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USNA Fuels Research Group

Presentations

Combustion Experiments
Alternative fuels: Combustion Experiments
Alternative fuels: Surrogate Mixture Development (talks)
Alternative fuels: Surrogate Mixture Development (student posters)
Physical Properties of individual fuel components and multi-component mixtures: Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Combustion Experiments

  •  Increasing Diesel Engine Maximum Power with Partially Premixed Combustion (PPC) 
    • Mike Walker, Len Hamilton, Dianne Luning Prak, Jim Cowart
    • submitted to the Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress, April 2018.
  • Partially Premixed Combustion Application for Diesel Power Improvement
    • Mike Walker, Robby Kelson, Kevin Bowes, Len Hamilton, Dianne Luning Prak, Jim Cowart
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers IC Engines Conference, ICEF#2017-3544, Seattle WA, Oct. 2017.
  • Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Operation with Jet Fuel and Water Injection in a Single Cylinder Diesel CFR Engine
    • Jim Cowart, Kevin Bowes, Mike Walker, Len Hamilton, Dianne Luning Prak
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers IC Engines Conference, ICEF#2017-3653, Seattle WA, Oct. 2017.
  • Reference and Pure Component Fuel Characterization in an Ignitional Quality Tester Derived Cetane Rating Unit
    • Peter Luning Prak, Len Hamilton, Dianne Luning Prak, D.J., Jim Cowart
    • Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress, Paper #2017-01-0715, Detroit, MI, April 2017.
  • Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Operation with Navy Jet Fuel in a Waukesha Diesel CFR Engine
    • Kevin Bowes, Mike Walker, Len Hamilton, Dianne Luning Prak, Jim Cowart
    • 10th US National Combustion Meeting, #2F15, The Combustion Institute, April 2017.
  • A Comparative Study of Alternative and Conventional Diesel Combustion Modes in a Single Cylinder Engine with a Single Injection Event
    • Jim Cowart, Len Hamilton, Dianne Luning Prak
    • ASME Internal Combustion Engine Conference, Greenville, SC, October 2016 (#ICEF2016-9372)
  • The Effects of Fuel Injection Pressure and Fuel Type on the Combustion Characteristics of a Diesel Engine 
    • Jim Cowart, Dianne Luning Prak, Len Hamilton
    • ASME 2014 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, Columbus, IN, October 2014
  • An experimental study of normal-hexadecane and iso-dodecane binary fuel blends in a military diesel engine
    • Len Hamilton, Jim Cowart, Dianne Luning Prak, Patrick Caton
    • ASME 2012 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 2012
  • High Cetane Fuel Combustion Performance in a Conventional Military Diesel Engine
    • Jim Cowart, Michael Carr, Patrick Caton, Lars Stoulig, Dianne Luning Prak, Andrew Moore, Len Hamilton
    • SAE 2011 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, April 2011
  • Binary Mixtures of Branched and Aromatic Pure Component Fuels as Surrogates for Future Diesel Fuels
    • Andrew Mathes, Jacob Ries, Patrick Caton, Jim Cowart, Dianne Luning Prak, Len Hamilton 
    • SAE 2010 Powertrain Fuels & Lubricants Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2010

Alternative fuels: Combustion Experiments

  • Technical Evaluation of New Renewable Jet and Diesel Fuels Operated in Neat Form in Multiple Diesel Engines
    • Andy McDaniel, Terrance Dickerson, Dianne Luning Prak, Len Hamilton Jim Cowart
    • Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress, Detroit, MI SAE Paper # 2016-01-0829, 2016.
  • Start-up and Steady-State Performance of a new renewable hydro-processed Depolymerized Cellulosic Diesel (HDCD) Fuel in Multiple Diesel Engines
    • Eric Bermudez, Andy McDaniel, Terrence Dickerson, Dianne Luning Prak, Len Hamilton, Jim Cowart
    • ASME 2015 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, Houston, TX, November 2015 
  • Hydrotreated Algae Renewable Fuel Performance in a Military Diesel Engine
    • Patrick Caton, Sherri Williams, Rich Kamin, Dianne Luning Prak, Len Hamilton, Jim Cowart
    • ASME 2012 Internal Combustion Engine Division Spring Technical Conference, Torino, Piemonte, Italy, May 2012
  • Start-up and Steady-State Performance of a New Renewable Alcohol-To-Jet (ATJ) Fuel in Multiple Diesel Engines
    • Terrence Dickerson, Andy McDaniel, Sherri Williams, Dianne Luning Prak, Len Hamilton, Eric Bermudez, Jim Cowart
    • SAE 2015 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, April 2015

Alternative fuels: Surrogate Mixture Development (talks)

  • Catalytic hydrothermal conversion fuel:  Characterization, development of a surrogate fuel mixture, and engine combustion alcohol-to-jet renewable jet fuel: Characterization,development of a surrogate fuel mixture, and engine combustion
    • Dianne Luning Prak, Sonya Ye, Margaret McLaughlin, Paul Trulove, Jim Cowart
    • 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, August 2017.
  • Hydrodepolymerized Cellulosic Diesel Fuel (HDCD)​ characterization, development of a surrogate fuel mixture, and engine combustion alcohol-to-jet renewable jet fuel: Characterization,development of a surrogate fuel mixture, and engine combustion
    • Dianne Luning Prak, Bridget Lee, Paul Trulove Jim Cowart
    • 252dn American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA,August 2016
  • Alcohol-to-jet renewable jet fuel: Characterization,development of a surrogate fuel mixture, and engine combustion
    • Dianne Luning Prak, M. Hope Jones, Jim Cowart
    • 249th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, March 2015
  • Potential surrogate fuel mixtures for hydrotreated renewable diesel and jet fuel 
    • Dianne Luning Prak, Kate Brown, Paul Trulove, Jim Cowart, Len Hamilton
    • 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, March 2014
  • Algal-based hydrotreated renewable diesel:  Characterization and development of a surrogate fuel mixture 
    • Dianne Luning Prak, David Hoang, Len Haminton, Jim Cowart
    • 243th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 2013

Alternative fuels: Surrogate Mixture Development (student posters)

  • Development of 3-Component Surrogate Mixtures for Catalytic Hydrothermal Conversion Diesel and Jet Fuels
    • Sonya Ye, Margaret McLaughlin, Jim Cowart, Dianne Luning Prak
    • 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Fransciso, CA, March 2017 
  • Using mixtures of trans-decahydronaphthalene and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene to model the properties of Hydrodepolymerized Cellulosic Diesel
    • Bridget Lee, Dianne Luning Prak
    • 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 2016 
  • Development of 2-component surrogate mixtures for alcohol-to-jet fuel
    • M. Hope Jones, Dianne Luning Prak
    • 249th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, March 2015
  • Development of 2-component surrogate mixtures of hydrotreated renewable diesel and jet fuel 
    • Sarah Alexandre, Dianne Luning Prak, Paul Trulove
    • 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Dallas, TX, March 2014
  • Analyzing Properties of Alternative Fuels and Developing a Surrogate for Algal-Based Fuels
    • David Hoang, Patrick Caton, Jim Cowart, Dianne Luning Prak
    • 243th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 2012

Physical Properties of individual fuel components and multi-component mixtures: Molecular Dynamics Simulations

  • Elucidating the Properties of Surrogate Fuels Mixtures using Molecular Dynamics (talk)
    • Brian Morrow, Michah Gustafson, David Schall, Todd Knippenberg, Judith Harrison
    • 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 2016.
  • MD Study of the Effect of Alkyl Aromatic Content on Thermophysical Properties of Surrogate Catalytic Hydrothermal Conversion Fuels (poster)
    • Michah Gustafson, Brian Morrow, Sabina Maskey, Judith Harrison
    • 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, March 2017.
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