Publications

Refereed Publications

Acharya, R. and A. L. Boehman. Fuel and System Interaction Effects on Urea-SCR Control of NOx in Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment.  Submitted to Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, September 2004.

Szybist, J. P., S. R. Kirby and A. L. Boehman. NOx Emissions of Alternative Diesel Fuels: A Comparative Analysis of Biodiesel and FT Diesel.  Submitted to Energy & Fuels, September 2004.

Boehman, A.L., D. Morris, J. Szybist and E. Esen. The Impact of Bulk Modulus of Diesel Fuels on Fuel Injection Timing.  Submitted to Energy & Fuels, September 2004.

Szybist, J. P., A. L. Boehman, J. D. Taylor and R. L. McCormick. Evaluation of Formulation Strategies to Eliminate the Biodiesel NOx Effect. Fuel Processing Technology, accepted for publication (2004).

Eirich, J., E. Chapman, H. Glunt, D. Klinikowski, A.L. Boehman, J.G. Hansel and E.C. Heydorn. Development of a Dimethyl Ether (DME)-Fueled Shuttle Bus.  Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper No. 2003-01-0756. Accepted for publication in the SAE Transactions: Journal of Fuels and Lubricants (2003).

Song, J., V. Zello, A.L. Boehman, and F.J. Waller. Comparison of the Impact of Intake Oxygen Enrichment and Fuel Oxygenation on Diesel Combustion and Emissions. Energy & Fuels, to appear (2004).

Roan, M. A. and A. L. Boehman. The Effect of Fuel Composition and Dissolved Oxygen on Deposit Formation from Potential JP-900 Basestocks. Energy & Fuels,18, 835-843 (2004).

Bhide, S., D. Morris, J. Leroux, K.S. Wain, J.M. Perez and A.L. Boehman. Characterization of the Viscosity of Blends of Dimethyl Ether with Various Fuels and Additives.  Energy & Fuels, 17, 1126-1132 (2003).

Song, J., K. Cheenkakorn, J. Wang, J. Perez, A.L. Boehman, P.J. Young and F.J. Waller. Effect of Oxygenated Fuel on Combustion and Emissions in a Light-Duty Turbo Diesel Engine.  Energy & Fuels, 16, 294-301 (2002).

Flynn, P. J., M.T. Ityokumbul and A.L. Boehman. Preliminary Investigation On the Viability of 1,3-Dioxolane as an Alternative to MTBE in Reformulated Gasoline.  Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper No. 2001-01-3683.  To appear in the 2001 SAE Trans. J. Fuels and Lubricants.

Chapman, E.M., A.L. Boehman, P.J.A. Tijm and F.J. Waller. Emission Characteristics of a Navistar 7.3L Turbodiesel Fueled with Blends of Dimethyl Ether and Diesel Fuel. Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper No. 2001-01-3683.  To appear in the 2001 SAE Trans. J. Fuels and Lubricants.

Gottschalk, M. R., J.R. Hellmann, B.E. Scheetz, and A. Boehman. Commercially Useful By-Products of Coal Combustion. Ceramic Transactions: Proceedings of Symposium on Science and Technology in Addressing Environmental Issues in Ceramic Engineering, 119, 125-134(2001).

Weller, D. E., W. H. Swain, H. Hess, A. L. Boehman and J. M. Perez.  Changes in Particulate Composition and Morphology When Using Vegetable Oil Lubricant in a Low Heat Rejection Engine.  Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper No. 1999-01-0975.  Accepted for publication in the SAE Transactions – Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, (2000).

Palmisiano, M., A. L. Boehman and C. G. Pantano. Processing Effects on the Surface Composition of Glass Fiber.  To appear in Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

Goel, P. and A. L. Boehman.   Numerical Simulation of Jet Fuel Degradation in Flow Reactors.  Energy & Fuels, 14, 953-962 (2000).

Litzinger, T., M. Stoner, H. Hess and A. Boehman. Effects of Oxygenated Blending Compounds on Emissions from a Turbo-charged Direct Injection Diesel Engine.  International Journal of Engine Research, 1, 57-70 (2000).

Boehman, A. L. and R. W. Dibble.  Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Influence of Temporal Fuel/Air Unmixedness on NOx Emissions of Lean Premixed Catalytically Stabilized and Non-Catalytic Combustion.  Catalysis Today, 59, 131-140 (2000).

Hess, H. S., M. A. Roan, S. Bhalla, S. Butnark, V. Zarnescu, A. L. Boehman (2), P.J.A. Tijm, F. J. Waller. Reduction of Particulate Emissions from a Single-Cylinder IDI Engine with Oxygenated Diesel Fuels. Accepted for inclusion in a book based on the Symposium on the Chemistry of Diesel Fuel, held at the 1998 ACS National Meeting, Boston, August 1998.

Frye, C. A., A. L. Boehman and P. J. A. Tijm.  A Comparison of CO and NO Emissions from Propane, n-Butane, and Dimethyl Ether Premixed Flames. Energy & Fuels, 13, 650-654 (1999).

Vittal, M., J. A. Borek, D. A. Marks, A. L. Boehman, D. A. Okrent and A. P. Bentz. The Effects of Thermal Barrier Coatings on Diesel Engine Emissions. ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 121, 218-225 (1999).

Boehman, A. L. Radiation Heat Transfer in Catalytic Monoliths, AIChE Journal, 44, 2745-2755 (1998).

Wilber, R. A. and A. L. Boehman. Numerical Modeling of the Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Ethylene over Cu-ZSM-5 under Lean Conditions. Catalysis Today , 50, 125-132 (1999).

Krishnan, A. T. and A. L. Boehman. Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide with Ammonia at Low Temperatures. Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, 18, 189-198 (1998).

Boehman, A. L., J. W. Simons, S. Niksa, and J. G. McCarty. Dynamic Stress Behavior in Catalytic Combustors. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 199, 164-170 (1997).

Boehman, A. L., J. W. Simons, S. Niksa, and J. G. McCarty. Dynamic Stress Formation During Catalytic Combustion of Methane in Ceramic Monoliths. Combust. Sci. Tech., 122, 257-303 (1997).

Essenhigh, R. H and A. L. Boehman. Studies in Furnace Analysis: Prediction of the Variation of Specific Exhaust Enthalpy with Output. Energy & Fuels, 11, 447-456 (1997).

Vittal, M. and A. L. Boehman. Functionalized Surfactants as Precursors to Dispersed Coal Liquefaction Catalysts. Energy & Fuels, 10, 1028-1029 (1996).

Boehman, A. L., and S. Niksa. Conversion of Various Hydrocarbons Over Supported Pd During Simulated Cold-Start Conditions. Appl. Catal. B:Environ., 8, 41-56 (1996).

Boehman, A. L. and S. Niksa. A Catalytic Flow Reactor for Kinetic Studies of Multicomponent Reacting Mixtures on Supported Catalysts. Review of Scientific Instruments, 66, 1096-1104 (1995).

Boehman, A. L. , S. Niksa, and R. J. Moffat. A Comparison of Rate Laws for CO Oxidation Over Pt on Alumina. SAE Trans. J. Fuels and Lubricants, 102, 268-278 (1993).

Boehman, A. L. , S. Niksa, and R. J. Moffat. Catalytic Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide in a Large Scale Planar Isothermal Passage. SAE Trans. J. Fuels and Lubricants, 101, 1723-1732 (1992).

Conference and Non-refereed Publications

Hess, H. S., A. L. Boehman P. J. A. Tijm and F. J. Waller. Experimental Studies of the Impact of CETANER^TM on Diesel Combustion and Emissions. Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper No. 2000-01-2886. Presented at the 2000 SAE Fall Fuels & Lubricants Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October, 2000.

Chapman, E. M.., S. V. Bhide, A. L. Boehman P. J. A. Tijm and F. J. Waller. Emissions Characteristics of a Navistar 7.3L Turbodiesel Fueled with Blends of Oxygenates and Diesel.. Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper No. 2000-01-2887. Presented at the 2000 SAE Fall Fuels & Lubricants Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October, 2000.

Hess, H. S., A. L. Boehman and R. C. Anderson. Optimization and Comparison of Two Methods for Determination of Diesel Particulate Emissions. Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper No. 2000-01-2956. Presented at the 2000 SAE Fall Fuels & Lubricants Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October, 2000.

Roan, M.A., J. Goodeliunas, J. Baçak and A.L. Boehman. Flow Reactor Studies of Petroleum-Derived Jet Fuels. In ACS Preprints, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 45 (3), pp. 538-541 (2000).

Hess, H. S., J. Szybist, A.L. Boehman, P.J.A. Tijm and F.J. Waller. The Use of CETANER^TM for the Reduction of Particulate Matter Emissions in a Turbocharged Direct Injection Medium-Duty Diesel Engine. Seventeenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September 11-15, (2000)

Gottschalk, M. R., J.R. Hellmann, B.E. Scheetz, and A. Boehman. Commercially Useful By-Products of Coal Combustion. Presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the American Ceramic Society, St. Louis. MO, April 29-May 3, 2000.

Hess, H. S., J. A. Chiodo, A. L. Boehman, P.J.A. Tijm and F.J. Waller. The Use of CETANER^TM for the Reduction of Particulate Matter Emissions in a Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) Diesel Engine. Sixteenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 11-15, (1999).

Boehman, A. L. and R. W. Dibble. Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Influence of Temporal Fuel/Air Unmixedness on NOx Emissions of Lean Premixed Catalytically Stabilized and Non-Catalytic Combustion.  Presented at the 4th International Workshop on Catalytic Combustion, April, 1999, San Diego, CA and published in the conference proceedings.

Weller, D. E., W. H. Swain, H. Hess, A. L. Boehman and J. M. Perez. Changes in Particulate Composition and Morphology When Using Vegetable Oil Lubricant in a Low Heat Rejection Engine. Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Paper No. 1999-01-0975. Presented at the 1999 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, March, 1999.

Dibble, R. W. and A. L. Boehman, Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Influence of Temporal Fuel/Air Unmixedness on NO_x Emissions of Lean Premixed Catalytically Stabilized and Non-Catalytic Combustion, to be presented at the 4^th International Workshop on Catalytic Combustion, San Diego, CA, April, 1999.

Boehman, A. L. and P.J.A. Tijm. Incorporating Oxygen in Diesel Fuel as a Means of Reducing Engine Emissions. Presented at the 1998 Diesel Engine Emissions Reduction Workshop, Castine, ME, July, 1998.

Goel, P. and A. L. Boehman. Bridging Batch and Flow Reactor Studies of Jet Fuel Degradation. In ACS Preprints, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 43 (3), pp. 382-386 (1998).

Hess, H. S., M. A. Roan, S. Bhalla, S. Butnark, V. Zarnescu, A. L. Boehman, P.J.A. Tijm, F. J. Waller. Reduction of Particulate Emissions from a Single-Cylinder IDI Engine with Oxygenated Diesel Fuels. In ACS Preprints, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 43(4), pp. 593-596 (1998).

Boehman, A. L., W. H. Swain, D. E. Weller and J. M. Perez. Use of Vegetable Oil Lubricant in a Low Heat Rejection Engine to Reduce Particulate Emissions. SAE paper no. 980887 presented at the 1998 International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, February, 1998.

Frye, C. A., A. L. Boehman and P. J. A. Tijm. A Comparison of Carbon Monoxide Emissions from Butane, Propane, and Dimethyl Ether Flames. In Proc. 1997 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Hartford, CT, pp. 411-414.

Boehman, A. L., A. Schlegel and R. W. Dibble. Numerical Study of the Influence of Temporal Fuel/Air Unmixedness on NO_x Emissions in Lean Premixed Catalytically Stabilized Combustion. In Proc. 1997 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Hartford, CT, pp. 403-406.

Vittal, M., J. A. Borek, A. L. Boehman and D. A. Okrent. The Influence of Thermal Barrier Coatings on the Composition of Diesel Particulate Emissions. SAE paper no. 972958 presented at the 1997 SAE Fall Fuels & Lubricants Meeting, Tulsa, OK, October, 1997. Published in Combustion and Emissions in Diesel Engines, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. Warrendale, PA, pp. 1-6.

Wilber, R. A. and A. L. Boehman. Numerical Modeling of the Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Ethylene over Cu-ZSM-5 under Lean Conditions. In ACS Preprints, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 42(3), pp. 630-633 (1997).

Anand, T. K., M. Vittal and A. L. Boehman. Bench and Pilot-Scale Characterization of Low Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO_x. In ACS Preprints, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 42(3), pp. 622-626 (1997).

Boehman, A. L., M. Vittal, J. A. Borek, D. A. Marks and A. P. Bentz. The Effects of Thermal Barrier Coatings on Diesel Engine Emissions. In Proc. 19th Annual Fall Technical Conf. of the ASME Internal Combustion Engines Division, ICE-Vol. 29-3, Vol. 3, pp. 33-40 (1997).

Vittal, M. and A. L. Boehman. Thermal Analysis of Diesel Particulate Matter. Proc. 23rd Biennial Conf. on Carbon, July, 1997, Vol. II, pp. 344-345.

Sanghani, P. C. and A. L. Boehman. Study of Incipient Carbon Deposition from Tetradecane in the Presence of Additives. Proc. 23rd Biennial Conf. on Carbon, July, 1997, Vol. II, pp. 314-315.

Marks, D.A. and A. L. Boehman. The Influence of Thermal Barrier Coatings on Morphology and Composition of Diesel Particulates. SAE paper no. 970756 presented at the 1997 International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, March, 1997. Published in Diesel Engine Combustion Processes and Emission Control Technologies, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., Warrendale, PA, pp. 51-60.

Boehman, A. L. Numerical Modeling of NO Reduction Over Cu-ZSM-5 Under Lean Conditions. SAE paper no. 970752 presented at the 1997 International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, March, 1997. Published in Diesel Engine Combustion Processes and Emission Control Technologies, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., Warrendale, PA, pp. 11-17.

Boehman, A. L. The Influence of Radiation Heat Transfer on Catalytic Combustor Warm-Up. In Proc. 1996 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Hilton Head, SC, pp. 133-146.

Frye, C. A. and A. L. Boehman. A Parametric Analysis of the Effect of Activation Energy on the Warm-Up of Natural Gas-Fired Catalytic Combustors. In Proc. 1996 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Hilton Head, SC, pp. 139-142.

Boehman, A. L., J. W. Simons, S. J. Niksa and J. G. MCCarty. Dynamic Stress Behavior in Catalytic Combustors. HTD-Vol. 335, Proc. ASME Heat Transfer Division, 1996 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vol. 4, pp. 315-322.

Sanghani, P. C. and A. L. Boehman. Quantitative Degradation Studies of Coal Derived Jet Fuel Using Statistical Analysis. In ACS Preprints, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 41(2), pp. 529-533 (1996).

Boehman, A. L. A Finite Difference Method for Modeling the Catalytic Combustion of Methane. Proc. 9th Int’l Conf. on Numerical Methods in Thermal Problems, Atlanta, July, 1995. Eds. R.W. Lewis and P. Durbetaki, Pineridge Press, pp. 617-628.