Thermal Technologies

Fischer, Marc L, Wanyu R Chan, William W Delp, Seongeun Jeong, Vi H Rapp, and Zhimin Zhu. "An Estimate of Natural Gas Methane Emissions from California Homes." Environmental Science & Technology (2018).

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Wilson, Daniel L, Vi H Rapp, Julien J Caubel, Sharon S Chen, and Ashok J Gadgil. Verifying mixing in dilution tunnels: How to ensure cookstove emissions samples are unbiased. 2017.

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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.

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Therkelsen, Peter L, Robert K Cheng, and Darren Sholes. Research and Development of Natural Draft Ultra-Low Emissions Burners for Gas Appliances. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2016.

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Rapp, Vi H, Julien J Caubel, Daniel L Wilson, and Ashok J Gadgil. "Reducing Ultrafine Particle Emissions Using Air Injection in Wood-Burning Cookstoves." Environmental Science & Technology 50 (2016) 8368–8374.

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Rapp, Vi H, and Brett C Singer. Effect of Fuel Wobbe Number on Pollutant Emissions from Advanced Technology Residential Water Heaters: Results of Controlled Experiments. 2014.

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DeFilippo, A, Samveg Saxena, Vi H Rapp, Jyh-Yuan Chen, and Robert W Dibble. Extending the lean flammability limit of gasoline using a microwave assisted sparkplug. 2011.

Rapp, Vi H, Anthony DeFilippo, Samveg Saxena, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Robert W Dibble, Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, and Yuji Ikeda. "Extending Lean Operating Limit and Reducing Emissions of Methane Spark-Ignited Engines Using a Microwave-Assisted Spark Plug." Journal of Combustion 2012 (2012).

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Rapp, Vi H, Albert Pastor-Perez, Brett C Singer, and Craig P Wray. Predicting Backdrafting and Spillage for Natural-Draft Gas Combustion Appliances: Validating VENT-II. 2013.

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Rapp, Vi H, Brett C Singer, J Chris Stratton, Craig P Wray, and Brennan Less. Assessment of Literature Related to Combustion Appliance Venting Systems. 2015.

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Therkelsen, Peter L, David Littlejohn, and Robert K Cheng. "Parametric Study of Low-Swirl Injector Geometry on it Operability." ASME TurboExpo. Copenhagen, Denmark, June 10-15 (2012)., 2012.