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Author:

Christensen, Michelle Kathleen

Title:

Flow Reactor Autoignition Studies of Iso-octane at High Pressures and Low-to-intermediate Temperatures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

autoignition
ignition delay time
iso-octane
flow reactor

File:

Download Michelle_Christensen_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member

Author:

Peluso, Stephen

Title:

An Experimental Study of Flame Response Mechanisms in a Lean-premixed Gas Turbine Combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
flame response
flame dynamics
flame transfer function
flame response mechanisms
gas turbine

File:

Download Stephen_Peluso.pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member

Author:

Elies, Daniel Jason

Title:

Autoignition of Hydrogen and Syngas with Air in a Turbulent Flow Reactor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

autoignition
flow reactor
syngas
hydrogen
premixed
ignition delay

File:

Download 1-Elies2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Iyer, Venkatesh Ramasubramanian

Title:

Effect of Aromatic Components in Surrogate Fuels on Soot in Co-flow Flames and a Model Gas Turbine Combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Soot
diffusion flames
surrogate fuels
Threshold Soot Index
smoke point
aromatic compounds.

File:

Download Thesis_Venkatesh_Iyer.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Litzinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member