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Overview

John E. Dec is affiliated with Sandia National Laboratories in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and chemical engineering, with significant contributions to computational mechanics and fluid flow and transfer processes.

The scientist's work concentrates on advanced combustion engine technologies, combustion and flame dynamics, and biodiesel production and applications. Additional topics covered include heat transfer and supercritical fluids, catalytic processes in materials science, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and vehicle emissions and performance.

John E. Dec has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications in the following journals and series:

  • International Journal of Engine Research
  • Fuel
  • SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility
  • SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Applications in Energy and Combustion Science

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Simulating combustion of a seven-component surrogate for a gasoline/ethanol blend including soot formation and comparison with experiments," 2020, Fuel
  • "Mixture Stratification for CA50 Control of LTGC Engines with Reactivity-Enhanced and Non-Additized Gasoline," 2021, SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • "Experimental Evaluation of a Custom Gasoline-Like Blend Designed to Simultaneously Improve Φ-Sensitivity, RON and Octane Sensitivity," 2020, SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility
  • "Replicating HCCI-like autoignition behavior: What gasoline surrogate fidelity is needed?" 2022, Applications in Energy and Combustion Science
  • "Understanding partial fuel stratification for low temperature gasoline combustion using large eddy simulations," 2020, International Journal of Engine Research

Frequent co-authors associated with John E. Dec's research include:

  • Darío López Pintor
  • Gerald Gentz
  • Alberto Cuoci
  • C. Thomas Avedisian
  • Songtao Guo

Best Publications

  • A Conceptual Model of DI Diesel Combustion Based on Laser-Sheet Imaging*

    John E. Dec

  • Advanced compression-ignition engines—understanding the in-cylinder processes

    John E. Dec

  • Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engines

    Fuquan Zhao;Thomas N. Asmus;Dennis N. Assanis;John E. Dec

  • Diesel combustion: an integrated view combining laser diagnostics, chemical kinetics, and empirical validation

    Patrick F. Flynn;Russell P. Durrett;Gary L. Hunter;Axel O. zur Loye

  • Boosted HCCI for High Power without Engine Knock and with Ultra-Low NOx Emissions - using Conventional Gasoline

    John E. Dec;Yi Yang

  • The Potential of HCCI Combustion for High Efficiency and Low Emissions

    Kathi Epping;Salvador Aceves;Richard Bechtold;John E. Dec

  • Potential of Thermal Stratification and Combustion Retard for Reducing Pressure-Rise Rates in HCCI Engines, Based on Multi-Zone Modeling and Experiments

    Magnus Sjöberg;John E. Dec;Nicholas P. Cernansky

  • Chemiluminescence Imaging of Autoignition in a DI Diesel Engine

    John E. Dec;Christoph Espey

  • A Parametric Study of HCCI Combustion - the Sources of Emissions at Low Loads and the Effects of GDI Fuel Injection

    John E. Dec;Magnus Sjöberg

  • Smoothing HCCI Heat-Release Rates Using Partial Fuel Stratification with Two-Stage Ignition Fuels

    Magnus Sjöberg;John E. Dec

  • Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines : key research and development issues

    Fuquan Zhao;Thomas W. Asmus;John E. Dec;James A. Eng

  • Boosted HCCI - Controlling Pressure-Rise Rates for Performance Improvements using Partial Fuel Stratification with Conventional Gasoline

    John E. Dec;Yi Yang;Nicolas Dronniou

  • A Computational Study of the Effects of Low Fuel Loading and EGR on Heat Release Rates and Combustion Limits in HCCI Engines

    John E. Dec

  • Isolating the Effects of Fuel Chemistry on Combustion Phasing in an HCCI Engine and the Potential of Fuel Stratification for Ignition Control

    John E. Dec;Magnus Sjöberg

  • Comparing Enhanced Natural Thermal Stratification Against Retarded Combustion Phasing for Smoothing of HCCI Heat-Release Rates

    Magnus Sjöberg;John E. Dec;Aristotelis Babajimopoulos;Dennis N. Assanis

  • Comparisons of diesel spray liquid penetration and vapor fuel distributions with in-cylinder optical measurements

    Laura M. Ricart;Rolf D. Reltz;John E. Dec

  • An investigation into lowest acceptable combustion temperatures for hydrocarbon fuels in HCCI engines

    Magnus Sjöberg;John E. Dec

  • An Investigation of Thermal Stratification in HCCI Engines Using Chemiluminescence Imaging

    John E. Dec;Wontae Hwang;Magnus Sjöberg

  • PLIF Imaging of NO Formation in a DI Diesel Engine

    John E. Dec;Robert E. Canaan

  • Ignition and early soot formation in a DI diesel engine using multiple 2-D imaging diagnostics

    John E. Dec;Christoph Espey

  • Planar laser rayleigh scattering for quantitative vapor-fuel imaging in a diesel jet☆

    Christoph Espey;John E. Dec;Thomas A. Litzinger;Domenic A. Santavicca

Frequent Co-Authors

Magnus Sjöberg
Magnus Sjöberg Royal Institute of Technology
William J. Pitz
William J. Pitz Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Marco Mehl
Marco Mehl Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Salvador M. Aceves
Salvador M. Aceves Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ronald K. Hanson
Ronald K. Hanson Stanford University
Charles K. Westbrook
Charles K. Westbrook Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Thomas A. Litzinger
Thomas A. Litzinger Pennsylvania State University
Daniel L. Flowers
Daniel L. Flowers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dennis N. Assanis
Dennis N. Assanis University of Delaware

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