Right: Fiery ice: An overview of methane hydrate combustion, PECS, Vol 101, Mar 2024, 101111, Elsevier.
Left: Clean Power at the Bottom of the Ocean, UNLEASHING POTENTIAL, W.M. Keck Foundation, 2018 Annual Report.
Journal Papers
[1] Esquivias Rodriguez, B.*, Chien, Y.-C. (2024), “A Comparison Between Water Addition and CO2 Addition to a Diffusion Coflow Flame,” Combustion Science and Technology.doi: 10.1080/00102202.2024.2380083
[2] Cueto Duenas, D.*, Dunn-Rankin, D., Chien, Y.-C. (2024), “Methane Hydrate Structure I Dissociation Process and Free Surface Analysis,” Energy & Fuels.doi: 10.1080/00102202.2024.2380083
[3] Dunn-Rankin, D., Chien, Y.-C., Ryo, O., Ueda, T. (2024), “Fiery ice: An overview of methane hydrate combustion,” Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (PECS).doi: 10.1016/j.pecs.2023.101111
[4] Chien, Y.-C., Girodon, H. and Esquivias Rodriguez, B. (2023), “Modeling of elevated pressure diffusion flames with water addition,” The 28th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems Special Issue, Combustion Science and Technology. doi: 10.1080/00102202.2023.2182205
[5] D. Escofet-Martin, Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin (2022) PLIF and Chemiluminescence in a Small Laminar Coflow Methane-Air Diffusion Flame at Elevated Pressures, Special Issue for Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, Combustion and Flame. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112067.
[6] N. Saeidi, D. Dunn-Rankin, B. Kvamme, Y.-C. Chien, Experimental studies on combined production of CH4 and safe long-term storage of CO2 in the form of solid hydrate in sediment, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23 (2021) 23313–23324. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP03239A.
[7] M. Minniti, D. Dunn-Rankin, Y.-C. Chien, Long-range microscopy of optically dense spray structures using Ultra-Short Pulse Off-Axis Digital Holography, Atomiz Spr. 31 (2021) 47–59. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2021039404.
[8] Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin, Combustion Characteristics of Methane Hydrate Flames, Energies. 12 (2019) 1939. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12101939.
[9] M. Vicariotto, D. Dunn-Rankin, Temperature profiles and extinction limits of a coflow water-vapor laden methane/air diffusion flame, Exp Fluids. 59 (2018) 136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-018-2589-x.
[10] R.E. Padilla, D. Escofet-Martin, T. Pham, W.J. Pitz, D. Dunn-Rankin, Structure and behavior of water-laden CH4/air counterflow diffusion flames, Combustion and Flame. 196 (2018) 439–451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.06.037.
[11] M. Minniti, A. Ziaee, J. Trolinger, D. Dunn-Rankin, Ultrashort pulse off-axis digital holography for imaging the core structure of transient sprays, AAS. 28 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2018024340.
[12] A. Ziaee, C. Dankwart, M. Minniti, J. Trolinger, D. Dunn-Rankin, Ultra-short pulsed off-axis digital holography for imaging dynamic targets in highly scattering conditions, Appl. Opt., AO. 56 (2017) 3736–3743. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.003736.
[13] C. Yang, D. Escofet‐Martin, D. Dunn‐Rankin, Y.-C. Chien, X. Yu, S. Mukamel, Hybrid femtosecond/picosecond pure-rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering with chirped probe pulses, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 48 (2017) 1881–1886. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5262.
[14] F.H. Wu, R.E. Padilla, D. Dunn-Rankin, G.B. Chen, Y.C. Chao, Thermal structure of methane hydrate fueled flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 36 (2017) 4391–4398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.012.
[15] M. Roshandell, J. Santacana-Vall, S. Karnani, J. Botimer, P. Taborek, D. Dunn-Rankin, Burning Ice—Direct Combustion of Methane Clathrates, Combustion Science and Technology. 188 (2016) 2137–2148. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2016.1211874.
[16] J.D. Botimer, D. Dunn-Rankin, P. Taborek, Evidence for immobile transitional state of water in methane clathrate hydrates grown from surfactant solutions, Chemical Engineering Science. 142 (2016) 89–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2015.11.035.
[17] M.A. Azizi, J. Brouwer, D. Dunn-Rankin, Analytical investigation of high temperature 1kW solid oxide fuel cell system feasibility in methane hydrate recovery and deep ocean power generation, Applied Energy. 179 (2016) 909–928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.119.
[18] S. Lee, R. Padilla, D. Dunn-Rankin, T. Pham, O.C. Kwon, Extinction limits and structure of counterflow nonpremixed H2O-laden CH4/air flames, Energy. 93 (2015) 442–450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.047.
Dissertations
[1] N. Saeidi, Fundamental Studies of CO2 Substitution in Methane Hydrate, Ph.D. Dissertation, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine, 2022.
[2] M. Vicariotto, Water vapor addition in high concentrations to the fuel side of a two-dimensional methane/air diffusion flame, Ph.D. Dissertation, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine, 2019.
[3] M. Minniti, Femtosecond Holography of Sprays, Ph.D. Dissertation, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine, 2019.
[4] D. Escofet-Martin, Laser Diagnostics for High Pressure Combustion, Ph.D. Dissertation, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine, 2017.
[5] R.E. Padilla, Structure and Behavior of Water-laden Methane/Air Flames, Ph.D. Dissertation, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine, 2016.
[6] J.D. Botimer, Experimental Studies of the Growth Kinetics of Methane Clathrate Hydrates & Superfluid Hydrodynamics on the Nanoscale, Ph.D. Dissertation, Physics, UC Irvine, 2016.
[7] M. Roshandell, Combustion of Methane Hydrate, Ph.D. Dissertation, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine, 2013.
Theses
[1] D. Cueto Duenas, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Methane Hydrate Dissociation Under Temperature Step and Ramping, M.S. Thesis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine, 2021.
[2] B. Esquivias Rodriguez, Numerical Simulation of Water-Vapor Addition into a Methane Diffusion Flame at High Pressures Using PeleLM, M.S. Thesis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine, 2021.
[3] M. Eastman, Surfactant Enhanced Methane Hydrate Growth in Quiescent Sodium Chloride Solutions, M.S. Thesis, Physic, UC Irvine, 2016.
[4] A. Nodem, Volume and Flow Rate Measurements using a Custom-Made Flowmeter, M.S. Project, UC Irvine, 2015.
[5] J. Santacana-Vall, Water evaporation during methane hydrate combustion, M.S. Thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine, 2014.
[6] N. Saeidi, Designed Loop for a High Pressure Salt Water Tunnel for CO2 Hydrate Formation, M.S. Project, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine, 2014.
Engineering Theses
[1] G. Samellbeck, ENSMA, Greenhouse Gas Capture and Storage under High Pressure Conditions, 2024.
[2] N. Abdelaziz, ENSMA, High Pressure Water Addition to Coflow Flames, 2023.
[3] P. Renault, ENSMA, Gas Hydrate Combustion Process in Engineering, 2023.
[4] S. Rabec, ENSMA, Gas Hydrate Fire Extinguishment, 2023.
[5] T. Ristor, ENSMA, Carbon dioxide hydrate fire extinguishment,Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2022.
[6] A. Rouault, ENSMA, Water addition and high pressure combustion, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2022.
[7] H. Girodon, CFD Modeling of pressurized laminar coflow (non premixed) diffusion Flames with water addition, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2021(remote).
[8] E. Moint, Combustion of water-diluted-fuel diffusion flame, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2019.
[9] F. Cathary, Methane hydrate – Combustion air entrainment and emission measurements, Aix Marseille University engineering internship report at UC Irvine, 2019.
[10] M. Valentin, Experimental study of methane hydrate replacement by carbon dioxide, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2018.
[11] G. Ruscade, High pressure calibration cell for coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2016.
[12] Q. Dupuis, Water-added counterflow diffusion flames, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2016.
[13] F. Bart, High pressure flow tunnel characterization (senior project), Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2016.
[14] M. Azri, Ignition source for high pressure combustion, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2016.
[15] M. Vicariotto, Laser-Induced Spark Ignition of Methane Hydrates, Thesis report for Milano Polytechnic(Politecnico di Milano) internship at UC Irvine, UC Irvine, 2015.
[16] A. Ruas, Water-laden fuel diffusion coflow burner, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2015.
[17] R. Petit, Accurate measurement of volumetric flow from dissociating hydrates, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2015.
[18] A. Lladó, Color-ratio thin filament pyrometry for temperature measurements in methane/air counterflow flames, Thesis report for University Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC ETSEIAT) internship, UC Irvine, 2015.
[19] A. Delavois, High pressure/low temperature salt water flow tunnel design and thermal analysis, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2015.
[20] G. Crouzy, High pressure CARS calibration cell, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2015.
[21] J. Bilbault, High pressure combustion flow panel design and thermal analysis, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2015.
[22] A. Biasioli, Methane hydrate growth and morphology with implications for combustion, Thesis report for Milano Polytechnic(Politecnico di Milano) internship, UC Irvine, 2015.
[23] R. Alessandro, Calculation of the energy required to turn saltwater into freshwater, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2015.
[24] C. Saux, High pressure carbon dioxide sequestration: Control system for stabilizing a droplet in a flow tunnel, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2014.
[25] P. Lemarie, Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy: laser spectroscopy for combustion diagnostics, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2014.
[26] C. Anthony, Gas absorption in water in presence of surfactants, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2014.
[27] V. Viaud, Mechanical design of high pressure combustion chamber for methane hydrate flames, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2013.
[28] J. Santacana-Vall, Automated Measurements in a Hydrate Flame, Thesis report for University Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC ETSEIAT) internship at UC Irvine, UC Irvine, 2013.
[29] V. Ricchiuti, Chemical Kinetics in a Water-Laden Non-Premixed Counterflow Flame, Thesis report for Milano Polytechnic(Politecnico di Milano) internship, UC Irvine, 2013.
[30] C. Fillon, Fundamentals of hydrate formation – structural effects of surfactants, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2013.
[31] Q. Bervas, Measurements of evaporation versus draining water during hydrate combustion, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2013.
[32] N. Bechmann, High pressure differential scanning calorimeter design to measure phase transformations in hydrates, Thesis report for ENSMA/ISAE internship, UC Irvine, 2013.
Conference
[1] Esquivias, B., Girodon, H. and Chien, Y.-C. (2023), “A comparison between water addition and CO2 addition to a diffusion jet flame,” Paper Poster P-29, International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Siheung, Korea, July 23- 28.
[2] Rabec, S., Ristor, T. and Chien, Y.-C. (2023). “Fire Extinguishing Experiment Using CO2 Hdydrates,” Poster session (informal), UCI Combustion Institute Summer School (UCI CI-SS), Irvine, August 21st.
[3] Renault, P. and Chien, Y.-C. (2023). “Combustion Emission for Methane Hydrate Flames,” Poster session (informal), UCI Combustion Institute Summer School (UCI CI-SS), Irvine, August 21st.
[4] Abdelaziz, N. and Chien, Y.-C. (2023). “Water addition into methane diffusion flames for elevated pressure,” Poster session (informal), UCI Combustion Institute Summer School (UCI CI-SS), Irvine, August 21st.
[5] Chien, Y.-C., Cathary, F. and Cueto Duenas, D. (2023). “Emission Characteristics from CH4 Hydrate Combustion,” Poster presentation P33/AbstractID 733, 10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10), Singapore, July 9-14.
[6] Cueto Duenas, D. and Chien, Y.-C. (2023). “Inhibition effects of surfactant addition at the methane hydrate-CO2 interface: A molecular dynamics study,” Poster presentation P39/AbstractID 564, 10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH10), Singapore, July 9-14.
[7] Esquivias, B., Girodon, H. and Chien, Y.-C. (2023), “A comparison between water addition and CO2 addition to a diffusion jet flame,” Paper Poster P-29, International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Siheung, Korea, July 23- 28.
[8] B. Esquivias Rodriguez, H. Girodon, and Y.-C. Chien, Numerical simulation of water-vapor addition into a laminar diffusion methane/air flame at elevated pressures using PeleLM, 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Vancouver, Canada, July, 2022. (Work-in-Progress poster 2P092)
[9] D. Cueto Duenas and Y.-C. Chien, MD Simulations of Methane Hydrate Dissociation Under Temperature Step and Ramping, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (AAAS), Philadelphia, and online, February 17-20, 2022. (E-poster recording and online presentation).
[10] E. Jeon, G. Tahim Singh, N. Saeiei and Y.-C. Chien, Initial Investigation of Carbon Dioxide Hydrate Fire Extinguishment, Spring Meeting of the Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, Stanford, California, March 21-22, 2022.
[11] H. Girodon, D. Dunn-Rankin and Y.-C. Chien, CFD Modeling of pressurized laminar coflow (non-premixed) diffusion flames with water addition, paper 162, International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Naples, Italy, June 19- 22, 2022.
[12] J. Torres, D. Dunn-Rankin, Y.-C. Chien, Digital Hologram Construction and Reconstruction Optimization for Sprays using Optical Software, in: The 15th International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ICLASS) – Virtual, 2021.
[13] M. Minniti, D. Dunn-Rankin, Y.-C. Chien, Long-range Microscopy of Primary Atomization Fluid Structures in Diesel Sprays Using Ultra-Short Pulse Off-Axis Digital Holography, in: Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS-Americas) – Virtual, 2021.
[14] B. Esquivias, D. Dunn-Rankin, Y.-C. Chien, Numerical Simulation of Water-vapor Addition into a Methane Diffusion Flame at High Pressures, in: 12th U.S. National Combustion Meeting – Virtual, 2021.
[15] N. Saeidi, B. Kvamme, Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin, Fundamental study of CO2 substitution in methane hydrates for energy production and long-term sequestration, in: Presentation, Auckland, New Zealand, 2019.
[16] Y.-C. Chien, N. Saeidi, B. Kvamme, D. Dunn-Rankin, Natural combustion of methane hydrate and its emissions, in: Fiery Ice – 12th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research and Development Conference, Poster, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China, 2018.
[17] E. Mason, Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin, Surfactant Enhanced Methane Hydrate Growth in Quiescent Sodium Chloride Solutions, in: 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9), 2017.
[18] D. Escofet-Martin, A. Torredemer, Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin, Direct comparison of simulated OH fluorescence and experimental results in a non-premixed laminar diffusion coflow flame at high pressure conditions, in: Fall Meeting of the Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, Laramie, Wyoming, 2017.
[19] D. Escofet-Martin, Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin, High pressure effects on PLIF of a nonpremixed coflow flame, in: 10th US National Combustion Meeting, Maryland, USA, 2017.
[20] Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin, The visualization and combustion characteristics of artificial methane hydrate flames, in: 10th US National Combustion Meeting, 2017.
[21] Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin, Gas hydrate flame color during combustion, in: 9th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH9), 2017.
[22] F.-H. Wu, R.E. Padilla, D. Dunn-Rankin, G.B. Chen, Y.-C. Chao, Thermal Structure of Methane Hydrate Fueled Flames, in: 36th International Symposium of Combustion, Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Seoul, South Korea, 2016.
[23] R.E. Padilla, D. Escofet-Martin, D. Dunn-Rankin, T.K. Pham, Extinction Limits and Structure of Counterflow NonPremixed H2O-Laden CH4/Air Flames, in: 36th International Symposium of Combustion, Work-in-Progress Poster, Seoul, South Korea, 2016.
[24] Y.-C. Chien, A. Biasioli, D. Dunn-Rankin, Behavior of methane hydrate during combustion, in: Fiery Ice, 10th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research and Development, Honolulu, HI, 2016.
[25] A. Biasioli, Y.-C. Chien, D. Dunn-Rankin, Manipulation and Control of Artificial Hydrate Formation, in: Fiery Ice, 10th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research and Development, Honolulu, HI, 2016.
[26] J. Santacana-Vall, D. Dunn-Rankin, Methane Hydrate Combustion, in: 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Leeds University, England, 2015.
[27] L. Gambin, R.E. Padilla, D. Dunn-Rankin, T.K. Pham, Structure and extinction of water-laden methane/air non-premixed flames, in: 9th US National Combustion Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 2015.
[28] D. Escofet-Martin, G. Crouzy, D. Dunn-Rankin, High pressure broadband N2 CARS in a calibration vessel, in: Gordon Research Conference (GRC) – Laser Diagnostic on Combusiton, Poster presentation, Waterville Valley, NH, 2015.
[29] S. Vinicius, D. Dunn-Rankin, Analyzing Water-Laden Non-Premixed Counterflow Flames Using Generalized Shvab-Zel’dovich Variables, in: 35th International Symposium of Combustion, Work-in-Progress Poster W2P070, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
[30] M. Vicariotto, S. Karnani, D. Dunn-Rankin, Laser Ignition of Methane Hydrates, in: 35th International Symposium of Combustion, Work-in-Progress Poster W1P063, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
[31] J. Santacana-Vall, S. Karnani, D. Dunn-Rankin, Differential Weight Measurements during Combustion of Methane Hydrates, in: 35th International Symposium of Combustion, Work-in-Progress Poster W1P142, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
[32] R.E. Padilla, V. Ricchiuti, S. Karnani, D. Dunn-Rankin, T.K. Pham, Structure and extinction of water-laden methane/air non-premixed flames, in: 35th International Symposium of Combustion, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
[33] D. Escofet-Martin, J. Botimer, D. Dunn-Rankin, P. Taborek, S. Karnani, Laser Diagnostics on Methane Hydrates, in: 35th International Symposium of Combustion, Work-in-Progress Poster W4P029, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
[34] J.D. Botimer, P. Taborek, S. Karnani, D. Dunn-Rankin, The Effect of Surfactant on the Formation and Combustion of Methane Hydrates, in: American Physical Society March Meeting, Abstract D34.00002, Denver, CO, 2014. http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2014.MAR.D34.2.
[35] V. Sauer, R.E. Padilla, D. Dunn-Rankin, Analyzing Water-Laden Non-Premixed Counterflow Flames Using the Mixture Fraction, Excess-Enthalpy Approach, in: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2013.
[36] V. Ricchiuti, R.E. Padilla, S. Karnani, D. Dunn-Rankin, CANTERA Simulations of Water-Laden Methane/Air Nonpremixed Counterflow Flames, in: 8th US National Combustion Meeting, Paper 070RK-0378, Park City, Utah, 2013.
[37] R.E. Padilla, M. Minniti, D. Jaimes, J. Garman, D. Dunn-Rankin, T.K. Pham, Thin filament pyrometry for temperature measurements in Fuel Hydrate flames and Non-premixed water-laden methane-air flames, in: 8th National Combustion Meeting, Paper 070LT-0361, Park City, Utah, 2013.
[38] R.E. Padilla, O.C. Kwon, D. Dunn-Rankin, T.K. Pham, Extinction Limits and Structure of Counterflow Nonpremixed Water-Laden Methane/Air Flames, in: 24th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, 2013.
[39] S. Karnani, J. Botimer, S. Gutman, Q. Bervas, C. Fillon, P. Taborek, D. Dunn-Rankin, Effects of Sediment and Salinity on Methane Hydrate Combustion, in: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2013.
