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Overview

Xiao Ma is a researcher affiliated with New York University in the United States, specializing in the field of Engineering. Their work encompasses various subfields including Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research focuses primarily on advanced technical topics with significant attention to:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and Flame Dynamics
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Vehicle Emissions and Performance
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes

Xiao Ma has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed papers. Recent notable publications include:

  • "Impact of gas diffusion layer spatial variation properties on water management and performance of PEM fuel cells" (2020), Energy Conversion and Management
  • "Particulate emissions from gasoline direct injection engines: A review of how current emission regulations are being met by automobile manufacturers" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Overview of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether additive as an eco-friendly fuel for an internal combustion engine: Current application and environmental impacts" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Experimental Investigation of High-Pressure Liquid Ammonia Injection under Non-Flash Boiling and Flash Boiling Conditions" (2023), Energies
  • "Optical study on spray combustion characteristics of PODE/diesel blends in different ambient conditions" (2020), Fuel

The venues where Xiao Ma frequently publishes include:

  • Fuel
  • SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Energy
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Xiao Ma collaborates often with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Shijin Shuai
  • Hongming Xu
  • Yanfei Li
  • Kaiqi Zhang
  • Jianshu Mao

Best Publications

  • Combustion characteristics and emissions of 2-methylfuran compared to 2,5-dimethylfuran, gasoline and ethanol in a DISI engine

    Chongming Wang;Hongming Xu;Hongming Xu;Ritchie Daniel;Akbar Ghafourian

  • Fuel injector deposits in direct-injection spark-ignition engines

    Hongming Xu;Hongming Xu;Chongming Wang;Xiao Ma;Asish K. Sarangi

  • Combustion and emission characteristics of a direct injection diesel engine fueled with biodiesel and PODE/biodiesel fuel blends

    Haoye Liu;Xiao Ma;Bowen Li;Longfei Chen

  • Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (PODE)

    Zhi Wang;Haoye Liu;Xiao Ma;Jianxin Wang

  • Effect of flash boiling on microscopic and macroscopic spray characteristics in optical GDI engine

    Hengjie Guo;Xiao Ma;Yanfei Li;Shuai Liang

  • Laminar burning characteristics of 2-methylfuran and isooctane blend fuels

    Xiao Ma;Changzhao Jiang;Hongming Xu;Hongming Xu;Haichun Ding

  • An experimental and numerical study of the effects of dimethyl ether addition to fuel on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and soot formation in laminar coflow ethylene/air diffusion flames

    F. Liu;X. He;X. Ma;Q. Zhang

  • Comparison of spray collapses at elevated ambient pressure and flash boiling conditions using multi-hole gasoline direct injector

    Hengjie Guo;Haichun Ding;Yanfei Li;Xiao Ma

  • Particulate emissions from gasoline direct injection engines: A review of how current emission regulations are being met by automobile manufacturers.

    Omar I. Awad;Xiao Ma;Mohammed Kamil;Obed Majeed Ali

  • Overview of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether additive as an eco-friendly fuel for an internal combustion engine: Current application and environmental impacts.

    Omar I. Awad;Xiao Ma;Mohammed Kamil;Obed M. Ali

  • Morphology analysis on multi-jet flash-boiling sprays under wide ambient pressures

    Yanfei Li;Hengjie Guo;Xiao Ma;Yuliang Qi

  • Effect of fuel injector deposit on spray characteristics, gaseous emissions and particulate matter in a gasoline direct injection engine

    Changzhao Jiang;Hongming Xu;Dhananjay Srivastava;Xiao Ma

  • An exploration on collapse mechanism of multi-jet flash-boiling sprays

    Yanfei Li;Hengjie Guo;Shubo Fei;Xiao Ma

  • Ultra-high speed imaging and OH-LIF study of DMF and MF combustion in a DISI optical engine

    Xiao Ma;Hongming Xu;Hongming Xu;Changzhao Jiang;Shijin Shuai

  • Environmental impacts of biodiesel production from waste spent coffee grounds and its implementation in a compression ignition engine.

    Mohammed Kamil;Khalid Mustafa Ramadan;Omar I. Awad;Thamir K. Ibrahim

  • Laminar Burning Characteristics of 2-Methylfuran Compared with 2,5-Dimethylfuran and Isooctane

    Xiao Ma;Changzhao Jiang;Hongming Xu;Hongming Xu;Shijin Shuai

  • Recent Progress in Automotive Gasoline Direct Injection Engine Technology

    Shijin Shuai;Xiao Ma;Yanfei Li;Yunliang Qi

  • A molecular dynamics study of fuel droplet evaporation in sub- and supercritical conditions

    Guowei Xiao;Kai H. Luo;Kai H. Luo;Xiao Ma;Shijin Shuai

  • Prediction of emissions and performance of a gasoline engine running with fusel oil–gasoline blends using response surface methodology

    Ahmed N. Abdalla;Hai Tao;Salem A. Bagaber;Obed M. Ali

  • Spray morphology transformation of propane, n-hexane and iso-octane under flash-boiling conditions

    Yanfei Li;Hengjie Guo;Zhifu Zhou;Zhou Zhang

  • Ultra-high speed imaging study of the diesel spray close to the injector tip at the initial opening stage with split injection

    Ziman Wang;Haichun Ding;Haichun Ding;Xiao Ma;Hongming Xu;Hongming Xu

  • An optical study on liquid-phase penetration, flame lift-off location and soot volume fraction distribution of gasoline–diesel blends in a constant volume vessel

    Liang Zheng;Xiao Ma;Zhi Wang;Jianxin Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongming Xu
Hongming Xu University of Birmingham
Shijin Shuai
Shijin Shuai Tsinghua University
Jianxin Wang
Jianxin Wang Tsinghua University
Zhi Wang
Zhi Wang Tsinghua University
Kai H. Luo
Kai H. Luo University College London
Abdul-Ghani Olabi
Abdul-Ghani Olabi University of Sharjah
Jose Martin Herreros
Jose Martin Herreros University of Birmingham
Chaouki Ghenai
Chaouki Ghenai University of Sharjah
Abrar Inayat
Abrar Inayat University of Sharjah
Gregory J. Smallwood
Gregory J. Smallwood National Research Council Canada

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