Publications
Journal Articles
D.O. Lignell, J.C. Hewson, J.H. Chen, "A-priori analysis of conditional moment closure modeling of a temporal ethylene jet flame with soot formation using direct numerical simulation," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32(1): 1491-1498 (2009).
D.O. Lignell, J.H. Chen, P.J. Smith, "Three-dimensional direct numerical simulation of soot formation and transport in a temporally-evolving, nonpremixed ethylene jet flame," Combustion and flame, 155(1-2): 316-333 (2008).
D.O. Lignell, J.H. Chen, P.J. Smith, T. Lu, C.K. Law, "The effect of flame structure on soot formation and transport in turbulent nonpremixed flames using direct numerical simulation", Combustion and Flame, 151(1-2):2-28 (2007)
C.L. Senior, D.O. Lignell, A.F. Sarofim, A. Mehta, "Modeling arsenic partitioning in coal-fired power plants", Combustion and Flame, 147(3):209-221 (2006)
P. Jiang, D.O. Lignell, K.E. Kelly, J.S. Lighty, A.F. Sarofim, C.J. Montgomery, "Simulation of the evolution of particle size distributions in a vehicle exhaust plume with unconfined dilution by ambiant air", Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 55(4):437-445 (2005)
Conferences
D.O. Lignell, "Direct numerical simulation of turbulence-chemistry interactions in nonpremixed flames," 23rd Annual ACERC Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, February 23-24, 2009.
J.C. Hewson, D.O. Lignell, A.R. Kerstein, S.H. Kim, H. Pitsch, R.O. Fox, "Modelling differential diffusion in nonpremixed combustion: soot transport in mixture fraction space," Center for Turbulence Research Summer Program, Sanford University, July 7-August 1, 2008.
D.O. Lignell, J.H. Chen, E.S. Richardson, "Terascale direct numerical simulations of turbulent combustion: fundamental understanding towards predictive models," (Invited paper, peer reviewed) Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing (SciDAC), Seattle, WA, July 13-17, 2008.
D.O. Lignell, J.H. Chen, "Investigation of flame extinction and reignition modes in nonpremixed ethylene jet flames using direct numerical simulation," SIAM 12th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Monterey, CA, March 31-April 2, 2008.
J.C. Hewson, A. Ricks, D.O. Lignell, A.R. Kerstein, "Modeling differential diffusion with conditional moment closure," SIAM 12th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Monterey, CA, March 31-April 2, 2008.
C.S. Yoo, D.O. Lignell, E.S. Richardson, J.H. Chen, "DNS of stabilization of turbulent lifted nonpremixed jet flames in vitiated coflow," SIAM 12th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Monterey, CA, March 31-April 2, 2008.
A. Cuoci, T. Faravelli, E. Ranzi, P.J. Smith, D.O. Lignell (presenter), "Effects of Turbulent Fluctuations on the numerical predictions of soot formation and oxidation in turbulent nonpremixed flames using a coupled radiation/flamelet model," AICHE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 4-9, 2007.
D.O. Lignell, J.H. Chen, T. Lu, C.K. Law, "Direct numerical simulation of extinction and reignition in a nonpremixed turbulent ethylene jet flame", 2007 Fall Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 16-17, 2007, Livermore, CA, USA.
D.O. Lignell, J.C. Hewson, J.H. Chen, "A-priori analysis of CMC modeling of turbulent soot formation using direct numerical simulation", 2007 Fall Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oct. 16-17, 2007, Livermore, CA, USA.
D.O. Lignell, P.J. Smith, J.H. Chen, "Simulation and modeling of soot formation in nonpremixed combustion using DNS", Workshop on Heat Transfer in Fires, Sep. 20-21, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
D.O. Lignell, C.S. Yoo, J.H. Chen, R. Sankaran, M. Fahey, "Petascale combustion science, performance and optimization", Cray Scaling Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 30-31, 2007, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
D.O. Lignell, P.J. Smith, J.H. Chen, "Validation of mixing and reaction models for sooting nonpremixed turbulent flames using DNS", NAMF Mixing Conference XXI, June 17-22, 2007, Park City, UT, USA.
D.O. Lignell, J.H. Chen, P.J. Smith, T. Lu, C.K. Law, "Direct numerical simulation of soot formation and transport in nonpremixed ethylene flames", 5th Meeting of the Joint Sections of the Combustion Institute, March 25-28, 2007, San Diego, CA, USA.
N. Krishnamoorthy, D.R. Yeates, D.O. Lignell, J. Spinti, P.J. Smith, "The feasibility of mixture fraction and heat loss mapping for characterizing turbulent nonpremixed flames", 2006 Fall Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, March 27-28, 2006, Boise ID, USA.
D.O. Lignell, P.J. Smith, J.H. Chen, "DNS of soot formation and transport in nonpremixed ethylene flames in a single vortex-eddy, and two dimensional decaying turbulence configurations", Fire Model Workshop, May 8-9, 2006, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
D.O. Lignell, P.J. Smith "Verification of heat loss in a steady laminar flamelet reaction model", Verification Workshop, March 16-17, 2005, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
C.L. Senior, D.O. Lignell, Z. Chen, B. Shiley, A. Sarofim, "Modelling gaseous mercury behavior in practical combustion system", Air Quality IV: Mercury, Trace Elments, and Particulate Matter, Sep 22-24, 2003, Arlington, VA, USA.
C.L. Senior, D.O. Lignell, B. Shiley, Z. Chen, A. Sarofim, "Kinetic models for predicting the behavior of mercury in coal-fired power plants", ACERC Annual Conference, Feb 19-20, 2003, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
K. Davis, H. Shim, D.O. Lignell, M. Denison, L. Felix, "Evaluation of biomass cofiring injection strategies using CFD simulations: pilot- and full-scale results", 27th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems, March 4-7, 2002, Clearwater, FL, USA.
C.L. Senior, D.O. Lignell, Z. Chen, A.F. Sarofim, T.W. Dixon, "Characterization of reactivity of green and calcined petroleum coke with oxygen for application to combustion systems", 2005 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Feb 13-17, 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA.