Applied Energy Research Laboratory

North Carolina State University, College of Engineering

Research Profile

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  diffusion flames

  
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  Vortex flow

  
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  Soot

  
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  flames

  
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  counterflow

  
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  Methane

  
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  strain rate

  
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  Velocity measurement

  
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  Flow fields

  
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  Propulsion

  

Publications

• 1.

  2013

  Ji Zhang; Wei Jing; William L. Roberts; Tiegang Fang

  Soot temperature and KL factor for biodiesel and diesel spray combustion in a constant volume combustion chamber

  Applied Energy. 2013;107:52-65.

• 2.

  2013

  David G. Nash; Nicholas B. Swanson; William T. Preston; Tiffany L.B. Yelverton; William L. Roberts; Jost O.L. Wendt; William P. Linak

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

  Journal of Aerosol Science. 2013;58:50-61.

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  2013

  Ranjith Kumar Abhinavam Kailasanathan; Tiffany L.B. Yelverton; Tiegang Fang; William L. Roberts

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

  Combustion and Flame. 2013;160(3):656-670.

Grants

• 1.

  Henry Lamb; William Roberts

  Cyanobacteria Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuels

  3/1/2012 - 6/30/2013

  Sponsor: Arizona State University

  Funding: $ 80,000.00

• 2.

  Heike Sederoff; Amy Grunden; Henry Lamb; Rongda Qu; William Roberts; Matthew Veal; Deyu Xie; Kelly Zering

  Jet Fuel from Camelina Sativa: A Systems Approach

  1/1/2012 - 6/30/2013

  Sponsor: Department of Energy (DOE)

  Funding: $ 3,734,112.00

• 3.

  William Roberts

  Crude Glycerol as Cost-Effective Fuel for Combined Heat and Power to Replace Fossil Fuels

  8/16/2010 - 12/31/2011

  Sponsor: Department of Energy (DOE)

  Funding: $ 272,754.00

Journals

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  Publications
• Combustion and Flame
  12
• Combustion science and technology
  7
• Flow, Turbulence and Combustion
  5
• Symposium (International) on Combustion
  5
• Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  4

Institutional Network

• Internal
  Shared Pub.
• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  24
• Biological & Agricultural Engineering
  6
• Plant Biology
  2
• Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology
  2
• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
  2

• External
  Shared Pub.
• General Motors
  5
• University Michigan Ann Arbor
  5
• Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc.
  4
• Wright-Patterson AFB
  4
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
  3
• NASA Glenn Research Center
  3