Alessandro Gomez, Ph.D
Professor of
Mechanical Engineering

Director of the
Yale Center for
Combustion Studies

Yale University
P.O. Box 208286
New Haven, CT 06520-8286
USA

Phone: 203.432.4384
Fax 203.432.7654
alessandro.gomez@yale.edu

YALE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications (2006-current):

1. Duby, M.H. et al., “Monodisperse Electrospray Multiplexing in the Multi-Jet Mode,” Journal Aerosol Sci., 37, pp. 306-322 (2006). (PDF 425KB)

2. Russo, S and Gomez A., “Physical characterization of laminar spray flames in the 0.1-0.9 MPa pressure range,” Combustion and Flame, 145, pp. 339-356 (2006). (PDF 645KB)

3. Deng, W. et al. "Increase of Electrospray Throughput using Multiplexed Microfabricated Sources for the Generation of Monodisperse Droplets", Journal Aerosol Sci., 37, pp. 696-714 (2006). (PDF 2,268KB)

4. Amantini, G. et al. "Computational and Experimental study of Standing Methane Edge Flames in the Two-dimensional Axisymmetric Counterflow Geometry," Combustion and Flame, 147, pp. 133-149 (2006). (PDF 2,036KB)

5. Deng, W. et al. "Liquid Fuel Combustor Miniaturization via Microfabrication, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2006, 2239-2246. (PDF 399KB)

6. Gomez, A. et al. "From Jet Fuel to Electric Power using a Mesocale, Efficient, Stirling System," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2006, 3251-3259. (PDF 558KB)

7. Amantini, G. et al. "Computational and Experimental study of Steady Two-dimensional Axisymmetric Non-Premixed Methane Counterflow Flames, " Combustion, Theory and Modeling, 11, 47-72 (2007). (PDF 836KB)

8. Amantini, G. et al. "Comprehensive Study of Extinction, Re-ignition, and the Evolution of an Annular Edge Flame in a Counterflow Flame Perturbed by Vortices,"  Combustion and Flame 150:293-319 (2007). (PDF 3,148KB)

9. Deng, W. and Gomez, A. "Influence of space charge on the scale-up of multiplexed electrosprays," Journal of Aerosol Science 38 (10), pp. 1062-1078 (2007). (PDF 960KB)

10. Tosatto, L., Mantia, B. L., Bufferand, H., Duchaine, P., and Gomez, A. “Chemical Structure of a Methane Counterflow Diffusion Flame Perturbed with the Addition of either JP-8 or a Jet-Fuel Surrogate,” Proc. Combust. Inst. 32 (2009) 1319–1326. (PDF 333KB)

11. Bufferand, H., Tosatto, L., Mantia, B. L., Smooke, M. D., and Gomez, A. “Experimental and Computational Study of Methane Counterflow Diffusion Flames Perturbed by Trace Amounts of jet fuel and jet fuel surrogates under nonsooting conditions,” Combust. Flame 156:339-356  (2009). (PDF 333KB)

12. Jahangirian, S., McEnally, C. S., and Gomez, A. “Experimental Study of Ethylene Counterflow Diffusion Flames Perturbed by Trace Amounts of jet fuel and jet fuel surrogates under incipiently sooting conditions,” Combust. Flame 156:1799-1809 (2009). (PDF 1,006KB)

13. Coppola, G.F., Coriton, B., and Gomez, A. “ Highly Turbulent Counterflow Flames: a Laboratory Scale Benchmark for Practical Combustion Systems,” Combust. Flame 157: 1834-1843 (2009). (PDF 845KB)

14. Coppola, G.F., and Gomez, A.  “ Experimental investigation on a turbulence generation system with high-blockage plates,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 33:1037-1048 (2009) (PDF 742KB)

15. Deng, W., Waits, C. M., Morgan, B. and Gomez, A. “Compact Multiplexing of Monodisperse Electrosprays,” J. of Aerosol Science, 40:907-918 (2009). (PDF 586KB)

16. Almería, B., Deng, W., Fahmy, T., and Gomez, A. “Controlling the Morphology of Electrospray-Generated PLGA Microparticle for Drug Delivery,” J. Colloid Interface Sci, 343:125-133 (2010). (PDF 1302KB)

17. Deng, W., Waits, C. M., and Gomez, A.  “Digital Electrospray for Controlled Deposition,” Rev. Sci. Instr. 81:35114 (2010). (PDF 498KB)

18. Deng, W., and Gomez, A. "The Role of Electric Charge in Microdroplets Impacting on Conducting Surfaces," Phys. Fluids, 22:51703 (2010). (PDF 373KB)

19. Coriton, B., Smooke, M.D., and Gomez, A., "Effect of the composition of the hot product stream in the quasi-steady extinction of strained premixed flames," Combust. Flame, 157:2155-2164 (2010).  (PDF 1170KB)

20. Coppola, G., and Gomez, A., "Experimental study of highly turbulent isothermal opposed-jet flows,"  Physics of Fluids, 22:105101  (2010). (PDF 4738KB)

21. Coriton, B., Frank, J.H., Hsu, A.G., Smooke, M.D., and Gomez, A., "Effect of quenching of the oxidation layer in highly turbulent counterflow premixed flames," Proc. Combust. Inst., doi:10.1016/j.proci.2010.05.028 (2010). (PDF 854KB)

22. Pettit, M.W.A., Coriton, B., Gomez, A., and Kempf, A.M., "Large-Eddy Simulation and experiments on non-premixed highly turbulent  opposed jet flows," Proc. Combust. Inst., doi:10.1016/j.proci.2010.06.140 (2010). (PDF 658KB)

23. Deng, W., and Gomez, A. "Electrospray cooling for microelectronics," International Journal of Heat and Mass transfer, 54:2270-2275 (2011). (PDF 580KB)

24. Almería, B., Fahmy, T., and Gomez, A. “A multiplexed electrospray process for single-step synthesis of stabilized polymer particles for drug delivery” to appear in J. of Controlled Release (2011).

25. Lenguito, G., Fernandez de la Mora, J., and Gomez, A. "Multiplexed Electrospray for Space Propulsion Applications," 46th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA-2010-6521 (2010).

26. Gomez, A. “Highly Turbulent Counterflow Flames: A Laboratory-Scale Benchmark for Turbulent Combustion Studies,” Invite Paper Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Oct 9-12, 2011. (PDF 3422KB)

27. Deng, W., and Gomez, A. “Full transient response of Taylor cones to a strep change in electric field” Microfluid Nanofluid 12:383–393 (2012). (PDF 2011KB)

28. Figura, L., and Gomez, A. “Laminar Counterflow Steady Diffusion Flames under High Pressure (P ≤ 30 Bar) Conditions,” Combust. Flame 159:142–150 (2012). (PDF 737KB)

29. Lenguito, G., Fernandez de la Mora, J., and Gomez, A. "Design and Testing of Multiplexed Electrosprays with Post-Acceleration for Space Propulsion Applications," 47th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA-2011-5590 (2011).

Patents

1. Gomez, A., Tang, K. and Fernandez de la Mora, J. "Electrospray in the Corona Assisted Cone-Jet Mode: a Process to Generate Fine Particles with Narrow Size Distribution, U.S. Patent 5,873, 523, 1999. 

2. Gomez, A and Roychoudhury S, and “Catalytic burner utilizing electrosprayed fuels” U.S. Patent 7,810,317, 2010

3. Gomez, A. “Method for Multiplexing the Electrospray from a Single Source Resulting in the Production of Droplets of Uniform Size”, submitted for approval to the US Patent Office, April 2006

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