Dryer
Frederick Dryer
Professor
Ph.D Princeton University (1972)
Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Profile
Professor Dryer's principal research interests are in the fundamental combustion sciences with particular emphasis on chemistry/chemical kinetics of fuels and hazardous waste materials as related to ignition, combustion, and emissions generation/abatement; the fundamentals of formation/ignition/-secondary atomization/liquid phase chemistry of conventional and synthetic fuel droplets as related to heavy industrial fuel combustion/emission control, gas turbine/reciprocating engines and liquid fuel fire-safety-related issues on earth and in micro-gravity environments; solid phase/gas phase interactions as related to particle burning phenomena and materials processing. His recent interests in environmentally related subjects have concentrated on hydrocarbon emissions from internal combustion engines, nitrogen oxides and other pollutant interactions in high-performance gas turbines, and emissions interactions including chlorine, sulfur and ash (metals) component effects in stationary energy conversion, chemical processing, and incineration. Both experimental and numerical computational research are pursued.
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T. Farouk and F.L. Dryer, "Microgravity Droplet Combustion: Effect of Tethering Fiber on Burning Rate and Flame Structure", Combustion Theory and Modeling (2010). In Press. |
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S. Dooley, F.L. Dryer, B. Yang, J. Wang, T.A. Cool, T. Kasper, and N. Hansen, "An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of Methyl Formate Low-Pressure Flames", Combust. Flame., (2010). In Press. |
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S.H. Won, S. Dooley, F.L. Dryer, and Y. Ju, "Kinetic Effect of Molecular Structure on Extinction Limit of Aromatic Diffusion Flames", Proc. Combust. Ins., 33, (2010). In Press. |
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S. Dooley, S.H. Won, M. Chaos, J. Heyne, Y. Ju, F.L. Dryer, K. Kumar, C-J. Sung, H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, R.J. Santoro, and T.A. Litzinger, "A Jet Fuel Surrogate Formulated by Real Fuel Properties", Combust. Flame., 157, 2333-2339 (2010). DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2010.07.001 |
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M.P. Burke, F.L. Dryer, and Y. Ju, "Assessment of Kinetic Modeling for Lean H2/CH4/O2/Diluent Flames at High Pressures", Proc. Combust. Ins., 33, (2010). In Press. Corrected proof published online Sep-2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2010.05.021 |
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A.J. Marchese, T.L. Vaughn, K. Kroenlein, and F.L. Dryer, "Ignition Delay of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Fuel Droplets: Microgravity Experiments and Detailed Numerical Modeling", Proc. Combust. Ins., 33, (2010). In Press. Corrected proof published online Aug-2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2010.06.044 |
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S. Dooley, M.P. Burke, M. Chaos, Y. Stein, F.L. Dryer, V.P. Zhukov, O. Finch, J.M. Simme, and H.J. Curran, "Methyl Formate Oxidation: Speciation Data, Laminar Burning Velocities, Ignition Delay Times, and a Validated Chemical Kinetic Model", Int. J. Chem Kin., 42, 527-549 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/kin.20512 (See Kinetic Model) |
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M.P. Burke, M. Chaos, F.L. Dryer, and Y. Ju, "Negative Pressure Dependence of Mass Burning Rates of H2/CO/O2/Diluent Flames at Low Flame Temperatures", Combust. Flame, 157, 4, 618-631 (2010). DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.08.009 |
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M. Chaos and F.L. Dryer, "Chemical-Kinetic Modeling of Ignition Delays: Considerations in Interpreting Shock Tube Data", Int. J. Chem. Kin., 42, 3, 143-150 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/kin.20471 |
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J.L. Sabourin, D.M. Dabbs, R.A. Yetter, F.L. Dryer, and I.A. Aksay, "Functionalized Graphene Sheet Colloids for Enhanced Fuel/Propellant Combustion", ACS Nano, 3, 12, 3945-3954 (2009), Cover Article. DOI: 10.1021/nn901006w |
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F.M. Haas, M. Chaos, and F.L. Dryer, "Low and Intermediate Temperature Oxidation of Ethanol and Ethanol-PRF Blends: An Experimental and Modeling Study", Combust. Flame, 156, 12, 771-779 (2009). DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.08.012 |
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M. Chaos, M.P. Burke, Y. Ju, and F.L. Dryer, "Syngas Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms", Chapter 2, Synthesis Gas Combustion: Fundamentals and Applications, eds. T.C. Lieuwen, V. Yang, R.A. Yetter, Taylor and Francis, 29-70 (2009). |
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G. Mittal, M. Chaos, C-J. Sung, and F.L. Dryer, "Dimethyl Ether Autoignition in a Rapid Compression Machine: Experiments and Chemical Kinetic Modeling", Fuel Proc. Tech., 89, 12, 1244-1254 (2008). DOI:10.1016/j.fuproc.2008.05.021 |
