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Richard J. Roby
Researcher at Virginia Tech
Publications - 67
Citations - 1347
Richard J. Roby is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech. The author has contributed to research in topics: Combustion & Liquid fuel. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 67 publications receiving 1259 citations.
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Turbulence statistics in a fire room model by large eddy simulation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used large eddy simulation (LES) to predict the turbulence structure of the flow and temperature fields due to a fire in the compartment by large-eddy simulation.
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Advanced fire detection using multi-signature alarm algorithms *
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the feasibility of reducing false alarms while increasing sensitivity through the use of combined conventional smoke detectors with carbon monoxide (CO) sensors through an experimental program using both real (fire) and nuisance alarm sources.
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An Experimental Investigation of Glass Breakage in Compartment Fires
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental investigation has been completed which examined the breaking of window glass by fire and experiments were carried out in a compartment designed to achieve a two-layer fire environment.
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System for vaporization of liquid fuels for combustion and method of use
TL;DR: In this article, a gas stream with a reduced oxygen concentration relative to ambient air is used to vaporize a liquid fuel or liquefied higher hydrocarbon gas, or is mixed with a vaporized gas, and the reduced oxygen vaporized fuel gas is fed to a combustion device such as a premixed or diffusion combustor.
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Development of a five-step global methane oxidation-NO formation mechanism for lean-premixed gas turbine combustion
TL;DR: In this article, an optimization method for selectively adjusting the reaction rate parameters of the global mechanisms (e.g., preexponential factor, activation temperature, and species concentration exponents) using chemical reactor modeling is developed.