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Overview

Eric L. Petersen is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily within Engineering and Chemical Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their scientific work concentrates on several main topics related to combustion and propulsion. These include:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Eric L. Petersen has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed articles, with key recent papers including:

  • "An experimental and modeling study of ammonia pyrolysis" (2021), published in Combustion and Flame
  • "Impact of shock-tube facility-dependent effects on incident- and reflected-shock conditions over a wide range of pressures and Mach numbers" (2020), published in Combustion and Flame
  • "Laminar flame speed and shock-tube multi-species laser absorption measurements of Dimethyl Carbonate oxidation and pyrolysis near 1 atm" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • "Shock-tube laser absorption measurements of N2O time histories during ammonia oxidation" (2022), published in Fuel Communications
  • "A shock-tube study of the N2O + M ⇄ N2 + O + M (M = Ar) rate constant using N2O laser absorption near 4.6 µm" (2020), published in Combustion and Flame

Their publication record includes significant contributions to venues such as:

  • Combustion and Flame (25 publications)
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (16 publications)
  • Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (10 publications)
  • Fuel (6 publications)
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (5 publications)

Coauthorship is notable in Eric L. Petersen's work, frequently collaborating with researchers including:

  • Olivier Mathieu (56 collaborations)
  • Claire M. Grégoire (31 collaborations)
  • Sean P. Cooper (31 collaborations)
  • Sulaiman A. Alturaifi (23 collaborations)
  • James C. Thomas (19 collaborations)

In addition to articles, Eric L. Petersen has authored a book titled Carbon-Free Fuels, published by the American Chemical Society in 2023, which has accumulated citations reflecting its impact in the field.

Best Publications

  • An experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modeling study of hydrogen and syngas mixture oxidation at elevated pressures

    Alan Keromnes;Wayne K. Metcalfe;Karl A. Heufer;Nicola Donohoe

  • Experimental and modeling study on the high-temperature oxidation of Ammonia and related NOx chemistry

    Olivier Mathieu;Eric L. Petersen

  • An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 1,3-butadiene combustion: Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements

    Chong-Wen Zhou;Chong-Wen Zhou;Yang Li;Ultan Burke;Colin Banyon

  • An ignition delay and kinetic modeling study of methane, dimethyl ether, and their mixtures at high pressures

    Ultan Burke;Kieran P. Somers;Peter O’Toole;Chis M. Zinner

  • Fuel Flexibility Influences on Premixed Combustor Blowout, Flashback, Autoignition, and Stability

    Tim Lieuwen;Vince McDonell;Eric Petersen;Domenic Santavicca

  • A comprehensive experimental and modeling study of isobutene oxidation

    Chong-Wen Zhou;Yang Li;Eoin O'Connor;Kieran P. Somers

  • Oxidation of C1−C5 Alkane Quinternary Natural Gas Mixtures at High Pressures

    D. Healy;D. M. Kalitan;C. J. Aul;E. L. Petersen

  • Kinetics modeling of shock-induced ignition in low-dilution CH4/O2 mixtures at high pressures and intermediate temperatures

    E.L. Petersen;D.F. Davidson;R.K. Hanson

  • An experimental and modeling study of propene oxidation. Part 2: Ignition delay time and flame speed measurements

    Sinead M. Burke;Ultan Burke;Reuben Mc Donagh;Olivier Mathieu

  • Methane/propane oxidation at high pressures: Experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modeling

    Eric L. Petersen;Danielle M. Kalitan;Stefanie Simmons;Gilles Bourque

  • A facility for gas- and condensed-phase measurements behind shock waves

    Eric L Petersen;Matthew J A Rickard;Mark W Crofton;Erin D Abbey

  • n-Butane: Ignition delay measurements at high pressure and detailed chemical kinetic simulations

    D. Healy;N.S. Donato;C.J. Aul;E.L. Petersen

  • Nonideal Effects Behind Reflected Shock Waves in a High-Pressure Shock Tube

    Eric L. Petersen;Ronald K. Hanson

  • Assessing the predictions of a NOx kinetic mechanism on recent hydrogen and syngas experimental data

    Yingjia Zhang;Yingjia Zhang;Olivier Mathieu;Eric L. Petersen;Gilles Bourque

  • Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition Delay Time Data for the Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen and Syngas Fuel Blends

    Michael C. Krejci;Olivier Mathieu;Andrew J. Vissotski;Sankaranarayanan Ravi

  • An optimized kinetics model for OH chemiluminescence at high temperatures and atmospheric pressures

    Joel M. Hall;Eric L. Petersen

  • An ignition delay time and chemical kinetic modeling study of the pentane isomers

    John Bugler;Brandon Marks;Olivier Mathieu;Rachel Archuleta

  • Laminar Flame Speed Measurements and Modeling of Pure Alkanes and Alkane Blends at Elevated Pressures

    William Lowry;Jaap de Vries;Michael Krejci;Eric Petersen

  • Reduced Kinetics Mechanisms for Ram Accelerator Combustion

    Eric L. Petersen;Ronald K. Hanson

  • Ignition delay times, laminar flame speeds, and mechanism validation for natural gas/hydrogen blends at elevated pressures

    Nicola Donohoe;Alexander Heufer;Wayne K. Metcalfe;Henry J. Curran

  • Fuel Flexibility Influences on Premixed Combustor Blowout, Flashback, Autoignition, and Stability paper addresses the impact of fuel composition on the operability of lean premixed

    Tim Lieuwen;Vince McDonell;Eric Petersen;Domenic Santavicca

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry J. Curran
Henry J. Curran University of Galway
Sudipta Seal
Sudipta Seal University of Central Florida
Ronald K. Hanson
Ronald K. Hanson Stanford University
David F. Davidson
David F. Davidson Stanford University
M. Sam Mannan
M. Sam Mannan Texas A&M University
John M. Simmie
John M. Simmie University of Galway
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc University of Lorraine
Chih-Jen Sung
Chih-Jen Sung University of Connecticut
Renyi Zhang
Renyi Zhang Texas A&M University
Tim Lieuwen
Tim Lieuwen Georgia Institute of Technology

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