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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
40
Citations
8010
World Ranking
1991
National Ranking
741

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for exceptional research on near-limit flames and micro-scale combustion
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Paul D. Ronney is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with specializations including computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, fluid flow and transfer processes, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, reflecting a diverse interest in combustion and propulsion technologies. These topics include:

  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Advanced combustion engine technologies
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research
  • Combustion and detonation processes
  • Fuel cells and related materials
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Gas dynamics and kinetic theory

Paul D. Ronney has published in a variety of academic venues, with a record of contributions spanning several specialized journals and conferences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Scientific Reports
  • Applied Catalysis A General
  • Physics of Fluids

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on combustion processes, propulsion, and catalytic reactions. Recent publications include:

  • "Effect of confinement on the propagation patterns of lean hydrogen-air flames," 2024, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • "Reaction of hydrogen peroxide vapor on platinum on alumina spheres," 2020, Applied Catalysis A General
  • "Fluid-based microbial processes modeling in Trichodesmium colony formation," 2023, Physics of Fluids
  • "Thrust Measurement of a Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Thruster," 2020, AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum
  • "Dynamics of direct hydrocarbon PEM fuel cells," 2024, Scientific Reports

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their work, with several frequent co-authors contributing to shared research efforts. Frequent co-authors include Brandie L. Rhodes, Zhenghong Zhou, Fares Maimani, Jack Xin, and Yifeng Yu.

Recognition for contributions to the field includes designation as a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2018 for research on near-limit flames and micro-scale combustion. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2014.

Best Publications

  • A thermally self-sustained micro solid-oxide fuel-cell stack with high power density

    Zongping Shao;Sossina M. Haile;Jeongmin Ahn;Paul D. Ronney

  • Analysis of non-adiabatic heat-recirculating combustors

    Paul D. Ronney

  • Laser versus conventional ignition of flames

    Paul D. Ronney

  • Gas-phase and catalytic combustion in heat-recirculating burners

    Jeongmin Ahn;Craig Eastwood;Lars Sitzki;Paul D. Ronney

  • Numerical modeling of non-adiabatic heat-recirculating combustors

    C.H. Kuo;P.D. Ronney

  • Near-limit flame structures at low Lewis number

    Paul D. Ronney

  • Effect of chemistry and transport properties on near-limit flames at microgravity

    Paul D. Ronney

  • Extinction limits of catalytic combustion in microchannels

    Kaoru Maruta;Koichi Takeda;Jeongmin Ahn;Kevin Borer

  • Transient plasma ignition of quiescent and flowing air/fuel mixtures

    Fei Wang;J.B. Liu;J. Sinibaldi;C. Brophy

  • A theoretical study of propagation and extinction of nonsteady spherical flame fronts

    P. D. Ronney;G. I. Sivashinsky

  • Effects of radiative emission and absorption on the propagation and extinction of premixed gas flames

    Yiguang Ju;Goro Masuya;Paul D. Ronney

  • Effect of gravity on laminar premixed gas combustion. I. Flammability limits and burning velocities

    Paul D. Ronney;Harold Y. Wachman

  • Microcombustor and combustion-based thermoelectric microgenerator

    Adam L. Cohen;Paul D. Ronney;Uri Frodis;Lars Sitzki

  • Combustion in microscale heat-recirculating burners

    Lars Sitzki;Kevin Borer;Steffen Wussow;Ewald Maruta

  • The structure and stability of nonadiabatic flame balls

    J. Buckmaster;G. Joulin;P. Ronney

  • Flow tagging velocimetry in incompressible flow using photo-activated nonintrusive tracking of molecular motion (PHANTOMM)

    W. R. Lempert;K. Magee;P. Ronney;K. R. Gee

  • On thermoelectric power conversion from heat recirculating combustion systems

    F.J. Weinberg;D.M. Rowe;G. Min;P.D. Ronney

  • UNDERSTANDING COMBUSTION PROCESSES THROUGH MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH

    Paul D. Ronney

  • The structure and stability of nonadiabatic flame balls. II, Effects of far-field losses

    J.D. Buckmaster;G. Joulin;P.D. Ronney

  • Experimental Study of Flame Balls in Space: Preliminary Results from STS-83

    Paul D. Ronney;Ming-Shin Wu;Howard G. Pearlman;Karen J. Weiland

  • Nonpremixed edge flames in spatially varying straining flows

    Michael L. Shay;Paul D. Ronney

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Gundersen
Martin A. Gundersen University of Southern California
John Buckmaster
John Buckmaster University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sossina M. Haile
Sossina M. Haile California Institute of Technology
Zongping Shao
Zongping Shao Curtin University
Victor Yakhot
Victor Yakhot Boston University
Kaoru Maruta
Kaoru Maruta Tohoku University
Kyle R. Gee
Kyle R. Gee Thermo Fisher Scientific (Norway)
Yiguang Ju
Yiguang Ju Princeton University
Forman A. Williams
Forman A. Williams University of California, San Diego
Eckart Meiburg
Eckart Meiburg University of California, Santa Barbara

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