An overview of computational methods for chemical equilibrium and kinetic calculations for geochemical and reactive transport modeling

AMM Leal, DA Kulik, WR Smith… - Pure and Applied …, 2017 - degruyter.com
We present an overview of novel numerical methods for chemical equilibrium and kinetic
calculations for complex non-ideal multiphase systems. The methods we present for …

A review of direct drive proportional electrohydraulic spool valves: industrial state-of-the-art and research advancements

P Tamburrano, AR Plummer… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper reviews the state of the art of directly driven proportional directional hydraulic
spool valves, which are widely used hydraulic components in the industrial and …

On the flame stability and laminar burning speeds of syngas/O2/He premixed flame

O Askari, Z Wang, K Vien, M Sirio, H Metghalchi - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Fundamental properties such as flame structure and laminar burning speed of syngas/O
2/He premixed flames have been investigated. Synthetic gas, also known as syngas, is a …

Contact geometry of mesoscopic thermodynamics and dynamics

M Grmela - Entropy, 2014 - mdpi.com
The time evolution during which macroscopic systems reach thermodynamic equilibrium
states proceeds as a continuous sequence of contact structure preserving transformations …

Steepest entropy ascent model for far-nonequilibrium thermodynamics: Unified implementation of the maximum entropy production principle

GP Beretta - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
By suitable reformulations, we cast the mathematical frameworks of several well-known
different approaches to the description of nonequilibrium dynamics into a unified formulation …

Thermal management and characterization of high-power wide-bandgap semiconductor electronic and photonic devices in automotive applications

SK Oh, JS Lundh, S Shervin… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
GaN-based high-power wide-bandgap semiconductor electronics and photonics have been
considered as promising candidates to replace conventional devices for automotive …

[PDF][PDF] Development of numerical methods and study of coupled flow, radiation, and ablation phenomena for atmospheric entry

JB Scoggins - Université Paris-Saclay and VKI, 2017 - researchgate.net
This thesis focuses on the coupling between flow, ablation, and radiation phenomena
encountered in the stagnation region of atmospheric entry vehicles with carbon-phenolic …

The fourth law of thermodynamics: steepest entropy ascent

GP Beretta - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
When thermodynamics is understood as the science (or art) of constructing effective models
of natural phenomena by choosing a minimal level of description capable of capturing the …

Theoretical prediction of laminar burning speed and ignition delay time of gas-to-liquid fuel

G Yu, O Askari, F Hadi, Z Wang… - Journal of …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Gas-to-liquid (GTL), an alternative synthetic jet fuel derived from natural gas through Fischer–
Tropsch (F–T) process, has gained significant attention due to its cleaner combustion …

Entropy production analysis for mechanism reduction

M Kooshkbaghi, CE Frouzakis, K Boulouchos… - Combustion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
A systematic approach based on the relative contribution of each elementary reaction to the
total entropy production is developed for eliminating species from detailed reaction …