Publications

X Author: Robert K. Cheng

2017

Rapp, Vi H., Robert K. Cheng, and Peter L. Therkelsen."A high turndown, ultra low emission low-swirl burner for natural gas, on-demand water heaters." (2017).

2016

Therkelsen, Peter L., Robert K. Cheng, and Darren Sholes."Research and Development of Natural Draft Ultra-Low Emissions Burners for Gas Appliances." (2016).

2013

Therkelsen, Peter L., J. Enrique Portillo, David Littlejohn, Scott M. Martin, and Robert K. Cheng."Self-induced unstable behaviors of CH4 and H2/CH4 flames in a model combustor with a low-swirl injector."Combustion and Flame 160.2 (2013) 307 - 321. DOI(link is external)
Davis, Dustin W., Peter L. Therkelsen, David Littlejohn, and Robert K. Cheng."Effects of Hydrogen on the Thermo-Acoustics Coupling Mechanisms of Low-Swirl Injector Flames in a Model Gas Turbine Combustor."Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 34.2 (2013) 3135–3143. DOI(link is external)

2012

Beerer, David, Vincent McDonnell, Peter L. Therkelsen, and Robert K. Cheng."Flashback, Blow out, Emissions and Turbulent Displacement Flame Speed Measurements in a Hydrogen and Methane Fired Low-Swirl Injector at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures”."ASME Turbo Expo 2012: Power for Land, Sea and Air (2012).
Therkelsen, Peter L., David Littlejohn, and Robert K. Cheng."Parametric Study of Low-Swirl Injector Geometry on it Operability."ASME TurboExpo (2012).

2009

Littlejohn, David, Robert K. Cheng, David R. Noble, and Tim Lieuwen."Laboratory Investigations of Low-Swirl Injectors Operating With Syngases."Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 132.1 (2009) 011502-011509. DOI(link is external)
Cheng, Robert K., David Littlejohn, Peter A. Strakey, and Todd Sidwell."Laboratory Investigations of a Low-swirl Injector with H2 and CH4 at Gas Turbine Conditions."Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 32.2 (2009) 3001-3009. DOI(link is external)
Cheng, Robert K.."Turbulent Combustion Properties of Premixed Syngases."Synthesis Gas Combustion 1 (2009) 129-168.

2008

Cheng, Robert K., and David Littlejohn."Effects of Combustor Geometry on the Flowfields and Flame Properties of A Low-Swirl Injector."ASME Turbo Expo 2008: Power for Land, Sea, and Air 3 (2008). DOI(link is external)
Cheng, Robert K., and David Littlejohn."Laboratory Study of Premixed H2-Air and H2-N2-Air Flames in a Low-Swirl Injector for Ultra-Low Emissions Gas Turbines."Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 130.3 (2008) 31503-31511. DOI(link is external)
Cheng, Robert K., David Littlejohn, Wazeer A. Nazeer, and Kenneth O. Smith."Laboratory Studies of the Flow Field Characteristics of Low-Swirl Injectors for Application to Fuel-Flexible Turbines."ASME Turbo Expo 2006: Power for Land, Sea, and Air 1 (2008) 21501-21511. DOI(link is external)
Cheng, Robert K., David Littlejohn, David R. Noble, and Tim Lieuwen."Laboratory Investigations of Low-Swirl Injectors Operating With Syngases."ASME Turbo Expo 2008: Power for Land Sea and Air, June 9–13, 2008 Volume 3: Combustion, Fuels and Emissions, Parts A and B (2008). DOI(link is external)
Cheng, Robert K., Howard Levinsky, and Derek Dunn-Rankin."Lean Premixed Burners."Lean Combustion (2008) 161-177. DOI(link is external)

2007

Gotoda, Hiroshi, Toshihisa Ueda, Ian G. Shepherd, and Robert K. Cheng."Flame flickering frequency on a rotating Bunsen burner."Chemical Engineering Science 62 (2007) 1753-1759. DOI(link is external)
Bell, John B., Robert K. Cheng, Marcus S. Day, and Ian G. Shepherd."Numerical simulation of Lewis number effects on lean premixed turbulent flames."Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31.1 (2007) 1309-1317. DOI(link is external)

2005

Johnson, Matthew R., David Littlejohn, Wazeer A. Nazeer, Kenneth O. Smith, and Robert K. Cheng."A Comparison of Flowfields and Emmissions of High-Swirl Injectors and Low-Swirl Injectors for Lean Premixed Gas Turbines."Proceddings of the Combustion Institute 30.2 (2005) 2867-2874. DOI(link is external)

2003

Gotoda, Hiroshi, Kazuyuki Maeda, Toshihisa Ueda, and Robert K. Cheng."Periodic motion of a Bunsen flame tip with burner rotation."Combustion And Flame 134.1-2 (2003) 67-79. DOI(link is external)

2002

Cheng, Robert K., Ian G. Shepherd, Benoit Bédat, and Lawrence Talbot."Premixed turbulent flame structures in moderate and intense isotropic turbulence."Combusition Science and Technology 174.1 (2002) 29-59. DOI(link is external)
Littlejohn, David, Adrian J. Majeski, Shaheen R. Tonse, Carlo Castaldini, and Robert K. Cheng."Laboratory investigation of an ultralow NOx premixed combustion concept for industrial boilers."Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 29 (2002) 1115-1121. DOI(link is external)
Shepherd, Ian G., Robert K. Cheng, Tobias Plessing, Christoph Kortschik, and Norbert Peters."Premixed Flame Font Structure in Intense Turbulence."Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 29.2 (2002) 1833-1840. DOI(link is external)

2001

Shepherd, Ian G., and Robert K. Cheng."The burning rate of premixed flames in moderate and intense turbulence."Combustion and Flame 127.3 (2001) 2066-2075. DOI(link is external)

1999

Cheng, Robert K., Benoit Bédat, and , Larry W. Kostiuk."Effects of buoyancy on lean premixed V-flames Part I: laminar and turbulent flame structures."Combustion And Flame 116 (1999) 360-375. DOI(link is external)

1998

Yegian, Derek T, and Robert K. Cheng."Development of a lean premixed low-swirl burner for low NOx practical applications."Combusition Science and Technology 139 (1998) 207-227. DOI(link is external)

1996

Bédat, Benoit, and Robert K. Cheng."Effects of buoyancy on premixed flame stabilization."Combustion and Flame 107.1-2 (1996) 13-26. DOI(link is external)