First principles reaction discovery: from the Schrodinger equation to experimental prediction for methane pyrolysis

R Xu, J Meisner, AM Chang, KC Thompson… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Our recent success in exploiting graphical processing units (GPUs) to accelerate quantum
chemistry computations led to the development of the ab initio nanoreactor, a computational …

A physics-based approach to modeling real-fuel combustion chemistry–VI. Predictive kinetic models of gasoline fuels

R Xu, C Saggese, R Lawson, A Movaghar, T Parise… - Combustion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The HyChem (hybrid chem istry) approach is utilized for modeling the combustion behaviors
of gasoline fuels. The approach combines an experimentally constrained, lumped-step …

Neural network approach to response surface development for reaction model optimization and uncertainty minimization

Y Zhang, W Dong, LA Vandewalle, R Xu, GP Smith… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
We examine the state-of-the-art neural network (NN) approach and its flexible
implementations in combustion reaction model uncertainty quantification (UQ), optimization …

Foundational Fuel Chemistry Model 2–iso-Butene chemistry and application in modeling alcohol-to-jet fuel combustion

Y Zhang, W Dong, R Xu, GP Smith, H Wang - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Hybrid Chemistry (HyChem) approach is applied to model the combustion
chemistry of Gevo's alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel, a conventional Jet A fuel, and their blends. The …

LT-HyChem-A physics-based chemical kinetic modeling approach for low-temperature oxidation of real fuels I: Rationale, methodology, and application to a simple …

R Choudhary, P Biswas, V Boddapati, H Wang… - Combustion and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The diversity of reactivities, intermediates, and pathways associated with the low-
temperature (low-T) oxidation of various component classes that constitute real fuels is …

[PDF][PDF] Machine learning for combustion chemistry

T Echekki, A Farooq, M Ihme… - Machine learning and its …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
Abstract Machine learning provides a set of new tools for the analysis, reduction and
acceleration of combustion chemistry. The implementation of such tools is not new …

Community reaction network reduction for constructing a coarse-grained representation of combustion reaction mechanisms

L Ji, Y Li, J Wang, A Ning, N Zhang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A community-reaction network reduction (CNR) approach is presented for mechanism
reduction on the basis of a network-based community detection technique, a concept related …

A mid-IR laser absorption diagnostic for measuring formaldehyde at high pressures and its demonstration in shock tubes

P Biswas, R Choudhary, A Panda, DF Davidson… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents a new diagnostic for quantitative measurements of formaldehyde (CH 2
O) in the temperature range of 700–1500 K and pressures from 10 to 60 atm targeted for …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of hybrid chemistry fuel models by optimization methods

T Methling, T Kathrotia, J Zinsmeister, S Richter… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of the hybrid chemistry (HyChem) methodology for the chemical kinetic
modeling of real fuel combustion has introduced new possibilities for the generation of …

Comparisons of Different Representative Species Selection Schemes for Reduced-Order Modeling and Chemistry Acceleration of Complex Hydrocarbon Fuels

KM Gitushi, T Echekki - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The simulation of engine combustion processes, such as autoignition, an important process
in the co-optimization of fuel-engine design, can be computationally expensive due to the …