Distinguished papers are selected biennially from among the scientific papers presented during the International Symposium on Combustion and accepted for publication in the Proceedings of The Combustion Institute. One paper is selected for each represented colloquium as the most distinguished in quality, achievement, and significance.
Papers and Recipients by Colloquium
Low Emission Combustion Technologies
2022: Combustion of lean ammonia-hydrogen fuel blends in a porous media burner
Guillaume Vignat, Bassem Akoush, Edna Rebeca Toro Garza, Emeric Boigné, Matthias Ihme
Gas-Phase Reaction Kinetics
2022: Theoretical kinetics of HO2 + C5H5: A missing piece in cyclopentadienyl radical oxidation reactions
Luna Pratali Maffei, Matteo Pelucchi, Tiziano Faravelli, Carlo Cavallotti
2021: Automated theoretical chemical kinetics: Predicting the kinetics for the initial stages of pyrolysis
Sarah N. Elliott, Kevin B. Moore III, Andreas V. Copan, Murat Keceli, Carlo Cavallotti, Yuri Georgievskii, Henry F. Schaefer III, Stephen J. Klippenstein
2019: Knowledge generation through data research: New validation targets for the refinement of kinetic mechanisms
N. Hansen, X. He, R. Griggs, K. Moshammer
2017: Quantitative HNO detection behind shock waves
Nancy Faßheber, Marvin C. Schmidt, Gernot Friedrichs
2015: Adventures on the C3H5O potential energy surface: OH + propyne, OH + allene and related reactions
Judit Zádor, James A. Miller
2013: Synchrotron photoionization measurements of fundamental autoignition reactions: Product formation in low-temperature isobutane oxidation
Arkke J. Eskola, Oliver Welz, John D. Savee, David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes
2011: Multi-species time-history measurements during n-dodecane oxidation behind reflected shock waves
D.F. Davidson, Z. Hong, G.L. Pilla, A. Farooq, R.D. Cook, R.K. Hanson
Diagnostics
2022: Water vapor in hydrogen flames measured by time-resolved collisional dephasing of the pure rotational N2 CARS signal
Leonardo Castellanos, Francesco Mazza, Alexis Bohlin
2021: Single-shot imaging of major species and OH mole fractions and temperature in non-premixed H2/N2 flames at elevated pressure
T.F. Guiberti, Y. Krishna, W.R. Boyette, C. Yang, W.L. Roberts, and G. Magnotti
2019: Single-ended mid-infrared laser-absorption sensor for time-resolved measurements of water concentration and temperature within the annulus of a rotating detonation engine
Wen Yu Peng, Séan J. Cassady, Christopher L. Strand, Christopher S. Goldenstein, R. Mitchell Spearrin, Christopher M. Brophy, Jay B. Jeffries, Ronald K. Hanson
2017: Single-shot 3D flame diagnostic based on volumetric laser induced fluorescence (VLIF)
Lin Ma, Qingchun Lei, Jordan Ikeda, Wenjiang Xu, Yue Wu, Campbell D. Carter
2015: Development of two-beam femtosecond/picosecond one-dimensional rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy: Time-resolved probing of flame wall interactions
Alexis Bohlin, Markus Mann, Brian D. Patterson, Andreas Dreizler, Christopher J. Kliewer
2013: Absolute light calibration using S-type thermocouples
Bin Ma, Marshall B. Long
2011: Picosecond time-resolved pure-rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy in sooting flames
Christopher J. Kliewer, Yi Gao, Thomas Seeger, Johannes Keifer, Brian Patterson, Thomas Settersten
Laminar Flames
2022: Effects of low-temperature chemical reactions on ignition kernel development and flame propagation in a DME-air mixing layer
Yiqing Wang, Wang Han, Thorsten Zirwes, Feichi Zhang, Henning Bockhorn, Zheng Chen
2021: The effect of pressure on the hydrodynamic stability limit of premixed flames
Antonio Attili, Rachele Lamioni, Lukas Berger, Konstantin Kleinheinz, Pasquale E. Lapenna, Heinz Pitsch, Francesco Creta
2019: Effect of stoichiometric mixture fraction on nonpremixed H2–O2–N2 edge-flames
Zhenghong Zhou, Siena S. Applebaum, Paul D. Ronney
2017: Stabilization and extinction of diffusion flames in an inert porous medium
M.A. Endo Kokubun, F.F. Fachini, M. Matalon
2015: Self-sustaining n-heptane cool diffusion flames activated by ozone
Sang Hee Won, Bo Jiang, Pascal Diévart, Chae Hoon Sohn, Yiguang Ju
2013: Behavior of preheated premixed flames at rich conditions
Joseph Gibson, Mohsen Ayoobi, Ingmar Schoegl
2011: Strain rate effects on the nonlinear development of hydrodynamically unstable flames
Francesco Creta, Moshe Matalon
Turbulent Flames
2022: Effects of differential diffusion on hydrogen flame kernel development under engine conditions
Hongchao Chu, Lukas Berger, Temistocle Grenga, Zhao Wu, Heinz Pitsch
2021: On the combined effect of internal and external intermittency in turbulent non-premixed jet flames
M. Gauding, M. Bode, D. Denker, Y. Brahami, L. Danaila, E. Varea
2019: A mixture-fraction-based hybrid binomial Langevin-multiple mapping conditioning model
Andrew P. Wandel, R. Peter Lindstedt
2017: The cross-scale physical-space transfer of kinetic energy in turbulent premixed flames
Jeffrey O’Brien, Colin A.Z. Towery, Peter E. Hamlington, Matthias Ihme, Alexei Y. Poludnenko, Javier Urzay
2015: Heat release imaging in turbulent premixed methane-air flames close to blow-off
J. Kariuki, A. Dowlut, R. Yuan, R. Balachandran, E. Mastorakos
2013: Large eddy simulation of a lifted ethylene flame using a dynamic nonequilibrium model for subfilter scalar variance and dissipation rate
Colleen M. Kaul, Venkat Raman, Edward Knudsen, Edward S. Richardson, Jacqueline H. Chen
2011: Experimental study of flame-hole reignition mechanisms in a turbulent non-premixed jet flame using sustained multi-kHz PIV and crossed-plane OH PLIF
A.M. Steinberg, I. Boxx, C.M. Arndt, J.H. Frank, W. Meier
Spray, Droplet and Supercritical Combustion
2022: Studies of low and intermediate temperature oxidation of propane up to 100 atm in a supercritical-pressure jet-stirred reactor
Hao Zhao, Chao Yan, Guohui Song, Ziyu Wang, Yiguang Ju
2021: Combustion of aqueous HAN/methanol propellants at high pressures
Robert E. Ferguson, Alan A. Esparza, Evgeny Shafirovich
2019: A hybrid droplet vaporization-chemical surrogate approach for emulating vaporization, physical properties,
and chemical combustion behavior of multicomponent fuels Alanna Y. Cooney, Simcha L. Singer
2017: Study of flame response to transverse acoustic modes from the LES of a 42-injector rocket engine
A. Urbano, Q. Douasbin, L. Selle, G. Staffelbach, B. Cuenot, T. Schmitt, S. Ducruix, S. Candel
2015: LES of a methanol spray flame with a stochastic sub-grid model
W.P. Jones, A.J. Marquis, D. Noh
2013: LES-CMC of a dilute acetone spray flame
S. Ukai, A. Kronenburg, O.T. Stein
2011: Direct numerical simulations and analysis of three-dimensional n-heptane spray flames in a model swirl combustor
K. Luo, H. Pitsch, M.G. Pai, O. Desjardins
Detonation, Explosion, and Supersonic Combustion
2022: Statistical analysis of detonation wave structure
Mark D. Frederick, Rohan M. Gejji, Joseph E. Shepherd, Carson D. Slabaugh
2021: Detonation propagation across a stratified layer with a diffuse interface
C. Metrow, V. Yousefi and G. Ciccarelli
2019: Compressible turbulent flame speeds of highly turbulent standing flames
Jonathan Sosa, Jessica Chambers, Kareem A. Ahmed, Alexei Poludnenko, Vadim N. Gamezo
2017: The dependence of Ammonium-Nitrate Fuel-Oil (ANFO) detonation on confinement
Scott I. Jackson
2015: Experimental study of spherical-flame acceleration mechanisms in large-scale propane-air flames
C. Regis Bauwens, Jeffrey M. Bergthorson, Sergey B. Dorofeev
2013: Detonation re-initiation mechanism following the Mach reflection of a quenched detonation
R.R. Bhattacharjee, S.S.M. Lau-Chapdelaine, G. Maines, L. Maley, M.I. Radulescu
2011: Gasdynamic model of turbulent combustion in TNT explosions
A.L. Kuhl, J.B. Bell, V.E. Beckner, H. Reichenbach
Solid Fuel Combustion
2022: Resolved simulations of single iron particle combustion and the release of nano-particles
Leon C. Thijs, C.E.A.G. van Gool, W.J.S. Ramaekers, Jeroen A. van Oijen, L.P.H. de Goey
2021: A new insight into chemical reactions between biomass and alkaline additives during pyrolysis process
Wei Chen, Kaixu Li, Zhiqun Chen, MingWei Xia, Yingquan Chen, Haiping Yang, Xu Chen, Hanping Chen
2019: A model of the chemical composition and pyrolysis kinetics of lignin
Karla Dussan, Stephen Dooley, Rory F.D. Monaghan
2017: Flamelet LES modeling of coal combustion with detailed devolatilization by directly coupled CPD
M. Rieth, A.G. Clements, M. Rabaçal, F. Proch, O.T. Stein, A.M. Kempf
2015: Simulations of heterogeneous propellant combustion: Effect of particle orientation and shape
Mathieu Plaud, Stany Gallier, Matthieu Morel
2013: Combustion of microno-sized particles of titanium and zirconium
Carlo Badiola, Edward L. Dreizin
2011: Experimental and numerical investigation of hetero-/homogeneous combustion of CO/H2/O2/N2 mixtures over platinum at pressures up to 5 bar
Yohannes Ghermay, John Mantzaras, Rolf Bombach
Fire Research
2022: Experimental study on downward/opposed flame Spread and extinction over electric wires in partial gravity environments
Yusuke Konno, Yutao Li, Jean-Marie Citerne, Guillaume Legros, Augustin Guibaud, Nozomu Hashimoto, Osamu Fujita
2021: An analysis of the stabilization of fire whirls
Shangpeng Li, Qiang Yao, Chung K. Law
2019: Flame length of buoyant turbulent slot flame
Wei Gao, Naian Liu, Yan Jiao, Xiaodong Xie, Ying Pan, Zilong Li, Xisheng Luo, Linhe Zhang, Ran Tu
2017: Oxygen index effect on the structure of a laminar boundary layer diffusion flame in a reduced gravity environment
J. Contreras, J.-L. Consalvi, A. Fuentes
2015: Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
Ajay V. Singh, Michael J. Gollner
2013: Study of the competing chemical reactions in the initiation and spread of smouldering combustion in peat
Rory M. Hadden, Guillermo Rein, Claire M. Belcher
2011: A comprehensive methodology for characterizing sprinkler sprays
Ning Ren, Howard Baum, André Marshall
Propulsion
2022: Suppression of self-excited thermoacoustic instabilities by convective-acoustic interference
Eirik Æsøy, Girish K. Jankee, Srikar Yadala, Nicholas A. Worth, James R. Dawson
Soot, Nanomaterials, and Large Molecules
2022: Prenucleation chemistry of aromatics: A two-ring precursor?
Michael Frenklach, Alexander M. Mebel
2021: Effects of maturity and temperature on soot density and specific heat
Hope A. Michelsen
2019: Insights into incipient soot formation by atomic force microscopy
Fabian Schulz, Mario Commodo, Katharina Kaiser, Gianluigi De Falco, Patrizia Minutolo, Gerhard Meyer, Andrea D‘Anna, Leo Gross
2017: Real-time observation of soot aggregate oxidation in an Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope
Anton D. Sediako, Charles Soong, Jane Y. Howe, Mohammad Reza Kholghy, Murray J. Thomson
2015: Kinetics of nascent soot oxidation by molecular oxygen in a flow reactor
Joaquin Camacho, Yujie Tao, Hai Wang
2013: Coagulation of combustion generated nanoparticles in low and intermediate temperature regimes: An experimental study
Mariano Sirignano, Andrea D’Anna
2011: Carbon condensation wave in C3O2 and C2H2 initiated by a shock wave
A. Emelianov, A. Eremin, H. Jander, H.Gg. Wagner
Numerical Combustion
2022: Manifold-informed state vector subset for reduced-order modeling
Kamila Zdyba, James C. Sutherland, Alessandro Parente
Multi-Physics Phenomena
2022: Modelling a detailed kinetic mechanism for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2
Simon Rihm, Jethro Akroyd, Markus Kraft
Stationary Combustion Systems
2021: Digital twin of a combustion furnace operating in flameless conditions: reduced-order model development from CFD simulations
Gianmarco Aversano, Marco Ferrarotti, Alessandro Parente
2019: Mechanism and kinetics of Cu2O oxidation in chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling
Mingze Su, Jie Cao, Xin Tian, Yongliang Zhang, Haibo Zhao
2017: Ash deposition propensity of coals/blends combustion in boilers: a modelling analysis based on multi-slagging routes
Xin Yang, Derek Ingham, Lin Ma, Nanda Srinivasan, Mohamed Pourkashanian
2015: Catalytic role of conditioner CaO in nitrogen transformation during sewage sludge pyrolysis
Huan Liu, Qiang Zhang, Hongyun Hu, Peng Liu, Xiaowei Hu, Aijun Li, Hong Yao
2013: The effect of pelletization on the attrition of wood under fluidized bed combustion and gasification conditions
Paola Ammendola, Riccardo Chirone, Giovanna Ruoppolo, Fabrizio Scala
2011: Identifying modes of occurrence of mercury in coal by temperature programmed pyrolysis
Guangqian Luo, Hong Yao, Minghou Xu, Rajenda Gupta, Zhenghe Xu
IC Engine Combustion
2021: Detailed measurements of transient two-stage ignition and combustion processes in high-pressure spray flames using simultaneous high-speed formaldehyde PLIF and schlieren imaging
Hyung Sub Sim, Noud Maes, Lukas Weiss, Lyle M. Pickett, and Scott A. Skeen
2019: A simplified CFD model for spectral radiative heat transfer in high-pressure hydrocarbon–air
combustion systems
C. Paul, D.C. Haworth, M.F. Modest
2017: Influence of three-dimensional in-cylinder flows on cycle-to-cycle variations in a fired stratified DISI engine measured by time-resolved dual-plane PIV
J. Bode, J. Schorr, C. Krüger, A. Dreizler, B. Böhm
2015: Key parameters governing the precessing vortex core in reacting flows: An experimental and analytical study
S. Terhaar, K. Oberleithner, C.O. Paschereit
2013: Effects of Damköhler number on vortex-flame interaction in a gas turbine model combustor
M. Stöhr, C.M. Arndt, W. Meier
2011: Dynamics of lean blowout of a swirl-stabilized flame in a gas turbine model combustor
M. Stöhr, I. Boxx, C. Carter, W. Meier
Novel Combustion Concepts, Technologies, and Systems
2021: Kinetic study of plasma-assisted n-dodecane/O2/N2 pyrolysis and oxidation in a nanosecond-pulsed discharge
Hongtao Zhong, Xingqian Mao, Aric C Rousso, Charles L Patrick, Chao Yan, Wenbin Xu, Qi Chen, Gerard Wysocki, Yiguang Ju
2019: Evaluation of a novel miniaturised microwave resonating igniter: The Flat Panel Igniter
Minh K. Le, Atsushi Nishiyama, Yuji Ikeda
2017: A comparative experimental and numerical investigation of the heterogeneous and homogeneous combustion characteristics of fuel-rich methane mixtures over rhodium and platinum
Ran Sui, John Mantzaras, Rolf Bombach
2015: Time-resolved radical species and temperature distributions in an Ar–O2–H2 mixture excited by a nanosecond pulse discharge
Z. Yin, Z. Eckert, I.V. Adamovich, W.R. Lempert
2013: OH radical and temperature measurements during ignition of H2-air mixtures excited by a repetitively pulsed nanosecond discharge
Z. Yin, I.V. Adamovich, W.R. Lempert
2011: Effects of non-equilibrium plasma discharge on counterflow diffusion flame extinction
Wenting Sun, Mruthunhaya Uddi, Timothy Ombrello, Sang Hee Won, Campbell Carter, Yiguang Ju
Formation and Control of Pollutants and Greenhouse Gases
2017: Soot, organics, and ultrafine ash from air- and oxy-fired coal combustion
Myrrha E. Andersen, Nabanita Modak, Christopher K. Winterrowd, Chun Wai Lee, William L. Roberts, Jost O.L. Wendt, William P. Linak
Gas Turbine and Rocket Engine Combustion
2021: Heat-release dynamics in a doubly-transcritical LO2/LCH4 cryogenic coaxial jet flame subjected to fuel inflow acoustic modulation
C. Laurent, G. Staffelbach, F. Nicoud, T. Poinsot
2019: Time-resolved study of transient soot formation in an aero-engine model combustor at elevated pressure
M. Stöhr, K.P. Geigle, R. Hadef, I. Boxx, C.D. Carter, M. Grader, P. Gerlinger
2017: A method to identify thermoacoustic growth rates in combustion chambers from dynamic pressure time series
N. Noiray, A. Denisov