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Henry J. Curran

Henry J. Curran

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Chemistry
Ireland
2026
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Engineering and Technology
Ireland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
105
Citations
41334
World Ranking
999
National Ranking
2

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
105
Citations
40755
World Ranking
110
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for brilliant research towards the development of combustion kinetic mechanisms
  • 2015 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Henry J. Curran is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of engineering and chemical engineering, with 126 and 100 publications respectively. Curran's subfields cover fluid flow and transfer processes, computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, materials chemistry, and organic chemistry.

The scientist's work extensively covers main topics such as advanced combustion engine technologies, combustion and flame dynamics, combustion and detonation processes, catalytic processes in materials science, advanced chemical physics studies, chemical thermodynamics and molecular structure, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Henry J. Curran has published numerous papers, including:

  • Understanding the antagonistic effect of methanol as a component in surrogate fuel models: A case study of methanol/n-heptane mixtures (2021) - Combustion and Flame
  • Comprehensive Experimental and Simulation Study of the Ignition Delay Time Characteristics of Binary Blended Methane, Ethane, and Ethylene over a Wide Range of Temperature, Pressure, Equivalence Ratio, and Dilution (2020) - Energy & Fuels
  • The combustion chemistry of ammonia and ammonia/hydrogen mixtures: A comprehensive chemical kinetic modeling study (2023) - Combustion and Flame
  • A Comprehensive Experimental and Simulation Study of Ignition Delay Time Characteristics of Single Fuel C1-C2 Hydrocarbons over a Wide Range of Temperatures, Pressures, Equivalence Ratios, and Dilutions (2020) - Energy & Fuels
  • An experimental and kinetic modeling study of ammonia/n-heptane blends (2022) - Combustion and Flame

Frequent co-authors of Curran include:

  • Snehasish Panigrahy
  • A. Abd El-Sabor Mohamed
  • Shijun Dong
  • William J. Pitz
  • Shashank S. Nagaraja

Henry J. Curran has contributed extensively to prominent publication venues such as:

  • Combustion and Flame
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Fuel
  • Energy & Fuels

Recognition of Curran's scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2018 for research focused on combustion kinetic mechanisms. Additionally, Curran became a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2015.

Best Publications

  • A Comprehensive Modeling Study of n-Heptane Oxidation

    H.J. Curran;P. Gaffuri;W.J. Pitz;C.K. Westbrook

  • A Comprehensive Modeling Study of iso-Octane Oxidation

    H.J. Curran;P. Gaffuri;W.J. Pitz;C.K. Westbrook

  • A comprehensive modeling study of hydrogen oxidation

    Marcus Ó Conaire;Henry J. Curran;John M. Simmie;William J. Pitz

  • A Hierarchical and Comparative Kinetic Modeling Study of C1 − C2 Hydrocarbon and Oxygenated Fuels

    Wayne K. Metcalfe;Sinéad M. Burke;Syed S. Ahmed;Henry J. Curran

  • Kinetic modeling of gasoline surrogate components and mixtures under engine conditions

    Marco Mehl;William J. Pitz;Charles K. Westbrook;Henry J. Curran

  • A comprehensive detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism for combustion of n-alkane hydrocarbons from n-octane to n-hexadecane

    Charles K. Westbrook;William J. Pitz;Olivier Herbinet;Henry J. Curran

  • 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

  • Chemical kinetic modeling study of the effects of oxygenated hydrocarbons on soot emissions from diesel engines.

    Charles K Westbrook;William J Pitz;Henry J Curran

  • 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

  • A comprehensive chemical kinetic combustion model for the four butanol isomers

    S. Mani Sarathy;Stijn Vranckx;Kenji Yasunaga;Marco Mehl

  • The reaction kinetics of dimethyl ether. I: High‐temperature pyrolysis and oxidation in flow reactors

    S. L. Fischer;F. L. Dryer;H. J. Curran

  • DETAILED CHEMICAL KINETIC MECHANISMS FOR COMBUSTION OF OXYGENATED FUELS

    E.M. Fisher;W.J. Pitz;H.J. Curran;C.K. Westbrook

  • The reaction kinetics of dimethyl ether. II: Low-temperature oxidation in flow reactors

    H. J. Curran;S. L. Fischer;F. L. Dryer

  • A WIDE RANGE MODELING STUDY OF DIMETHYL ETHER OXIDATION

    H. J. Curran;W. J. Pitz;C. K. Westbrook;P. Dagaut

  • The oxidation of 2-butene: A high pressure ignition delay, kinetic modeling study and reactivity comparison with isobutene and 1-butene

    Yang Li;Chong-Wen Zhou;Kieran P. Somers;Kuiwen Zhang

  • 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

  • Extinction and Autoignition of n-Heptane in Counterflow Configuration

    R. Seiser;H. Pitsch;K. Seshadri;W. J. Pitz

  • An updated experimental and kinetic modeling study of n-heptane oxidation

    Kuiwen Zhang;Colin Banyon;John Bugler;Henry J. Curran

  • A comprehensive experimental and modeling study of isobutene oxidation

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

  • Developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms for fuel combustion

    Henry J. Curran

  • Bio-butanol: Combustion properties and detailed chemical kinetic model

    G. Black;H.J. Curran;S. Pichon;J.M. Simmie

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Pitz
William J. Pitz Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
John M. Simmie
John M. Simmie University of Galway
Charles K. Westbrook
Charles K. Westbrook Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Eric L. Petersen
Eric L. Petersen Texas A&M University
Marco Mehl
Marco Mehl Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Olivier Herbinet
Olivier Herbinet University of Lorraine
S. Mani Sarathy
S. Mani Sarathy King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc University of Lorraine
Frederick L. Dryer
Frederick L. Dryer University of South Carolina
Pierre-Alexandre Glaude
Pierre-Alexandre Glaude University of Lorraine

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