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Chia-Fon Lee is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering, with significant work in Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research topics focus extensively on Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies and Combustion and Flame Dynamics. Additional areas of study include Heat Transfer and Supercritical Fluids, Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps, Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics, Rocket and Propulsion Systems Research, and Petroleum Processing and Analysis.

Chia-Fon Lee has published articles in several notable venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fuel
  • Atomization and Sprays
  • Applied Mathematical Modelling
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Recent papers illustrate a focus on sprays, combustion, and fluid dynamics. Notable publications include:

  • Experimental study of flash boiling spray with isooctane, hexane, ethanol and their binary mixtures, 2021, Fuel
  • Eulerian-Lagrangian modeling of spray G atomization with focus on vortex evolution and its interaction with cavitation, 2022, Applied Mathematical Modelling
  • Macroscopic characteristics of flash-boiling spray focused on plume interaction, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Model development for flash boiling spray and validations with isooctane, hexane, ethanol and their binary mixtures, 2022, Fuel
  • Newer Generation of Scooters: Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin and Dibenzofuran and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Reductions, 2020, Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Collaborative work is evident with frequent coauthors such as Ziman Wang, Wenchuan Liu, Junhao Yan, Feng Li, and Timothy H. Lee. These collaborations suggest ongoing research partnerships primarily with scholars focused on combustion and fluid mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Progress in the production and application of n-butanol as a biofuel

    Chao Jin;Mingfa Yao;Haifeng Liu;Chia Fon F. Lee;Chia Fon F. Lee

  • Emission characteristics of a spark-ignition engine fuelled with gasoline-n-butanol blends in combination with EGR

    Xiaolei Gu;Zuohua Huang;Jian Cai;Jing Gong

  • Potential of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) as a biofuel

    Yuqiang Li;Wei Tang;Yong Chen;Jiangwei Liu

  • Combustion and emissions characteristics of high n-butanol/diesel ratio blend in a heavy-duty diesel engine and EGR impact

    Zheng Chen;Zhenkuo Wu;Jingping Liu;Chiafon Lee

  • Study on performance and emissions of a passenger-car diesel engine fueled with butanol–diesel blends

    Zheng Chen;Jingping Liu;Zhiyu Han;Biao Du

  • Effect of EGR and injection timing on combustion and emission characteristics of split injection strategy DI-diesel engine fueled with biodiesel

    Donghui Qi;Michael Leick;Yu Liu;Chia Fon F. Lee

  • Study on the spray and combustion characteristics of water–emulsified diesel

    Ming Huo;Shenlun Lin;Haifeng Liu;Chia Fon F. Lee;Chia Fon F. Lee

  • Comparison of Ethanol and Butanol as Additives in Soybean Biodiesel Using a Constant Volume Combustion Chamber

    Haifeng Liu;Haifeng Liu;Chia-fon F. Lee;Ming Huo;Mingfa Yao

  • Low temperature spray combustion of acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) and diesel blends

    Nan Zhou;Ming Huo;Han Wu;Karthik Nithyanandan

  • Combustion, performance and emissions characteristics of a spark-ignition engine fueled with isopropanol-n-butanol-ethanol and gasoline blends

    Yuqiang Li;Yuqiang Li;Lei Meng;Lei Meng;Karthik Nithyanandan;Timothy H. Lee

  • Renewable diesel blendstocks produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of wet biowaste

    Wan Ting Chen;Yuanhui Zhang;Yuanhui Zhang;Timothy H. Lee;Zhenwei Wu

  • Effects of port fuel injection (PFI) of n-butanol and EGR on combustion and emissions of a direct injection diesel engine

    Zheng Chen;Jingping Liu;Zhenkuo Wu;Chiafon Lee

  • Modeling droplet breakup processes under micro-explosion conditions

    Yangbing Zeng;Chia-fon F. Lee

  • Soot Emissions of Various Oxygenated Biofuels in Conventional Diesel Combustion and Low-Temperature Combustion Conditions

    Haifeng Liu;Xiaojie Bi;Ming Huo;Chia Fon F. Lee;Chia Fon F. Lee

  • Bio-diesel effects on combustion processes in an HSDI diesel engine using advanced injection strategies

    Tiegang Fang;Chia-fon F. Lee

  • Modelling and experiment of impingement and atomization of a liquid spray on a wall

    M. F. Trujillo;W. S. Mathews;C. F. Lee;J. E. Peters

  • Biodiesel combustion in an optical HSDI diesel engine under low load premixed combustion conditions

    Tiegang Fang;Yuan-Chung Lin;Tien Mun Foong;Chia-fon Lee

  • Effects of injection angles on combustion processes using multiple injection strategies in an HSDI diesel engine

    Tiegang Fang;Robert E. Coverdill;Chia-fon F. Lee;Robert A. White

  • Spray and Combustion Characteristics of Neat Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol, n-Butanol, and Diesel in a Constant Volume Chamber

    Han Wu;Han Wu;Karthik Nithyanandan;Timothy H. Lee;Chia Fon F. Lee

  • Impacts of Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol (ABE) ratio on spray and combustion characteristics of ABE–diesel blends

    Han Wu;Han Wu;Karthik Nithyanandan;Jiaxiang Zhang;Yilu Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiegang Fang
Tiegang Fang North Carolina State University
Haifeng Liu
Haifeng Liu Tianjin University
Mingfa Yao
Mingfa Yao Tianjin University
Robert P. Lucht
Robert P. Lucht Purdue University West Lafayette
Yuan-Chung Lin
Yuan-Chung Lin National Sun Yat-sen University
Zuohua Huang
Zuohua Huang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zheng Chen
Zheng Chen Peking University
Charles J. Mueller
Charles J. Mueller Sandia National Laboratories
Wen-Jhy Lee
Wen-Jhy Lee National Cheng Kung University

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