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The Combustion Processes Laboratories (CPL) is the research facility in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley (USA), specializing in combustion, heat and mass transfer, and reactive systems.
The Principal Investigators are Prof. Carlos Fernandez-Pello, Prof. Robert Dibble and Prof. Jyh-Yuan Chen.
Paper Series for the Combustion Processes Laboratories
PAPERS FROM 2007
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 | Chris Lautenberger (December 20, 2007) A Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids |
 | John Hunter Mack, Daniel L. Flowers, Salvador M. Aceves, and Robert W. Dibble (October 16, 2007) Direct Use of Wet Ethanol in a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engine: Experimental and Numerical Results |
 | Mark A. Mikofski (June 1, 2007) Structure of Laminar Sooting Inverse Diffusion Flames |
 | George A. Ban-Weiss, J.Y. Chen, Bruce A. Buchholz, and Robert W. Dibble (March 1, 2007) A numerical investigation into the anomalous slight NOx increase when burning biodiesel; A new (old) theory |
PAPERS FROM 2006
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 | John Hunter Mack, Daniel L. Flowers, Bruce A. Buchholz, and Robert W. Dibble (September 18, 2006) Using Biofuel Tracers to Study Alternative Combustion Regimes |
 | Brandon J. Blizman, Darby B. Makel, John Hunter Mack, and Robert W. Dibble (September 18, 2006) Landfill Gas Fueled HCCI Demonstration System |
 | Chris Lautenberger and Carlos Fernandez-Pello (August 27, 2006) A Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Simulating Charring, Intumescent, Smoldering, and Noncharring Gasification |
 | Susan L. Fischer and Catherine P. Koshland (April 1, 2006) Field performance of a nephelometer in rural kitchens: effects of high humidity excursions and correlations to gravimetric analyses (Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2006) |
 | Mark A. Mikofski, Timothy C. Williams, Christopher R. Shaddix, and Linda G. Blevins (January 1, 2006) Flame Height Measurement of Laminar Inverse Diffusion Flames |
 | Guillermo Rein, Chris Lautenberger, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, Jose Torero, and David Urban (January 1, 2006) Application of Genetic Algorithms and Thermogravimetry to Determine the Kinetics of Polyurethane Foam in Smoldering Combustion |
PAPERS FROM 2005
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 | Mark A. Mikofski (December 20, 2005) Flame Structure and Soot Formation in Inverse Diffusion Flames (Ph.D. Dissertation) |
 | Guillermo Rein (December 19, 2005) Computational Model of Forward and Opposed Smoldering Combustion with Improved Chemical Kinetics (PhD. Thesis) |
 | James W. Girard, Gregory E. Bogin, John Hunter Mack, J-Y Chen, and Rober W. Dibble (October 27, 2005) A Comparison of Infrared Light Emitting Diodes (IR-LED) versus Infrared |
 | Susan L. Fischer and Catherine P. Koshland (October 21, 2005) Field performance of a nephelometer in rural kitchens: effects of high humidity excursions and correlations to gravimetric analyses |
 | Olivier Putzeys, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, and Dave L. Urban (October 20, 2005) Ignition of Combustion Modified Polyurethane Foam |
 | Kevin Macko, Mark A. Mikofski, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, Linda G. Blevins, and Ronald W. Davis (October 18, 2005) Laser Extinction in Laminar Inverse Diffusion Flames |
 | Yi-Hann Chen and J Y. Chen (October 17, 2005) Development of Isooctane Skeletal Mechanisms for Fast and Accurate Predictions of SOC and Emissions of HCCI Engines based on LLNL Detailed Mechanism |
 | Fabrizio Bisetti and J Y. Chen (October 17, 2005) LES of Sandia Flame D with Eulerian PDF and Finite-Rate Chemistry |
 | Chekib Ghabi, Guillermo Rein, Hmaied Ben Ticha, and Mohamed Sassi (May 19, 2005) Bidimensional Numerical Model for Polyurethane Smoldering in a Fixed Bed |
 | John Hunter Mack, Bruce A. Buchholz, Daniel L. Flowers, and Robert W. Dibble (May 1, 2005) The Effect of the Di-Tertiary Butyl Peroxide (DTBP) additive on HCCI Combustion of Fuel Blends of Ethanol and Diethyl Ether |
 | Fabrizio Bisetti and J Y. Chen (March 20, 2005) Numerical Issues of Monte Carlo PDF for Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Flames |
 | Amnon Bar-Ilan, Olivier Putzeys, Guillermo Rein, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello, and David L. Urban (January 1, 2005) Transition from Forward Smoldering to Flaming in Small Polyurethane Foam Samples |
 | Guillermo Rein, Amnon Bar-Ilan, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, Janet L. Ellzey, Jose L. Torero, and David L. Urban (January 1, 2005) Modeling of One-Dimensional Smoldering of Polyurethane in Microgravity Conditions |
PAPERS FROM 2004
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 | Amnon Bar-Ilan, Guillermo Rein, David C. Walther, A. C. Fernandez-Pello, Jose L. Torero, and David L. Urban (December 1, 2004) The effect of buoyancy on opposed smoldering |
 | Jason S. Souder, John Hunter Mack, J. Karl Hedrick, and Robert W. Dibble (October 10, 2004) Microphones and Knock Sensors for Feedback Control of HCCI Engines |
 | Amnon Bar-Ilan, Guillermo Rein, A Carlos Fernandez-Pello, J L. Torero, and D L. Urban (September 1, 2004) Forced forward smoldering experiments in microgravity |
 | Mark A. Mikofski, Timothy C. Williams, Christopher R. Shaddix, and Linda G. Blevins (March 1, 2004) Effect of Varied Air Flow on Flame Structure of Laminar Inverse Diffusion Flames |
 | John Hunter Mack, Daniel L. Flowers, Bruce A. Buchholz, and Robert W. Dibble (January 1, 2004) Investigation of HCCI Combustion of Diethyl Ether and Ethanol Mixtures Using Carbon 14 Tracing and Numerical Simulations |
 | Guillermo Rein, Amnon Bar-Ilan, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, and Norman Alvares (January 1, 2004) A Comparison of Three Fire Models in the Simulation of Accidental Fires |
PAPERS FROM 2003
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 | Mark A. Mikofski, Linda G. Blevins, Ronald W. Davis, Elizabeth F. Moore, and George W. Mulholland (June 1, 2003) COSMIC: Carbon Monoxide and Soot in Microgravity Inverse Combustion |
PAPERS FROM 2002
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 | Amnon Bar-Ilan, David B. Rich, Guillermo Rein, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, H. Hanai, and T. Niioka (March 1, 2002) Flow-Assisted Flame Propagation Through a Porous Combustible in Microgravity |
 | Guillermo Rein, Jose Luis Torero, and Janet L. Ellzey (January 1, 2002) NUMERICAL STUDY OF FORWARD SMOLDERING COMBUSTION (in Spanish) |
PAPERS FROM 2000
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 | Ying-Ying Zhou and Carlos Fernandez-Pello (December 1, 2000) An enthalpy-temperature hybrid method for solving phase change problems and its application to polymer pyrolysis and ignition |
PAPERS FROM 1999
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 | David C. Walther, Ralph A. Anthenien, and Carlos Fernandez-Pello (November 1, 1999) SMOLDER IGNITION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM: EFFECT OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATION |
 | David C. Walther, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, and David L. Urban (February 1, 1999) Space shuttle based microgravity smoldering combustion experiments |
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