & Roberts, W. L. (2020). Auto-ignition characteristics of high-reactivity gasoline fuel using a gasoline multi-hole injector. EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2019.109993

Du, J., Mohan, B., Sim, J., Fang, T., Chang, J., & Roberts, W. L. (2020). INFLUENCE OF FLASH BOILING ON SPRAY MORPHOLOGY USING A PROTOTYPE INJECTOR FOR GASOLINE COMPRESSION IGNITION (GCI) APPLICATION. ATOMIZATION AND SPRAYS, 30(5), 351–369. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2020034561

Wang, L., Wu, Z., Badra, J. A., Roberts, W. L., & Fang, T. (2020). Soot characteristics of high-reactivity gasoline under compression-ignition conditions using a gasoline direct injection (GDI) piezoelectric fuel injector. FUEL, 265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116931

Du, J., Mohan, B., Sim, J., Fang, T., & Roberts, W. L. (2020). Study of spray collapse phenomenon at flash boiling conditions using simultaneous front and side view imaging. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118824

Du, J., Mohan, B., Sim, J., Fang, T., & Roberts, W. L. (2019). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114187

Du, J., Mohan, B., Sim, J., Fang, T., & Roberts, W. L. (2019). Macroscopic non-reacting spray characterization of gasoline compression ignition fuels in a constant volume chamber. FUEL, 255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115818

Jing, W., Wu, Z., Roberts, W. L., & Fang, T. (2017). 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). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036292

Andersen, M. E., Modak, N., Winterrowd, C. K., Lee, C. W., Roberts, W. L., Wendt, J. O. L., & Linak, W. P. (2017). Soot, organics, and ultrafine ash from air-and oxy-fired coal combustion. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 36(3), 4029–4037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.08.073

Ogunkoya, D., Roberts, W. L., Fang, T., & Thapaliya, N. (2015). Investigation of the effects of renewable diesel fuels on engine performance, combustion, and emissions. FUEL, 140, 541–554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.09.061

Yin, M., Natelson, R. H., Campos, A. A., Kolar, P., & Roberts, W. L. (2013). Aromatization of n-octane over Pd/C catalysts. FUEL, 103, 408–413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2012.06.095

Steinmetz, S. A., Herrington, J. S., Winterrowd, C. K., Roberts, W. L., Wendt, J. O. L., & Linak, W. P. (2013). Crude glycerol combustion: Particulate, acrolein, and other volatile organic emissions. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 34, 2749–2757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2012.07.050

Kailasanathan, R. K. A., Yelverton, T. L. B., Fang, T., & Roberts, W. L. (2013). Effect of diluents on soot precursor formation and temperature in ethylene laminar diffusion flames. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 160(3), 656–670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2012.11.004

Jing, W., Roberts, W. L., & Fang, T. (2013). 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2013.798315

Nash, D. G., Swanson, N. B., Preston, W. T., Yelverton, T. L. B., Roberts, W. L., Wendt, J. O. L., & Linak, W. P. (2013). Environmental implications of iron fuel borne catalysts and their effects on diesel particulate formation and composition. JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE, 58, 50–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2013.01.001

Kailasanathan, R. K. A., Book, E. K., Fang, T., & Roberts, W. L. (2013). Hydrocarbon species concentrations in nitrogen diluted ethylene-air laminar jet diffusion flames at elevated pressures. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 34(1), 1035–1043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2012.06.148

Bohon, M. D., & Roberts, W. L. (2013). NOx emissions from high swirl turbulent spray flames with highly oxygenated fuels. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 34, 1705–1712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2012.07.064

Wang, W.-C., Natelson, R. H., Stikeleather, L. F., & Roberts, W. L. (2013). Product sampling during transient continuous countercurrent hydrolysis of canola oil and development of a kinetic model. COMPUTERS & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 58, 144–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2013.06.003

Ford, J. P., Thapaliya, N., Kelly, M. J., Roberts, W. L., & Lamb, H. H. (2013). Semi-Batch Deoxygenation of Canola- and Lard-Derived Fatty Acids to Diesel-Range Hydrocarbons. ENERGY & FUELS, 27(12), 7489–7496. https://doi.org/10.1021/ef4016763

Chen, P.-C., Wang, W.-C., Roberts, W. L., & Fang, T. (2013). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2012.08.013

Wang, W.-C., Roberts, W. L., & Stikeleather, L. F. (2012). Hydrocarbon Fuels From Gas Phase Decarboxylation of Hydrolyzed Free Fatty Acid. JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 134(3). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4006867

Wang, W.-C., Thapaliya, N., Campos, A., Stikeleather, L. F., & Roberts, W. L. (2012). Hydrocarbon fuels from vegetable oils via hydrolysis and thermo-catalytic decarboxylation. FUEL, 95(1), 622–629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2011.12.041

Bohon, M. D., Metzger, B. A., Linak, W. P., King, C. J., & Roberts, W. L. (2011). Glycerol combustion and emissions. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 33, 2717–2724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2010.06.154

Zheng, F., Kuznetsov, A. V., Roberts, W. L., & Paxson, D. E. (2011). Influence of Geometry on Starting Vortex and Ejector Performance. JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 133(5). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4004082

Geng, T., Zheng, F., Kuznetsov, A. V., Roberts, W. L., & Paxson, D. E. (2010). Comparison Between Numerically Simulated and Experimentally Measured Flowfield Quantities Behind a Pulsejet. FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 84(4), 653–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-010-9247-6

Zheng, F., Ordon, R. L., Scharton, T. D., Kuznetsov, A. V., & Roberts, W. L. (2008). 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). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2900730

Kleinstreuer, C., Zhang, Z., Li, Z., Roberts, W. L., & Rojas, C. (2008). A new methodology for targeting drug-aerosols in the human respiratory system. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 51(23-24), 5578–5589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.04.052

Yelverton, T. L. B., & Roberts, W. L. (2008). Effect of dilution, pressure, and velocity on smoke point in laminar jet flames. COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 180(7), 1334–1346. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102200801931570

Marley, S. K., Danby, S. J., Roberts, W. L., Drake, M. C., & Fansler, T. D. (2008). Quantification of transient stretch effects on kernel-vortex interactions in premixed methane-air flames. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 154(1-2), 296–309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2008.02.003

Yelverton, T. L. B., & Roberts, W. L. (2008). Soot surface temperature measurements in pure and diluted flames at atmospheric and elevated pressures. EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 33(1), 17–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2008.06.014

Azzi, W., Roberts, W. L., & Rabiei, A. (2007). A study on pressure drop and heat transfer in open cell metal foams for jet engine applications. MATERIALS & DESIGN, 28(2), 569–574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2005.08.002

Geng, T., Schoen, M. A., Kuznetsov, A. V., & Roberts, W. L. (2007). Combined numerical and experimental investigation of a 15-cm valveless pulsejet. FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 78(1), 17–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-006-9032-8

Geng, T., Kiker, A., Jr., Ordon, R., Kuznetsov, A. V., Zeng, T. F., & Roberts, W. L. (2007). Combined numerical and experimental investigation of a hobby-scale pulsejet. JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, Vol. 23, pp. 186–193. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.18593

Geng, T., Zheng, F., Kiker, A. P., Kuznetsov, A., & Roberts, W. L. (2007). Experimental and numerical investigation of an 8-cm valveless pulsejet. EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 31(7), 641–647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2006.06.005

Berry, T. L., & Roberts, W. L. (2006). Measurement of smoke point in velocity-matched coflow laminar diffusion flames with pure fuels at elevated pressures. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 145(3), 571–578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2005.12.010

Li, Y. Y., Roberts, W. L., Brown, M. S., & Gord, JR. (2005). Acoustic damping rate measurements in binary mixtures of atomic species via transient-grating spectroscopy. EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 39(4), 687–693. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-005-1012-6

Wan, Q., Roberts, W. L., & Kuznetsov, A. V. (2005). Computational analysis of the feasibility of a micro-pulsejet. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 32(1-2), 19–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2004.05.020

Wan, Q., Wu, T., Chastain, J., Roberts, W. L., Kuznetsov, A. V., & Ro, P. I. (2005). Forced convective cooling via acoustic streaming in a narrow channel established by a vibrating piezoelectric bimorph. FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 74(2), 195–206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-005-4132-4

Chaos, M., Chen, R. H., Welle, E. J., & Roberts, W. L. (2005). Fuel Lewis number effects in unsteady Burke-Schumann hydrogen flames. COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 177(1), 75-+. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102200590883660

Marley, S. K., & Roberts, W. L. (2005). Measurements of laminar burning velocity and Markstein number using high-speed chemiluminescence imaging. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 141(4), 473–477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2005.02.011

McCrain, L. L., & Roberts, W. L. (2005). Measurements of the soot volume field in laminar diffusion flames at elevated pressures. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 140(1-2), 60–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2004.10.005

Xiao, J., Austin, E., & Roberts, W. L. (2005). Relative polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in unsteady counterflow diffusion flames. COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 177(4), 691–713. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102200590917239

Marley, S. K., Welle, E. J., Lyons, K. M., & Roberts, W. L. (2004). Effects of leading edge entrainment on the double flame structure in lifted ethanol spray flames. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 29(1), 23–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecpthermflusci.2004.01.009

Brown, M. S., Li, Y. Y., Roberts, W. L., & Gord, JR. (2003). Analysis of transient-rating signals for reacting-flow applications. APPLIED OPTICS, 42(3), 566–578. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.42.000566

Boothe, B. J., Shih, A. J., Kong, N., & Roberts, W. L. (2003). Goniometric characteristics of optical fibres for temperature measurement in diesel engine exhaust filters. MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 14(5), 563–572. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/14/5/305

Welle, E. J., Roberts, W. L., Carter, C. D., & Donbar, J. M. (2003). The response of a propane-air counter-flow diffusion flame subjected to a transient flow field. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 135(3), 285–297. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-2180(03)00167-6

Li, Y. Y., Roberts, W. L., Brown, M. S., & Herring, G. C. (2003). Transient grating spectroscopy with delayed thermalization in non-combusting CO/air mixtures. OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 226(1-6), 255–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2003.08.036

Kodal, A., Watson, K. A., Roberts, W. L., & Lyons, K. M. (2003). Turbulence filter and POD analysis for velocity fields in lifted CH4-air diffusion flames. FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 70(1-4), 21–41. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:APPL.0000004914.21646.c4

Li, Y. Y., Roberts, W. L., & Brown, M. S. (2002, June). Investigation of gaseous acoustic damping rates by transient grating spectroscopy. AIAA JOURNAL, Vol. 40, pp. 1071–1077. https://doi.org/10.2514/2.1790

Xiong, Y., & Roberts, W. L. (2002). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1540-7489(02)80207-3

Xiong, Y., Roberts, W. L., Drake, M. C., & Fansler, T. D. (2001). Investigation of pre-mixed flame-kernel/vortex interactions via high-speed imaging. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 126(4), 1827–1844. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-2180(01)00293-0

Santoianni, D. A., DeCroix, M. E., & Roberts, W. L. (2001). Temperature imaging in an unsteady propane-air counterflow diffusion flame subjected to low frequency oscillations. FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 66(1), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011465203719

Chen, R. H., Lattimer, C., & Roberts, W. L. (2000). Extinction of laminar counterflow diffusion flames of CH4 and C3H8 fuels with inert jet impingement. COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 160, 103–118. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102200008935798

Welle, E. J., Roberts, W. L., Decroix, M. E., Carter, C. D., & Donbar, J. M. (2000). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0082-0784(00)80609-8

Decroix, M. E., & Roberts, W. L. (2000). Transient flow field effects on soot volume fraction in diffusion flames. COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 160, 165–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102200008935801

Eichenberger, D. A., & Roberts, W. L. (1999). Effect of unsteady stretch on spark-ignited flame kernel survival. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 118(3), 469–478. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-2180(98)00169-2

Brown, M. S., & Roberts, W. L. (1999). Single-point thermometry in high-pressure, sooting, premixed combustion environments. JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, Vol. 15, pp. 119–127. https://doi.org/10.2514/2.5400

Decroix, M. E., & Roberts, W. L. (1999). Study of transient effects on the extinction limits of an unsteady counterflow diffusion flame. COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 146(1-6), 57–84. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102209908924208

Wang, X. C., Jobin, C., Allen, J. B., Roberts, W. L., & Jaffe, G. J. (1999). 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.

Pellett, G. L., Isaac, K. M., Humphreys, W. M., Gartrell, L. R., Roberts, W. L., Dancey, C. L., & Northam, G. B. (1998). Velocity and thermal structure, and strain-induced extinction of 14 to 100% hydrogen-air counterflow diffusion flames. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 112(4), 575–592. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-2180(97)00169-7

Herring, G. C., Roberts, W. L., Brown, M. S., & DeBarber, P. A. (1996). Temperature measurement by degenerate four-wave mixing with strong absorption of the excitation beams. APPLIED OPTICS, 35(33), 6544–6547. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.35.006544