Book chapters (3)
Ronney, P. D., "Combustion Phenomena at Microgravity," Chapter 12
in: Physics of Fluids in Microgravity (R. Monti, Ed.), Gordon and Breach, Reading, U.K., 2002,
pp. 371-431.
Ronney, P. D., "Premixed-Gas Flames,"
in: Microgravity Combustion: Fires in Free Fall (H. Ross, Ed.), Academic Press, London, U.K.,
2001, pp. 35-82.
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Ronney, P. D.,
"Some Open Issues in Premixed Turbulent Combustion," in: Modeling
in Combustion Science (J. D. Buckmaster and T. Takeno, Eds.), Lecture Notes
In Physics, Vol. 449, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995, pp. 3-22.
Refereed
Journal Publications (64)
Kuo, C.-H., Ronney,
P. D., Numerical Modeling of Heat Recirculating Combustors, Proceedings of
the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, pp. 3277-3284 (2007).
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Son, Y., Zouein,
G., Ronney, P. D., Gokoglu, S. Comparison of Carbon Dioxide and Helium as Fire
Extinguishing Agents for Spacecraft Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 3, No. 3, (2006).
Cha, M. S., Ronney, P. D., Propagation rates of non-premixed
edge-flames, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 146, pp. 312
– 328 (2006).
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published article
Shao, Z, Haile, S., Ahn, J., Ronney, P. D., Zhan, Z., Barnett, S. A.,
"A thermally self-sustained micro Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell with high power
density," Nature, Vol. 435, pp.
795-798 (9 June 2005).
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Wang, F., Liu, J.
B., Sinibaldi, J., Brophy, C., Kuthi, A., Jiang, C., Ronney, P. D., Gundersen,
M. A., "Transient Plasma Ignition of Quiescent and Flowing Fuel Mxtures,
" IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 33, pp. 844 – 849 (2005).
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Liu, J. B., Wang,
F., Li, G., Kuthi, A., Gutmark, E. J., Ronney, P. D., Gundersen, M. A.,
"Transient plasma ignition," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 33, pp. 326-327 (2005).
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Ahn, J., Eastwood, C., Sitzki,
L., Ronney, P. D., "Gas-phase and catalytic combustion in
heat-recirculating burners," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, pp. 2463-2472 (2005).
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Ronney, P. D., "Analysis of
non-adiabatic heat-recirculating combustors," Combustion and Flame, Vol 135, pp. 421-439
(2003). (As of 10/20/2006, this
is the 2nd most cited research paper (out of 1615) in any Combustion
journal published on or after this papers publication date.)
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Kagan, L., Sivashinsky, G. I., Ronney, P. D.,
"Activation Energy Effect on Flame Propagation in Large-Scale Vortical
Flows," Combustion Theory and Modelling, Vol. 6, pp. 479-485 (2002).
Maruta, K., Takeda, K., Ahn, J., Borer, K.,
Sitzki, L, Ronney, P. D., Deutchman, O., "Extinction Limits of Catalytic
Combustion in Microchannels," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, pp. 957-963 (2002).
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Son, Y., Ronney, P.
D., "Radiation-Driven Flame Spread Over Thermally-Thick Fuels in Quiescent
Microgravity Environments," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, pp. 2587-2594 (2002).
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Weinberg, F. J.,
Rowe, D. M., Min, G., Ronney, P. D., "On thermoelectric power conversion
from heat re-circulating combustion systems," Proceedings of the
Combustion Institute,
Vol. 29, pp. 941-947 (2002).
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Honda, L. K. and
Ronney, P. D., "Mechanisms of concurrent-flow flame spread over solid fuel
beds," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 28, pp. 2793-2801 (2000).
Nayagam, V.,
Balasubramaniam, R., Ronney, P. D., "Diffusion Flame Holes," Combustion
Theory and Modelling,
Vol. 3, pp. 727-742 (1999).
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Liu, J.-B. and Ronney,
P. D., "Premixed Edge-Flames in Spatially Varying Straining Flows," Combustion
Science and Technology, Vol. 144, pp. 21-46 (1999).
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Abid, M., Wu, M. S.,
Liu, J. B., Ronney, P. D., Ueki, M., K. Maruta, K., Kobayashi , H., Niioka, T.
and VanZandt, D. M., "Experimental and Numerical Study of Flame Ball IR
and UV Emissions," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 116, pp. 348-359 (1999).
Ronney, P. D.,
"Flame Structure Modification and Quenching By Turbulence," Combustion
Science and Technology (Japanese edition), Vol. 6 (Supplement), pp. 53-76 (1999).
Wu, M. S., Ronney, P.
D., Colantonio, R., VanZandt, D., "Detailed Numerical Simulation of Flame
Ball Structure and Dynamics," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 116, pp. 387-397 (1999).
Vedarajan, T. G.,
Buckmaster, J. D. and Ronney, P. D., "Two-dimensional Failure Waves and
Ignition Fronts in Premixed Combustion," Twenty-Seventh International
Symposium on Combustion, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, 1998, pp. 537-544.
Ju, Y., Masuya, G. and
Ronney, P. D., "Effects of Radiative Emission and Absorption on the
Propagation and Extinction of Premixed Gas Flames" Twenty-Seventh
International Symposium on Combustion, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, 1998, pp. 2619-2626.
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Buckmaster, J. D. and
Ronney, P. D., "Flame Ball Drift in the Presence of a Total Diffusive Heat
Flux," Twenty-Seventh International Symposium on Combustion, Combustion Institute,
Pittsburgh, 1998, pp. 2603-2610.
Ronney, P. D.,
"Understanding Combustion Processes Through Microgravity Research," Twenty-Seventh
International Symposium on Combustion, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, 1998, pp. 2485-2506 (invited
paper).
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Ronney, P. D.,
"Premixed Laminar and Turbulent Flames at Microgravity," Space
Forum, Vol. 4,
pp. 49-98 (1998).
Ronney, P. D., Wu, M.
S., Weiland, K. J. and Pearlman, H. G., "Flame Ball Experiments in Space:
Preliminary Results from STS-83," AIAA Journal, Vol. 36, pp. 1361-1368 (1998).
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Aldredge, R. C., Vaezi,
V. and Ronney, P. D., "Premixed-Gas Flame Propagation in Turbulent
Taylor-Couette Flow," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 115, pp. 395-405 (1998).
Shay, M. L. and Ronney,
P. D., "Nonpremixed Flames in Spatially-Varying Straining Flows," Combustion
and Flame, Vol.
112, pp. 171-180 (1998).
Liu, J. B., Ronney, P.
D., "Modified Fourier Transform Method for Interferogram Fringe Pattern
Analysis," Applied Optics, Vol. 36, pp. 6231 - 6241 (1997).
Kim, J. S., Williams, F.
A., Ronney, P. D., "Diffusional-Thermal Instability of Diffusion
Flames," Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Vol. 327, pp. 273-302 (1996).
Lim, E. H., McIlroy, A.,
Ronney, P. D., Syage, J. A., "Detailed Characterization of Minimum
Ignition Energies of Combustible Gases Using Laser Ignition Sources," in: Transport
Phenomena in Combustion (S. H. Chan, Ed.), Taylor and Francis, 1996, pp.
176-184.
Shy, S. S., Jang, R. H.,
Ronney, P. D., "Laboratory Simulation of Flamelet and Distributed Models
for Premixed Turbulent Combustion Using Aqueous Autocatalytic Reactions",
Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 113-114, pp. 329 - 340 (1996).
Haslam, B. D., Ronney,
P. D., "Fractal Properties of Propagating Fronts in a Strongly Stirred
Fluid," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 7, pp. 1931-1937 (1995).
Ronney, P. D., Haslam,
B. D., Rhys, N. O., "Front Propagation Rates in Randomly Stirred
Media," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 74, pp. 3804-3807 (1995).
Lempert, W. R., Magee,
K., Ronney, P. D., Gee, K. R., Haugland, R. P., "Flow Tagging Velocimetry
In Incompressible Flow Using PHoto-Activated Nonintrusive Tracking Of Molecular
Motion (PHANTOMM)," Experiments in Fluids , Vol. 18, pp. 249-257 (1995).
Zhu, J. Y., Ronney, P.
D., "Simulation of Front Propagation at Large Non-dimensional Flow
Disturbance Intensities," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 100, pp. 183-201 (1994).
Pearlman, H. G., Ronney,
P. D., "Near-Limit Behavior of High Lewis-Number Premixed Flames in Tubes
at Normal and Low Gravity," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 6, pp. 4009-4018 (1994).
Pearlman, H. G., Ronney,
P. D., "Self-Organized Spiral and Circular Waves in Premixed Gas
Flames," Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 101, pp. 2632-2633 (1994).
Lozinski, D.,
Buckmaster, J. D., Ronney, P. D., "Absolute Flammability Limits and Flame
Balls in Optically Thick Mixtures," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 97, pp. 301-316 (1994).
Ronney, P. D., Whaling,
K. N., Abbud-Madrid, A., Gatto, J. L., Pisowicz, V. L., "Stationary
Premixed Flames in Spherical and Cylindrical Geometries," AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, pp. 569-577 (1994).
Ronney, P. D.,
"Laser versus Conventional Ignition of Flames," Optical
Engineering,
Vol. 33, pp. 510-521 (1994).
Ronney, P. D., Shoda, M., Waida, S. T., Durbin, E.
J., "Throttleless Premixed-Charge Engines: Concept and Experiment," Journal
of Automobile Engineering,
(Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D), Vol. 208, pp. 13-24 (1994). This paper received the 1994
Starley Premium Award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (U.K.), for
the best paper published in the Journal of Automobile Engineering in 1994.
Abbud-Madrid, A.,
Ronney, P. D., "Premixed Flame Propagation in an Optically-Thick
Gas," AIAA Journal, Vol. 31, pp. 2179-2181 (1993).
Greenberg, J. B.,
Ronney, P. D., "Analysis of Lewis Number Effects in Flame Spread," International
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 36, pp. 315-323 (1993).
Sloane, T. M., Ronney,
P. D., "A Comparison of Ignition Phenomena Modelled with Detailed and
Simplified Kinetics," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 88, pp. 1-13 (1993).
Buckmaster, J. B.,
Gessman, R., Ronney, P. D., "The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Flame
Balls," Twenty-Fourth International Symposium on Combustion, Combustion Institute,
Pittsburgh, 1992, pp. 53-59.
Chen, R. H., Mitchell,
G. B., Ronney, P. D., "Diffusive-Thermal Instability and Flame Extinction
in Non-Premixed Combustion," Twenty-Fourth International Symposium on
Combustion,
Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, 1992, pp. 213-221.
Shy, S. S., Ronney, P.
D., Buckley S. G., Yakhot, V., "Experimental Simulation of Premixed
Turbulent Combustion Using Aqueous Autocatalytic Reactions," Twenty-Fourth
International Symposium on Combustion, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, 1992, pp. 543-551.
Ronney, P. D., Shoda,
M., Waida, S. T., Westbrook, C. K., Pitz, W. J., "Knock Characteristics of
Liquid and Gaseous Fuels in Lean Mixtures," Transactions of the Society
of Automotive Engineers, Vol. 100, Part 4, pp. 557-568 (1992). Also SAE Paper No. 912311, 1991.
Ronney, P. D., Yakhot,
V., "Flame Broadening Effects on Premixed Turbulent Flame Speed," Combustion
Science and Technology, Vol. 86, pp. 31-43 (1992).
Zhang, Y., Ronney, P.
D., Roegner, E., Greenberg, J. B., "Lewis Number Effects on Flame
Spreading Over Thin Solid Fuels," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 90, pp. 71-83 (1992).
Buckmaster, J. D.,
Joulin, G., Ronney, P. D., "Structure and Stability of Non-adiabatic Flame
Balls: II. Effects of Far-Field Losses," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 84, pp. 411-422 (1991).
Abbud-Madrid, A.,
Ronney, P. D., "Effects of Radiative and Diffusive Transport Processes on
Premixed Flames Near Flammability Limits," Twenty Third Symposium
(International) on Combustion, Combustion Institute, 1990, pp. 423-431.
Farmer, J. N., Ronney,
P. D., "A Numerical Study of Unsteady Nonadiabatic Flames," Combustion
Science and Technology, Vol. 73, pp. 555-574 (1990).
Ronney, P. D.,
"Near-Limit Flame Structures at Low Lewis Number," Combustion and
Flame, Vol. 82,
pp. 1-14 (1990).
Buckmaster, J. D.,
Joulin, G., Ronney, P. D., "Effects of Heat Loss on the Structure and
Stability of Flame Balls," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 79, pp. 381-392 (1990).
Ronney, P. D.,
Sivashinsky, G. I., "A Theoretical Study of Propagation and Extinction of
Nonsteady Spherical Flame Fronts," SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 49, pp. 1029-1046 (1989).
Ronney, P. D., "On
the Mechanisms of Flame Propagation Limits and Extinction Processes at
Microgravity," Twenty Second Symposium (International) on Combustion, Combustion Institute, 1988, pp.
1615-1623.
Ronney, P. D.,
"Effect of Chemistry and Transport Properties on Near-Limit Flames at
Microgravity," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 59, pp. 123-141 (1988).
Ronney, P. D.,
"Effect of Gravity on Halocarbon Flame Retardant Effectiveness," Acta
Astronautica,
Vol. 12, pp. 915-921 (1985).
Ronney, P. D.,
"Effect of Gravity on Laminar Premixed Gas Combustion II: Ignition and
Extinction Phenomena," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 62, pp. 120-132 (1985).
Ronney, P. D., Wachman,
H. Y., "Effect of Gravity on Laminar Premixed Gas Combustion I:
Flammability Limits and Burning Velocities," Combustion and Flame, Vol. 62, pp. 107-119 (1985).
Patent (2 +
3 pending)
Ronney, P. D.,
Cohen, A. L., Evans, J. D., "Fuel Formulation for Use with Portable
Electronic Devices," pending.
Haile, S., Ronney, P. D., Shao, Z., Micropower generator and method for
forming the same, pending (utility patent application filed June 23, 2004).
Ronney,
P. D., "Thermal transpiration pump for gaseous material driven by chemical
reaction," pending (utility patent application filed May 29, 2004,
application 10/857,670)
Invited
Conference Presentations (25)
Excess Enthalpy
Combustion for Microscale Power Generation, 2nd Zeldovich
Memorial International Conference on Combustion and Detonation, Moscow, Russia, September 2004.
Fuel-flexible
single-chamber solid oxide fuel cells, DARPA Workshop on Fuel-Flexible
Sustainable Microscale Power Sources, Vail, CO, September 2004.
Swiss-roll thermal
management systems, DARPA workshop on Thermal Management for Micro- and
Meso-power Systems,
Chicago, IL, May 2004.
Thermal
and Chemical Cells, Electric Power in Vivo Workshop and Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, February 2004.
Effect
of Gravity on Combustion Processes, Congrs Franais de Mcanique, Nice, France, Sept. 1 - 4,
2003.
Flame balls:
Recent experimental and computational results, Gordon Conference on
Gravitational Effects in Physico-Chemical Systems , July 27 – 31, 2003, New
London, CT.
Premixed-gas flames at microgravity,
First International Symposium on Microgravity Research & Applications in
Physical Sciences and Biotechnology, Sorrento, Italy, September 10 - 14, 2000.
"Combustion
research: from earth to outer space and back," Environmental Molecular
Sciences Symposia and First EMSL User Meeting, Richland, Washington, July 21-24, 1999.
"Diffusive and
hydrodynamic instabilities of flames," Symposium on Chemical Waves,
Fronts and Patterns,
Fall National Meeting , American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, Aug. 22-26,
1999.
"Understanding
Combustion Processes Through Microgravity Research: Recent Advances and Future
Challenges," Gordon Conference on Gravitational Effects in
Physico-Chemical Systems , June 27 — July 2, 1999, Henniker, New Hampshire.
"Instabilities and
Dynamics of Front Propagation in Narrow Channels," Gordon Conference on
Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems, June 6-11, 1999, Barga, Italy.
Ronney, P. D.,
"Dynamics of Front Propagation in Narrow Channels," Modeling of
Reactive Fronts: At the Interface of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, April 19 - 21, 1999, Lyon,
France.
"Understanding
Combustion Processes Through Microgravity Research," plenary lecture, 27th
International Symposium on Combustion, Boulder, CO, August 2 - 7, 1998.
"Structure
Modification and Quenching of Premixed Gas Flames by Turbulence," Japan
Conference on Premixed Turbulent Combustion, Tokyo, Japan, November 17, 1997.
"Combustion
Experiments in Space," 36th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace
Sciences, Tel-Aviv/Haifa, Israel, February 21-22, 1996.
"Combustion
Experiments on Spacelab Mission MSL-1," 6th International Space Conference
of Pacific Basin Societies, December 6-8, 1995, Marina del Rey, CA.
"Propagation and
Extinction Mechanisms of Premixed Turbulent Flames," Joint U.S./Japan
Workshop on Mathematical Modeling in Combustion and its Interaction with
Numerical Computation, July 25 - 29, 1994, Kaapa, Hawaii.
"Laser versus
Conventional Ignition of Flames," SPIE Symposium on Laser Applications in
Combustion and Combustion Diagnostics, Jan. 16-23, 1992, Los Angeles, CA.
"Effects of Ambient
Atmosphere on Flame Spreading and Extinction," Workshop on Spacecraft Fire
Safety Risk Analysis Assessment, Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 1991, Los Angeles, CA.
"New Premixed Gas
Combustion Phenomena," Gordon Research Conference on Gravitational Effects
in Physico-Chemical Systems, June 16-21, 1991, Plymouth, NH.
"Effects of Free
and Forced Convection on Near-Limit Premixed Turbulent Flames," V. A.
Michelson Conference on Combustion and Explosion, September 17-21, 1990,
Moscow, USSR.
Ronney, P. D., "An
Experimentalist's View of Combustion Theory," Tenth International Workshop
on the Mathematics of Combustion, July 28-30, 1990, Poitiers, France.
"Throttleless
Otto-Cycle Natural Gas Engines: NOx Emissions Characteristics," GRI
Workshop on NOx Mechanisms in Natural-Gas Flames, July 18-20, 1990, Chateau
d'Esclimont, France.
"Applications of
Renormalization Group Analysis to Turbulent Combustion: Theoretical and
Experimental Considerations," Tsukuba Workshop on Combustion, March 22-23,
1990, Tsukuba, Japan
Ronney, P. D.,
"Requirements for Temperature and Species Concentration Measurements in
Microgravity Combustion Experiments," NASA Noncontact Temperature
Measurement Workshop, April 30-May 1, 1987, Washington, D. C.; published in
Proceedings of the Noncontact Temperature Measurement Workshop (M. C. Lee,
ed.), NASA Conference Publication 2503, 1988, p. 129-138.
Other
publications (6)
Ronney, P. D., "A
Perspective on the Role of Microgravity in Combustion Research," Combustion
and Flame, Vol.
116, pp. 317-318 (1999) (invited contribution).
Ronney, P. D.,
"Combustion Experiments on Spacelab Mission MSL-1," in: Advances
in the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 91, Peter M. Bainum et al., eds., 1996, pp. 397-407.
Buckmaster, J. D.,
Ronney, P. D., Smooke, M. "Flame Balls: Past, Present, and Future,"
AIAA Paper No. 93-0712, 1993.
Ronney, P. D. and
Yakhot, V., "Flame Broadening Effects on Premixed Turbulent Flame
Speed," in: Turbulent Premixed Flames: A State of the Art (I. Gokalp and
M. Champion, eds.), Presses Du CNRS, Paris, France, 1992.
Buckmaster, J. D., Lee,
C. J., Joulin, G., Ronney, P. D., "Modelling of Microgravity Ignition
Experiments," in: Recent Advances in Combustion Modelling (B. Larrouturou,
ed.), Series in Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, pp. 1-18,
World Scientific Press, Teaneck, NJ, 1991.
Ronney, P. D., "An
Investigator's Suggestions for Effective Use of the NASA-JSC Reduced Gravity
Program KC-135A Aircraft," in: JSC Reduced Gravity Program User's Guide,
NASA JSC-22803, July 1991.
Recent
presentations (partial list)
Posthill, J., Reddy, A., Siivola, E., Krueger, G., Mantini, M., Thomas,
P., Venkatasubramanian, R., Ochoa, F., Ronney, P. D., Portable power sources
using combustion and thermoelectrics, 24th
International Conference on Thermoelectrics, Clemson, SC, June 2005.
Ahn, J., Ronney, P. D., Shao, Z., Haile, S., A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, 4th Joint U.S. Sections Meeting, Combustion Institute,
Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
Ochoa, F., Ronney, P. D., A thermal transpiration-based
self-pressurizing mesoscale combustor 4th Joint U.S. Sections
Meeting, Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
Kuo, C.-H., Ronney, P. D., Numerical Modeling of Heat
Recirculating Combustors, 4th Joint U.S. Sections Meeting,
Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
Ahn, J., Ronney, P. D., Plastic Mesocombustors, 4th
Joint U.S. Sections Meeting, Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March
2005.
Cha, M.-S., Manasra, S., Ronney, P. D., Propagation
Rates of Non-Premixed Edge Flames, 4th Joint U.S. Sections Meeting,
Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
Son, Y.,
Zouein, G., Gokoglu, S., Ronney, P. D., Comparison of Carbon Dioxide
and Helium as Fire Extinguishing Agents for Spacecraft, 4th Joint
U.S. Sections Meeting, Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
Theiss, N.,
Levin, J., Liu, J. B., Zhao, J., Wang, F., Ronney, P. D.,
Gundersen, M. A., Transient Plasma Discharge Ignition for Internal
Combustion Engines 4th Joint U.S. Sections Meeting, Combustion
Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
Ahn, J., Eastwood, C., Ronney, P. D., Zongping, S., Kwak,
C., Haile, S., A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, 30th
Symposium (International) on Combustion, Chicago, IL, July 2004 (poster
presentation).
Theiss, N.,
Levin, J., Liu, J. B., Zhao, J., Wang, F., Ronney, P. D.,
Gundersen, M. A., Corona Discharge Ignition for Advanced Stationary
Natural Gas Engines ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical
Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 2004.
M. Abid, M., Liu, J.-B., Ronney, P. D., Struk, P. M.,
Weiland, K. J., Structure Of Flame Balls At Low Lewis-number (SOFBALL)
experiment, 2nd Zeldovich Memorial International Conference on
Combustion and Detonation, Moscow, Russia, September 2004.
Ahn, J., Eastwood, C., Ronney, P. D., Extinction Limits
of Heat-Recirculating Burners, Fall Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute,
Western States Section, October 20-21, 2003, Los Angeles, CA.
Kuo, C. H., Eastwood, C., Ronney,
P. D., Numerical Modeling of Heat-Recirculating Burners, Fall Technical
Meeting, Combustion Institute, Western States Section, October 20-21, 2003, Los
Angeles, CA.
Son, Y., Zouein, G., Ronney, P.,
Instabilities of upward-spreading flames over thermally thick fuels, Fall
Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute, Western States Section, October 20-21,
2003, Los Angeles, CA.
Kuo, C. H., Eastwood, C., Sitzki, L., Borer, K., Ronney,
P., Numerical Modeling of Heat-Recirculating Burners, 3rd Joint US
Sections Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Chicago, IL, March 21-23, 2003.
Liu, J.
B., Ronney, P. D., Premixed flame ignition by transient plasma discharges, 3rd
Joint US Sections Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Chicago, IL, March
21-23, 2003.
Ahn, J.,
Eastwood, C., Sitzki, L., Borer, K., P., Ronney, P., Catalytic and
Non-Catalytic Combustion in Heat-Recirculating Burners, 3rd Joint
US Sections Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Chicago, IL, March 21-23,
2003.
Chen,
C., Kwon, O. C., Liu, J., Ronney, P. D., Strain and heat loss effects on the
propagation rates of edge flames, 3rd Joint US Sections Meeting of
the Combustion Institute, Chicago, IL, March 21-23, 2003.
Kwon, O.
C, Abid, M., Ronney, P. D., Wu, M. S., Ju, Y., Numerical modeling of flame
balls with radiative reabsorption effects, 3rd Joint US Sections
Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Chicago, IL, March 21-23, 2003.
Maruta, K., Takeda,
K., Sitzki, L., Borer, K., Ronney, P. D., Wussow, S., Deutschmann, O.,
"Catalytic Combustion in Microchannel for MEMS Power Generation, " Third
Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Seoul, Korea, June 24-27, 2001.
Sitzki, L, Borer, K., Schuster, E., Ronney, P. D., Wussow, S.,
"Combustion in Microscale Heat-Recirculating Burners," Third
Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Seoul, Korea, June 24-27, 2001.
Wu, M.-S., Ju, Y. and
Ronney, P. D., "Numerical Simulation of Flame Balls with Radiative
Reabsorption Effects," 38th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV,
January 11-14, 2000.
Kaiser, C., Liu, J.-B.
and Ronney, P. D., "Diffusive-thermal Instability of Counterflow Flames at
Low Lewis Number," 38th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January
11-14, 2000.
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Abid, M., Sharif, J. and
Ronney, P. D., "Propagating Fronts in Hele-Shaw Cells: Effects of Buoyancy
and Thermal Expansion," Spring Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute,
Western States Section, Berkeley, CA, March 23-24, 1998.
Sharif, J., Abid, M. and
Ronney, P. D., "Mechanisms of Premixed Gas Flame Propagation in Quasi-2D
Channels," Fall Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute, Western States
Section, Diamond Bar, CA, October 23-24, 1997.
Honda, L. and Ronney, P.
D., "Effects of Atmospheric Composition on Flame Spread at Microgravity,"
Fall Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute, Western States Section, Diamond
Bar, CA, October 23-24, 1997.
Abid, M. and Ronney, P.
D., "Propagation Rates of Buoyant Chemical Fronts in Aqueous
Solution," Fall Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute, Western States
Section, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, October 28-29,
1996.
Sharif, J. and Ronney,
P. D., "Premixed Gas Flame Propagation in a Hele-Shaw Cell," Fall
Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute, Western States Section, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, October 28-29, 1996.
Liu, J. B., Ronney, P.
D., "Interferometry System for g Combustion Experiments," Fall
Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute, Western States Section, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, October 28-29, 1996.
Lim, E. H., McIlroy, A.,
Ronney, P. D., Syage, J. A., "Effect of Spark Kernel Dynamics on Minimum
Ignition Energies of Combustible Gases," Fall Technical Meeting,
Combustion Institute, Western States Section, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA, October 28-29, 1996.
Zhu, J.-Y. and Ronney,
P. D., "Numerical Simulation of Buoyant Chemical Front Propagation in
Hele-Shaw Flow," 6th SIAM Conference on Numerical Combustion, March 4-6,
1996, New Orleans, LA.
Ronney, P. D.,
"Dynamics and Pattern Formation in Propagating Chemical Fronts in Buoyant
and Turbulent Flows," 15th Dynamics Days Texas, Houston, TX, Jan. 3-6,
1996.
Fortmeyer, J. M. and
Ronney, P. D., "Radiatively-Driven Flow in Gases," 48th Annual
Meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Irvine, CA,
November 19-21, 1995.
Honda, L. and Ronney, P.
D., "Mechanisms of Concurrent-Flow Flame Spread Over Solid Fuels,"
Fall Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute, Western States Section, Stanford,
CA, October 30-31, 1995.
Liu, J. B., Ronney, P.
D., "Robust Interferometer System for Drop Tower Experiments," SPIE
International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation,
July 9-14, 1995, San Diego, CA.
Delichatsios, M. A.,
Ronney, P. D., "Horizontal and Lateral Flame Spread on Solids: Closure and
Diffusional Lewis Number Effects," Fall Technical Meeting, Combustion
Institute, Eastern States Section, Dec. 5-7, 1994, Clearwater Beach, FL.
Ronney, P. D.,
Greenberg, J. B., Zhang, Y., Roegner, E. V., "Control of Fire Spread
Through Ambient Atmosphere Effects," 34th Israel Conference on Aerospace
Sciences, Feb. 16-17, 1994, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Wang, Q., Ronney, P. D.,
"Mechanisms of Flame Propagation Limits in Vertical Tubes," Spring
Technical Meeting, Combustion Institute, Eastern/Central States Section, March
15-17, 1993, New Orleans, LA.