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Engineering and Technology
Saudi Arabia
2025

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
64
Citations
14904
World Ranking
1645
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for the exceptional advancement of turbulent flames, laser diagnostics and combustion in reciprocating engines

Overview

Robert W. Dibble is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computational Mechanics, Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their work covers key topics such as Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, Combustion and flame dynamics, Vehicle emissions and performance, Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, Biodiesel Production and Applications, Rocket and propulsion systems research, and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems.

Recent publications highlight the breadth of their research interests. Notable papers include:

  • Laminar Burning Velocities and Kinetic Modeling of a Renewable E-Fuel: Formic Acid and Its Mixtures with H2 and CO2, 2020, Energy & Fuels
  • Techno-Economic Analysis of Pressurized Oxy-Fuel Combustion of Petroleum Coke, 2020, Energies
  • Calcium Looping: On the Positive Influence of SO2 and the Negative Influence of H2O on CO2 Capture by Metamorphosed Limestone-Derived Sorbents, 2020, ACS Omega
  • Investigating Water Injection in Single-Cylinder Gasoline Spark-Ignited Engines at Fixed Speed, 2020, Energy & Fuels
  • The Road Towards High Efficiency Argon SI Combustion in a CFR Engine: Cooling the Intake to Sub-Zero Temperatures, 2020, SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series

Frequent publication venues where their research appears include:

  • SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Energy & Fuels
  • ACS Omega
  • Energies
  • Combustion and Flame

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Liguang Li, Eshan Singh, Jun Deng, S. Mani Sarathy, and Abdulrahman Mohammed.

Recognition for their contributions includes being awarded the status of Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2020 for work related to turbulent flames, laser diagnostics, and combustion in reciprocating engines.

Best Publications

  • Combustion: Physical and Chemical Fundamentals, Modelling and Simulation, Experiments, Pollutant Formation

    J. Warnatz;Ulrich Maas;Robert W. Dibble

  • A Multi-Zone Model for Prediction of HCCI Combustion and Emissions

    Salvador M. Aceves;Daniel L. Flowers;Charles K. Westbrook;J. Ray Smith

  • Simultaneous laser raman-rayleigh-lif measurements and numerical modeling results of a lifted turbulent H2/N2 jet flame in a vitiated coflow

    R. Cabra;T. Myhrvold;J.Y. Chen;R.W. Dibble

  • HYDROGEN ASSISTED CATALYTIC COMBUSTION OF METHANE ON PLATINUM

    O Deutschmann;L.I Maier;U Riedel;A.H Stroemman

  • The structure of turbulent nonpremixed flames revealed by Raman-Rayleigh-LIF measurements

    A.R. Masri;R.W. Dibble;R.S. Barlow

  • Lifted methane–air jet flames in a vitiated coflow

    R. Cabra;R. Cabra;J.-Y. Chen;R.W. Dibble;A.N. Karpetis;A.N. Karpetis

  • A Numerical Investigation into the Anomalous Slight NOx Increase when Burning Biodiesel: A New (Old) Theory

    George A. Ban-Weiss;J.Y. Chen;Bruce A. Buchholz;Robert W. Dibble

  • Demonstrating direct use of wet ethanol in a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine

    J. Hunter Mack;Salvador M. Aceves;Robert W. Dibble

  • Numerical and experimental study of water/oil emulsified fuel combustion in a diesel engine

    Niko Samec;Breda Kegl;Robert W. Dibble

  • Laser Rayleigh thermometry in turbulent flames

    R.W. Dibble;R.E. Hollenbach

  • Effect of Damkohler number on superequilibrium OH concentration in turbulent nonpremixed jet flames

    R.S. Barlow;R.W. Dibble;J.-Y. Chen;R.P. Lucht

  • HCCI Engine Control by Thermal Management

    Joel Martinez-Frias;Salvador M. Aceves;Daniel Flowers;J. Ray Smith

  • Raman-LIF measurements of temperature, major species, OH, and NO in a methane-air Bunsen flame

    Q.V. Nguyen;R.W. Dibble;C.D. Carter;G.J. Fiechtner

  • The spontaneous raman scattering technique applied to nonpremixed flames of methane

    R.W. Dibble;A.R. Masri;R.W. Bilger

  • Pdf Modeling of Turbulent Nonpremixed Methane Jet Flames

    J.-Y. Chen;W. Kollmann;R. W. Dibble

  • Enhancement of flame development by microwave-assisted spark ignition in constant volume combustion chamber

    Benjamin Wolk;Anthony DeFilippo;Jyh-Yuan Chen;Robert Dibble

  • Self-contained energy center for producing mechanical, electrical, and heat energy

    Rajiv K. Mongia;George L. Touchton;Robert W. Dibble;Martin L. Lagod

  • A Decoupled Model of Detailed Fluid Mechanics Followed by Detailed Chemical Kinetics for Prediction of Iso-Octane HCCI Combustion

    Salvador M. Aceves;Joel Martinez-Frias;Daniel L. Flowers;J. Ray Smith

  • Turbulent nonpremixed flames of methane near extinction: Mean structure from Raman measurements

    A.R. Masri;R.W. Bilger;R.W. Dibble

  • Wet ethanol in HCCI engines with exhaust heat recovery to improve the energy balance of ethanol fuels

    Samveg Saxena;Samveg Saxena;Silvan Schneider;Salvador Aceves;Robert Dibble

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. Flowers
Daniel L. Flowers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Salvador M. Aceves
Salvador M. Aceves Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jyh-Yuan Chen
Jyh-Yuan Chen University of California, Berkeley
Robert S. Barlow
Robert S. Barlow Sandia National Laboratories
Robert W. Bilger
Robert W. Bilger University of Sydney
Assaad R. Masri
Assaad R. Masri University of Sydney
S. Mani Sarathy
S. Mani Sarathy King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Robert W. Schefer
Robert W. Schefer Sandia National Laboratories
Ulrich Maas
Ulrich Maas Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hong G. Im
Hong G. Im King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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