Yuan Xuan

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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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Recent Publications

Experimental and numerical study of the decomposition, product spectrum, and sooting properties of adamantane fuels

Jeong, G. U., Xiang, Z., Kumar, S., Hansen, C., van Duin, A. C. T., Kim, S., McEnally, C. S., Pfefferle, L. D. & Xuan, Y., Dec 15 2024, In: Fuel. 378, 132886.

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Exploring Gas-Phase Chemical Reactions in NH3/B2H6 Systems for Chemical Vapor Deposition Using Reactive Molecular Dynamics

Jeong, G. U., van Duin, A. C. T. & Xuan, Y., Apr 4 2024, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 128, 13, p. 2584-2593 10 p.

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Sooting tendencies: Combustion science for designing sustainable fuels with improved properties

Pfefferle, L. D., Kim, S., Kumar, S., McEnally, C. S., Pérez-Soto, R., Xiang, Z. & Xuan, Y., Jan 2024, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 40, 1-4, 105750.

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The sooting behavior of lactones as sustainable fuels

Xiang, Z., Acikel, M. B., Hansen, C. J., Jeong, G. U., Pérez-Soto, R., Wang, D. Z., Whoriskey, V. C., Kim, S., McEnally, C. S., Pfefferle, L. D. & Xuan, Y., Oct 8 2024, In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels. 8, 22, p. 5206-5213 8 p.

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Temperature measurements in heavily-sooting ethylene/air flames using synchrotron x-ray fluorescence of krypton

Banyon, C., Montgomery, M. J., Kwon, H., Kastengren, A. L., Pfefferle, L. D., Sikes, T., Xuan, Y., McEnally, C. S. & Tranter, R. S., Nov 2023, In: Combustion and Flame. 257, 112494.

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Corrigendum to “Pyrolysis of bio-derived dioxolane fuels: A ReaxFF molecular dynamics study” [Fuel 306 (2021) 121616] (Fuel (2021) 306, (S0016236121014976), (10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121616))

Kwon, H. & Xuan, Y., Feb 1 2023, In: Fuel. 333, 126463.

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Describing the Mechanism of Instability Suppression Using a Central Pilot Flame With Coupled Experiments and Simulations

Li, J., Kwon, H., Seksinsky, D., Doleiden, D., O’Connor, J., Xuan, Y., Akiki, M. & Blust, J., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. 144, 1, 011015.

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In situ temperature measurements in sooting methane/air flames using synchrotron x-ray fluorescence of seeded krypton atoms

Montgomery, M. J., Kwon, H., Kastengren, A. L., Pfefferle, L. D., Sikes, T., Tranter, R. S., Xuan, Y. & McEnally, C. S., Apr 2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 17, eabm7947.

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Understanding Ozone Transport and Deposition within Indoor Surface Boundary Layers

Pei, G., Xuan, Y., Morrison, G. & Rim, D., Jun 21 2022, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 56, 12, p. 7820-7829 10 p.

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Elucidating the chemical pathways responsible for the sooting tendency of 1 and 2-phenylethanol

Etz, B. D., Fioroni, G. M., Messerly, R. A., Rahimi, M. J., St. John, P. C., Robichaud, D. J., Christensen, E. D., Beekley, B. P., McEnally, C. S., Pfefferle, L. D., Xuan, Y., Vyas, S., Paton, R. S., McCormick, R. L. & Kim, S., 2021, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 38, 1, p. 1327-1334 8 p.

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Pyrolysis of bio-derived dioxolane fuels: A ReaxFF molecular dynamics study

Kwon, H. & Xuan, Y., Dec 15 2021, In: Fuel. 306, 121616.

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ReaxFF molecular dynamics study on pyrolysis of bicyclic compounds for aviation fuel

Lele, A., Kwon, H., Ganeshan, K., Xuan, Y. & van Duin, A. C. T., Aug 1 2021, In: Fuel. 297, 120724.

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Effect of ammonia addition on suppressing soot formation in methane co-flow diffusion flames

Montgomery, M. J., Kwon, H., Dreyer, J. A. H., Xuan, Y., McEnally, C. S. & Pfefferle, L. D., Jan 2021, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 38, 2, p. 2497-2505 9 p.

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Fourier-physical space coherent structure in flame-vortex interactions relevant to flame-turbulence interactions using a new signal periodization procedure

Paes, P. L. K., Brasseur, J. G., Xuan, Y. & Shah, Y. G., Apr 1 2021, In: AIP Advances. 11, 4, 045006.

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An a priori analysis of the structure of local subfilter-scale species surrounding flame fronts using direct numerical simulation of turbulent premixed flames

Shah, Y. G., Brasseur, J. G. & Xuan, Y., Apr 1 2021, In: Physics of Fluids. 33, 4, 045122.

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