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  • 2019 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for brilliant advances in combustion theory, experiments, and computations of laminar flames

Overview

Kalyanasundaram Seshadri is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering, with significant work in subfields such as Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research

The publication record of Kalyanasundaram Seshadri reveals a consistent presence in prominent combustion and engineering journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Combustion Science and Technology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Fuel
  • Combustion Theory and Modelling

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Seshadri are:

  • Simulating combustion of a seven-component surrogate for a gasoline/ethanol blend including soot formation and comparison with experiments, 2020, Fuel
  • The role of composition in the combustion of n-heptane/iso-butanol mixtures: experiments and detailed modelling, 2020, Combustion Theory and Modelling
  • Counterflow ignition and extinction of FACE gasoline fuels, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Combustion characteristics and detailed simulations of surrogates for a Tier II gasoline certification fuel, 2022, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Experimental and computational investigation of the influence of iso-butanol on autoignition of n-decane and n-heptane in non-premixed flows, 2022, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Frequent collaborators in their research include Liang Ji, Alberto Cuoci, Alessio Frassoldati, C. Thomas Avedisian, and Songtao Guo. The collaborations span multiple studies related to combustion processes and engine technologies.

Kalyanasundaram Seshadri received the Fellow of the Combustion Institute award in 2019, recognized for advances in combustion theory, experiments, and computations of laminar flames.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive chemical kinetic modeling of the oxidation of 2-methylalkanes from C7 to C20

    Subram Sarathy;C. K. Westbrook;M. Mehl;W. J. Pitz

  • Laminar flow between parallel plates with injection of a reactant at high reynolds number

    K. Seshadri;F.A. Williams

  • A surrogate fuel for kerosene

    S. Honnet;K. Seshadri;U. Niemann;N. Peters

  • Extinction and Autoignition of n-Heptane in Counterflow Configuration

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

  • A comparison between numerical calculations and experimental measurements of the structure of a counterflow diffusion flame burning diluted methane in diluted air

    M.D. Smooke;I.K. Puri;K. Seshadri

  • Temperature cross-over and non-thermal runaway at two-stage ignition of n-heptane

    N. Peters;G. Paczko;R. Seiser;K. Seshadri

  • An experimental and kinetic modeling study of combustion of isomers of butanol

    Roberto Grana;Alessio Frassoldati;Tiziano Faravelli;Ulrich Niemann

  • Asymptotic structure and extinction of methaneair diffusion flames

    K. Seshadri;N. Peters

  • Experimental and kinetic modeling study of combustion of JP-8, its surrogates and reference components in laminar nonpremixed flows

    S. Humer;Alessio Frassoldati;Silvia Granata;Tiziano Faravelli

  • Extinction of diffusion flames burning diluted methane and diluted propane in diluted air

    I.K. Puri;K. Seshadri

  • An experimental and kinetic modeling study of n-propanol and iso-propanol combustion

    Alessio Frassoldati;Alberto Cuoci;Tiziano Faravelli;Ulrich Niemann

  • The structure of premixed particle-cloud flames☆

    K. Seshadri;A.L. Berlad;V. Tangirala

  • Experimental and kinetic modeling study of extinction and ignition of methyl decanoate in laminar non-premixed flows

    Kalyanasundaram Seshadri;Tianfeng Lu;Olivier Herbinet;Stefan Humer

  • A Comparison Between Numerical Calculations and Experimental Measurements of the Structure of a Counterflow Methane-Air Diffusion Flame

    I. K. Puri;K. Seshadri;M. D. Smooke;D. E. Keyes

  • Extinction of nonpremixed flames with halogenated fire suppressants

    Anthony P. Hamins;D Trees;K Seshadri;H K. Chelliah

  • Asymptotic theory of diffusion-flame extinction in the stagnation-point boundary layer☆

    L. Krishnamurthy;F.A. Williams;K. Seshadri

  • The inner structure of methaneair flames

    K. Seshadri;N. Peters

  • Experimental and kinetic modeling study of combustion of gasoline, its surrogates and components in laminar non-premixed flows

    Tom Bieleveld;Alessio Frassoldati;Alberto Cuoci;Tiziano Faravelli

  • Structure and extinction of counterflow diffusion flames above condensed fuels: Comparison between poly(methyl methacrylate) and its liquid monomer, both burning in nitrogen–air mixtures

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  • An updated short chemical-kinetic nitrogen mechanism for carbon-free combustion applications

    Yuanjie Jiang;Andrea Gruber;Kalyanasundaram Seshadri;Forman Williams

  • Accuracies of laminar counterflow flame experiments

    Ulrich Niemann;Kalyanasundaram Seshadri;Forman A. Williams

  • The structure of diffusion flames burning pure, binary, and ternary solutions of methanol, heptane, and toluene☆

    A. Hamins;K. Seshadri

  • Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of Extinction and Ignition of Methyl Decanoate in Laminar Nonpremixed Flows

    K Seshadri;T Lu;O Herbinet;S Humer

Frequent Co-Authors

Forman A. Williams
Forman A. Williams University of California, San Diego
Norbert Peters
Norbert Peters RWTH Aachen University
Alessio Frassoldati
Alessio Frassoldati Polytechnic University of Milan
Xue-Song Bai
Xue-Song Bai Lund University
Alberto Cuoci
Alberto Cuoci Polytechnic University of Milan
Tiziano Faravelli
Tiziano Faravelli Polytechnic University of Milan
Eliseo Ranzi
Eliseo Ranzi Polytechnic University of Milan
Mitchell D. Smooke
Mitchell D. Smooke Yale University
William J. Pitz
William J. Pitz Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ishwar K. Puri
Ishwar K. Puri University of Southern California

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