Publications

The group’s publications are listed below in reverse chronological order (most recent first) with the current group members bolded and underlined, and past group members underlined.

  1. Gainey B, Gandolfo J, Yan Z, Lawler B. Mixing controlled compression ignition with methanol: An experimental study of injection and EGR strategy. International Journal of Engine Research. June 2022. doi:10.1177/14680874221105161
  2. Gainey, B.; Yan, Z.; Gandolfo, J.; Lawler, B. High Load Compression Ignition of Wet Ethanol Using a Triple Injection Strategy. Energies 2022, 15, 3507. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103507
  3. O’Donnell, P., Gandolfo, J., Gainey, B., Vorwerk, E., Prucka, R., Filipi, Z., Lawler, B., Hessel, R., Kokjohn, S., Huo, M., Salvi, A., “Effects of Port Angle on Scavenging of an Opposed Piston Two-Stroke Engine,” SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0590, 2022.
  4. Motwani, R., Gandolfo, J., Gainey, B., Levi, A., Moser, S, Filipi, Z., Lawler, B., “Assessing the Impact of a Novel TBC Material on Heat Transfer in a Spark Ignition Engine through 3D CFD-FEA Co-Simulation Routine,” SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0402, 2022, https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-01-0402.
  5. Zhu, Q., Kumar, A., Sundar, A., Egan, D., Mirzaei, H., Chang, D., Schmid, M., Prucka, R., Lawler, B., Paredis, C., “ON-DEMAND ONLY: Development of a Series Hybrid Electrified Powertrain for a High Speed Tracked Vehicle Based on Driving Cycle Simulation,” SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0367, 2022, https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-01-0367.
  6. Zhou, Y., Lawler, B., “Validation of Kinetic Mechanisms against Various Ignition Delay Data and the Development of Ignition Delay Correlations for Ethanol, Natural Gas, and Primary Reference Fuel Blends under Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Conditions,” SAE International Journal of Engines 15.03-15-03-0017 (2021).
  7. Hariharan, D., Rahimi Boldaji, M., Yan, Z., Gainey, B., and Lawler, B. (October 4, 2021). “Exploring the Effects of Piston Bowl Geometry and Injector Included Angle on Dual-Fuel and Single-Fuel RCCI.” ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. November 2021; 143(11): 111013. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052203
  8. Yan, Z., Gainey, B., Lawler, B., “A parametric modeling study of thermal barrier coatings in low-temperature combustion engines,” Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 200, 2022, 117687, ISSN 1359-4311, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117687.
  9. Gainey, B., Hoth, A., Waqas, M., Lawler, B. et al., “High Temperature HCCI Critical Compression Ratio of the C1-C4 Alcohol Fuels,” SAE Int. J. Adv. & Curr. Prac. in Mobility 3(4):1495-1507, 2021, https://doi.org/10.4271/2021-01-0511.
  10. Moser, S., Gainey, B., Lawler, B., and Filipi, Z., “Thermodynamic Analysis of Novel 4-2 Stroke Opposed Piston Engine,” SAE Technical Paper 2021-24-0096, 2021, doi:10.4271/2021-24-0096.
  11. Gainey, B., Moser, S., Lawler. B., “Autoignition characterization of wet isopropanol-n-butanol-ethanol blends for ACI,” SAE Technical Paper 2021-24-0044, 2021.
  12. Robertson, D., O’Donnell, P., Lawler, B., and Prucka, R. (March 31, 2021). “A Quasi-Dimensional Fuel Distribution Model for a Radially Stratified Engine.” ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. August 2021; 143(8): 081015. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049991
  13. Gainey, B., O’Donnell, P., Yan, Z., Moser, S., Lawler, B., “LTC performance of C1–C4 water-alcohol blends with the same cooling potential,” Fuel, Volume 293, 2021, 120480, ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.120480.
  14. Yan, Z., Gainey, B., Gohn, J., Hariharan, D., Saputo, J., Schmidt, C., Caliari, F., Sampath, S., Lawler, B., “A comprehensive experimental investigation of low-temperature combustion with thick thermal barrier coatings,” Energy, Volume 222, 2021, 119954, ISSN 0360-5442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.119954.
  15. Gainey, B., Yan, Z., Lawler, B., “Autoignition characterization of methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol over a wide range of operating conditions in LTC/HCCI,” Fuel, Volume 287, 2021, 119495, ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119495.
  16. Gainey, B., Yan, Z., Moser, S., Lawler, B., “Lean flammability limit of high-dilution spark ignition with ethanol, propanol, and butanol,” International Journal of Engine Research, February 2021, doi:10.1177/1468087421993256.
  17. Gainey, B., Lawler, B., “The role of alcohol biofuels in advanced combustion: An analysis,” Fuel, Volume 283, 2021, 118915,ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118915.
  18. O’Donnell, P., Rahimi Boldaji, M., Gainey, B., Lawler, B., “Varying Intake Stroke Injection Timings with Wet Ethanol in LTC: A CFD Simulation Study,” SAE Technical Paper 2020-01-0237, 2020.
  19. Gainey, B., Lawler, B., “A fuel cell free piston gas turbine hybrid architecture for high-efficiency, load-flexible power generation,” Applied Energy, 2020, 116242, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116242.
  20. Zhou, Y., Gainey, B., Lawler, B., “An ultrafast multi-zone HCCI model with Autoignition, Global reaction and Interpolation (AGI) for achieving comparable accuracy to detailed chemical kinetics models,” Combustion and Flame, Volume 221, 2020, Pages 487-501, ISSN 0010-2180, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.08.016.
  21. Gainey B, Hariharan D, Yan Z, Zilg S, Rahimi Boldaji M, Lawler B. A split injection of wet ethanol to enable thermally stratified compression ignition. International Journal of Engine Research. 2020;21(8):1441-1453. doi:10.1177/1468087418810587
  22. Gainey, B., Yan, Z., Rahimi-Boldaji, M., and Lawler, B. “On the Effects of Injection Strategy, EGR, and Intake Boost on TSCI with Wet Ethanol,” ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. August 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048150.
  23. Gainey, B., Yan, Z., Moser, S., Vorwerk, E., Lawler, B., “Tailoring Thermal Stratification to Enable High Load Low Temperature Combustion with Wet Ethanol on a Gasoline Engine Architecture,” International Journal of Engine Research, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468087420945960.
  24. Hariharan, D., Gainey, B., Yan, Z., Mamalis, S., and Lawler, B., “Experimental Study of the Effect of Start of Injection and Blend Ratio on Single Fuel Reformate RCCI,” ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. August 2020; 142(8): 081010. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4047814.
  25. Priyadarshini, P, Sofianopoulos, A., Lawler, B., Lopez-Pintor, D., Dec, J., Mamalis, S., “Understanding Partial Fuel Stratification for Low Temperature Gasoline Combustion using Large Eddy Simulations,” International Journal of Engine Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468087420921042.
  26. Gohn, J., Gainey, B., Zainul, S., Lawler, B., “Wet ethanol in LTC: How water fraction and DTBP affect combustion and intake temperature at naturally aspirated and boosted conditions,” Fuel, Volume 267, 2020, 117094, ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117094.
  27. Yan, Z., Gainey, B., Gohn, J., Hariharan, D., Saputo, J., Schmidt, C., Caliari, F., Sampath, S., Lawler, B., “The Effects of Thick Thermal Barrier Coatings on Low-Temperature Combustion,” SAE Int. J. Adv. & Curr. Prac. in Mobility 2(4):1786-1799, 2020, https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-0275.
  28. Rahimi Boldaji, M., Gainey, B., O’Donnell, P., Gohn, J., Lawler, B., “Investigating the Effect of Spray Included Angle on Thermally Stratified Compression Ignition with Wet Ethanol Using Computational Fluid Dynamics,” Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 170, 2020, 114964, ISSN 1359-4311, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.114964.
  29. Hariharan, D., Rahimi Boldaji, M., Yan, Z., Mamalis, S., Lawler, B., “Single-fuel reactivity controlled compression ignition through catalytic partial oxidation reformation of diesel fuel,” Fuel, Volume 264, 2020, 116815, ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116815.
  30. Gainey, B., Gohn, J., Hariharan, D., Rahimi-Boldaji, M., Lawler, B., “Assessing the impact of injector included angle and piston geometry on thermally stratified compression ignition with wet ethanol,” Applied Energy, Volume 262, 2020, 114528, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114528.
  31. Yan, Z., Gainey, B., Hariharan, D., Lawler, B. “Improving the controllability of partial fuel stratification at low boost levels by applying a double late injection strategy,” International Journal of Engine Research, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468087419896511.
  32. Ran, Z., Hariharan, D., Lawler, B., Mamalis, S., “Exploring the potential of ethanol, CNG, and syngas as fuels for lean spark-ignition combustion – An experimental study,” Energy, Volume 191, 2020, 116520, ISSN 0360-5442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116520.
  33. Yan, Z., Gainey, B., Hariharan, D., Lawler, B., “Investigation into reactivity separation between direct injected and premixed fuels in RCCI combustion mode,” Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, ICEF2019-7130. 
  34. Gainey, B., Gohn, J., Yan, Z., Malik, K. Rahimi Boldaji, M., Lawler, B., “HCCI with Wet Ethanol: Investigating the Charge Cooling Effect of a High Latent Heat of Vaporization Fuel in LTC,” SAE Technical Paper 2019-24-0024, 2019, doi:10.4271/2019-24-0024.
  35. Hariharan, D., Yang, R., Mamalis, S., Lawler, B., “Effects of Single versus Two-Stage Heat Release on the Load Limits of HCCI using Primary Reference Fuels,” SAE Technical Paper 2019-01-0950, 2019, https://doi.org/10.4271/2019-01-0950.
  36. Zhou, Y., Gainey, B., Mamalis, S., Lawler, B., “Understanding HCCI Combustion in a Free Piston Engine with a Multi-Zone, Thermally Stratified, Chemical Kinetic Model,” SAE Technical Paper 2019-01-0958, 2019, https://doi.org/10.4271/2019-01-0958.
  37. Gainey, B., Hariharan, D., Zilg, S., Rahimi Boldaji, M., Lawler, B., “TSCI with Wet Ethanol: an investigation of the effects of injection strategy on a diesel engine architecture,” SAE Technical Paper 2019-01-1146, 2019, https://doi.org/10.4271/2019-01-1146.
  38. Gainey, B., Longtin, J., and Lawler, B., “A Guide to Uncertainty Quantification for Experimental Engine Research and Heat Release Analysis,” SAE Int. J. Engines 12(5):509-523, 2019, https://doi.org/10.4271/03-12-05-0033.
  39. Sofianopoulos A, Rahimi Boldaji M, Lawler B, Dec, J., Mamalis S, “Effect of Engine Size, Speed, and Dilution Method on Thermal Stratification of Premixed HCCI Engines – A Large Eddy Simulation Study”, Int. J. of Engine Res., 2020, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468087418820735.
  40. Zhou, Y., Sofianopoulos A., Lawler B., Mamalis S., “Advanced Combustion Free-Piston Engines: A comprehensive review”, Int. J. of Engine Res., 2020, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468087418800612.
  41. Sofianopoulos A, Rahimi Boldaji M, Lawler B, Mamalis S. “Investigation of Thermal Stratification in Premixed Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engines: A Large Eddy Simulation Study.” International Journal of Engine Research, 2019, doi:10.1177/1468087418795525.                     
  42. Hariharan, D., Yang, R., Zhou, Y., Gainey, B., Mamalis, S., Smith, R., Lugo-Pimentel, M., Castaldi, M., Gill, R., Davis, A., Modroukas, D., and Lawler, B., “Catalytic Partial Oxidation Reformation of Diesel, Gasoline, and Natural Gas for Use in Low Temperature Combustion Engines,” Fuel, Volume 246, 2019, Pages 295-307, ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.02.003.
  43. Rahimi Boldaji, M., Sofianopoulos, A., Mamalis, S., and Lawler, B., “Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigations of the Effect of Water Injection Timing on Thermal Stratification and Heat Release in TSCI Combustion,” International Journal of Engine Research, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468087418767451.
  44. Zhou, Y., Sofianopoulos, A., Lawler, B., and Mamalis, S., “A system-level numerical study of a homogeneous charge compression ignition spring-assisted free piston linear alternator with various piston motion profiles,” Applied Energy, Volume 239, 2019, Pages 820-835, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.240.
  45. Rahimi Boldaji, M., Gainey, B., and Lawler, B., “Thermally Stratified Compression Ignition Enabled by Wet Ethanol with a Split Injection Strategy: A CFD Simulation Study,” Applied Energy, Volume 235, 2019, Pages 813-826, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.009.
  46. Zhou, Y., Hariharan, D., Yang, R., Mamalis, S., and Lawler, B., “A Predictive 0-D HCCI Combustion Model for Natural Gas, Ethanol, Gasoline, and Primary Reference Fuel Blends,” Fuel, Volume 237, 2019, Pages 658-675, ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.10.041.
  47. Ran, Z., Hariharan, D., Lawler, B., Mamalis, S., “Experimental study of lean spark ignition combustion using gasoline, ethanol, natural gas, and syngas,” Fuel, Volume 235, Pages 530-537, ISSN 0016-2361, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.08.054.
  48. Rahimi Boldaji, M., Sofianopoulos, A., Mamalis, S., and Lawler, B., “Computational fluid dynamics simulations of the effect of water injection characteristics on TSCI: a new, load-flexible advanced combustion concept,” ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 2018; doi:10.1115/1.4040309.
  49. Rahimi Boldaji M, Sofianopoulos A, Mamalis S, Lawler B, “A CFD Investigation Comparing the Effects of Fuel Split Fraction on Advanced Low Temperature Combustion with a Primary Reference Fuel versus Ethanol”, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Volume 4, 2018, ISSN 2297-3079, 10.3389/fmech.2018.00006, https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmech.2018.00006
  50. Lawler, B., Lacey, J., Güralp, O., Najt, P., and Filipi, Z., “HCCI combustion with an actively controlled glow plug: The effects on heat release, thermal stratification, efficiency, and emissions,” Applied Energy, Volume 211, 2018, Pages 809-819, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.11.089.
  51. Sofianopoulos, A., Rahimi Boldaji, M., Lawler, B., and Mamalis, S., “Analysis of Thermal Stratification Effects in HCCI Engines Using Large Eddy Simulations and Detailed Chemical Kinetics,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0189, 2018, https://doi.org/10.4271/2018-01-0189.
  52. Rahimi Boldaji, M., Sofianopoulos, A., Mamalis, S., and Lawler, B., “Effects of Mass, Pressure, and Timing of Injection on the Efficiency and Emissions Characteristics of TSCI Combustion with Direct Water Injection,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0178, 2018, https://doi.org/10.4271/2018-01-0178.
  53. Yang, R., Hariharan, D., Zilg, S., Mamalis, S., Lawler, B., “Efficiency and Emissions Characteristics of an HCCI Engine Fueled by Primary Reference Fuels,” SAE Int. J. Engines 11(6):993–1006, 2018, doi:10.4271/2018-01-1255.
  54. Sofianopoulos, A., Zhou, Y., Lawler, B., Mamalis, S., “Gas exchange processes of a small HCCI free piston engine – A computational study,” Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 127, 2017, Pages 1582-1597, ISSN 1359-4311, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.08.089.
  55. Sofianopoulos, A., Zhou, Y., Lawler, B., Mamalis, S., “Multi-Dimensional Modeling of a 1kWe Free Piston Linear Alternator,” ASTFE 2017 Proceedings of the 2nd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Conference TFEC2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, April 2–5, 2017.
  56. Lawler, B., Splitter, D., Szybist, J., Kaul, B., “Thermally Stratified Compression Ignition: A new advanced low temperature combustion mode with load flexibility,” Applied Energy, Volume 189, 1 March 2017, Pages 122-132, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.034.
  57. Lawler, B., Mamalis, S., Joshi, S., Lacey, J., Guralp, O., Najt, P., and Filipi, Z., “Understanding the effect of operating conditions on thermal stratification and heat release in a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine,” Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 112, 5 February 2017, Pages 392-402, ISSN 1359-4311, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.10.056.
  58. Kaul, B., Lawler, B., and Zahdeh, A., “Engine Diagnostics Using Acoustic Emissions Sensors,” SAE Int. J. Engines 9(2):684-692, 2016, doi:10.4271/2016-01-0639.
  59. Yousefi, A., Birouk, M., Lawler, B., Gharehghani, A., “Performance and emissions of a dual-fuel pilot diesel ignition engine operating on various premixed fuels,” Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 106, December 2015, Pages 322-336, ISSN 0196-8904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.09.056.
  60. Hoffman MA, Lawler B, Filipi ZS, Güralp OA, Najt PM. “The Impact of a Magnesium Zirconate Thermal Barrier Coating on Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Operational Variability and the Formation of Combustion Chamber Deposits.” International Journal of Engine Research, vol. 16, no. 8, Dec. 2015, pp. 968–981, doi:10.1177/1468087414561274.
  61. Hoffman MA, Lawler B, Filipi ZS, Güralp OA, Najt PM. “Development of a Device for the Nondestructive Thermal Diffusivity Determination of Combustion Chamber Deposits and Thin Coatings.” ASME. J. Heat Transfer. 2014; 136(7):071601-071601-10. doi:10.1115/1.4026908.
  62. Lawler, B., Joshi, S., Lacey, J., Güralp, O., Najt, P., and Filipi, Z., “Understanding the Effect of Wall Conditions and Engine Geometry on Thermal Stratification and HCCI Combustion,” ASME 2014 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, Columbus, Indiana, USA, October 19–22, 2014.
  63. Kaul, B., Lawler, B., Finney, C., Edwards, M. et al., “Effects of Data Quality Reduction on Feedback Metrics for Advanced Combustion Control,” SAE Technical Paper 2014-01-2707, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-2707.
  64. Lawler, B., Lacey, J., Dronniou, N., Dernotte, J. et al., “Refinement and Validation of the Thermal Stratification Analysis: A post-processing methodology for determining temperature distributions in an experimental HCCI engine,” SAE Technical Paper 2014-01-1276, 2014, doi:10.4271/2014-01-1276.
  65. Lawler, B. and Filipi, Z., “Integration of a Dual-Mode SI-HCCI Engine into Various Vehicle Architectures,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, April 2013, Vol. 135, Issue 5, 052802, doi:10.1115/1.4022.
  66. Lawler, B., Hoffman, M., Filipi, Z., Güralp, O., and Najt, P., “Development of a Postprocessing Methodology for Studying Thermal Stratification in an HCCI Engine,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, October 2012, Vol. 134, Issue 10, 102801, doi:10.1115/1.4007010.
  67. Lawler, B., Ortiz-Soto, E., Gupta, R., Peng, H., and Filipi, Z., “Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain and Control Strategy Optimization to Maximize the Synergy with a Gasoline HCCI Engine,” SAE International Journal of Engines 4(1):1115-1126, 2011, doi:10.4271/2011-01-0888.