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- J.26 Cepeda, F., Eaves, N., Serwin, M., Karataş, A.E., and Dworkin, S.B. “Mechanisms of soot formation in periodically forced laminar diffusion flames (external link, opens in new window) ”, Fuel, Vol. 398, 135510, 2025. [pdf (external link, opens in new window) ]
- J.25 Cepeda, F., Nobakht, A., Verdugo, I., Fuentes, A., Dworkin, S., and Karatas, A.E. “The effect of pressure over soot maturity in laminar ethylene flames (external link, opens in new window) ”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 254, 113977, 2025. [pdf (external link, opens in new window) ]
- J.24 Lordly, K., Karatas, A.E., Lin, S., Umapathy, K., and Mohindra, R. “Effectiveness of a suction device for containment of pathogenic aerosols and droplets (external link, opens in new window) ”, PLOS One, Vol. 19, no. 7, e0305842, 2024. [pdf (external link, opens in new window) ]
- J. 23 Jadidi, M., Karatas, A.E., and Dworkin, S.B. “Estimating droplet size and count distributions over a prolonged period of time following a cough in indoor environments (external link, opens in new window) ”, Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 33, no.10, pp. 1883–1896, 2024. [pdf (external link, opens in new window) ]
- J. 22 Cepeda, F., Dworkin, S.B., and Karatas, A.E. “Investigation of soot suppression by ammonia addition to laminar ethylene flames at varying pressure (external link) ”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 251, 112728, 2023. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 21 Serwin, M. and Karatas, A.E. “Effects of intramolecular oxygen and partial premixing on soot formation in ethane/ethanol flames (external link, opens in new window) ”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 251, 112690, 2023. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 20 Hui, C., McQueen, M., Nahle, R., Karatas, A.E., and Sekercioglu, F., “Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on travel and transportation preferences and perceived air quality in Toronto (external link, opens in new window) ”, International Health Trends and Perspectives Journal, Vol. 3, no. 1., pp. 115–137, 2023. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 19 McQueen, M., Karatas, A.E., Bramesfeld, G., and Arenas, O. “Model-based analysis of lithium-ion battery technology predictions in light-sport aircraft (external link) ”, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp. 109299–10931, 2022. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 18 Serwin, M. and Karatas, A.E. “Effects of mechanically-induced oscillations on soot formation and flame temperature in laminar diffusion flames of ethylene (external link) ”, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 39, pp. 1049–1058, 2023. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 17 Cepeda, F., Di Liddo, L., Serwin, M., Karatas, A.E., and Dworkin, S.B. “On the sudden reversal of soot formation by oxygen addition in DME flames (external link) ”, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 39, pp. 1997–2005, 2023. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 16 Lordly, K., Kober, L., Jadidi, M., Antoun, S., Dworkin, S.B., and Karatas, A.E., “Understanding lifetime and dispersion of cough-emitted droplets in air” (external link, opens in new window) , Indoor and Built Environment, 2022. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 15 McQueen, M., Karatas, A.E., Bramesfeld, G., Demir, E., and Arenas, O., “Feasibility study of electrified light-sport aircraft powertrains” (external link, opens in new window) , Aerospace, Vol. 9, 2022. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 14 Serwin, M. and Karatas, A. E., “A calibration-free two-dimensional spectral soot emission platform for temperature and soot measurements” (external link, opens in new window) , Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 130, 110493, 2022. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 13 Serwin, M. and Karatas, A. E., “Effects of oxygen on soot formation in laminar co-flow flames of binary mixtures of ethane, DME, and oxygen” (external link, opens in new window) , Combustion and Flame, Vol. 229, 111413, 2021. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 12 Yang, S., Karatas, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Effect of hydrogen enrichment of laminar ethylene diffusion flames on thermal structure and soot yields at pressures up to 10 bar”, (external link, opens in new window) Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 38, pp. 2507–2516, 2021. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 11 Karatas, A. E., Gigone, B., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Soot aggregate morphology deduced from thermophoretic sampling in coflow laminar methane diffusion flames at pressures up to 30 bar” (external link, opens in new window) , Combustion and Flame, Vol. 222, pp. 411–422, 2020. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 10 Commodo, M., Karatas, A. E., De Falco, G., Minutolo, P., D’Anna, A., and Gülder, Ö. L., “On the Effect of Pressure on Soot Nanostructure: A Raman Spectroscopy Investigation (external link, opens in new window) ”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 219, pp. 13–19, 2020. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 9 Gigone, B., Karatas, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Soot aggregate morphology in coflow laminar ethylene diffusion flames at elevated pressures (external link, opens in new window) ”, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 37, pp. 841–848, 2019. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 8 Wang, W., Karatas, A. E., Groth, C. P. T., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Experimental and numerical study of laminar flame extinction for syngas and syngas-methane blends (external link, opens in new window) ”, Combustion Science And Technology, Vol. 190, pp. 1455–1471, 2018. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 7 Wang, W., Karatas, A. E., Groth, C. P. T., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Combined experimental and numerical study of ethanol laminar flame extinction (external link, opens in new window) ”, Combustion Science And Technology, Vol. 190, pp. 1472–1487, 2018. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 6 Karatas, A. E. and Gülder, Ö. L., “Effects of carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition on soot processes in laminar diffusion flames of ethylene-air at high pressures (external link, opens in new window) ”, Fuel, Vol. 200, pp. 76–80, 2017. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 5 Liu, F., Karatas, A. E., Gülder, Ö. L., and Gu, M., “Numerical and experimental study of the influence of CO2 and N2 dilution on soot formation in laminar coflow C2H4/air diffusion flames at pressures between 5 and 20 atm (external link, opens in new window) ”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 162, pp. 2231–2247, 2015. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 4 Karatas, A. E. and Gülder, Ö. L., “Dependence of sooting characteristics and temperature field of co-flow laminar pure and nitrogen-diluted ethylene–air diffusion flames on pressure (external link, opens in new window) ” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 162, pp. 1566–1574, 2015. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 3 Karatas, A. E., Intasopa, G., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Sooting behaviour of n-heptane laminar diffusion flames at high pressures (external link, opens in new window) ”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 160, pp. 1650–1656, 2013. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 2 Karatas, A. E. and Gülder, Ö. L., “Soot formation in high-pressure laminar diffusion flames (external link, opens in new window) ”, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 38, pp. 818–845, 2012. [pdf (external link) ]
- J. 1 Karatas, A. E., Commodo, M., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Soot formation in co-flow and counter-flow laminar diffusion flames of binary mixtures of ethylene and butane isomers and synergistic effects (external link, opens in new window) ”, Energy & Fuels, Vol. 24, pp. 4912–4918, 2010. [pdf (external link) ]
- C. 39 Nobakht, A. and Karataş, A.E., “From formation to maturation: synergistic effect on soot formation in ethylene/propane flames at elevated pressures,” 13th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Corfu, Greece, June 1–5, 2025. [paper]
- C. 38 Öner, O., Basta, L., Commodo, M., Minutolo, P., Dworkin, S.B., D’Anna, A., and Karataş, A.E., “On the effect of ammonia addition on soot formation and nanostructure in laminar coflow flames of n-butane,” 13th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Corfu, Greece, June 1–5, 2025. [paper]
- C. 37 Rajan, Y.T., Karataş, A.E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Effect of reactant preheating on soot properties in laminar diffusion flames of ethylene”, 13th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Corfu, Greece, June 1–5, 2025. [paper]
- C. 36 Chiu, A., Eaves, N., Karataş, A.E., “The sudden reversal of soot formation with the addition of partially premixing oxygen with ethylene in laminar coflow diffusion flames,” CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Calgary, Canada, May 12‒15, 2025. [paper]
- C. 35 Rajan, Y. T., Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Soot morphology characterization in laminar diffusion flames with reactant preheating”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Calgary, Canada, May 12‒15, 2025. [paper]
- C. 34 Rajan, Y. T., Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Effects of hydrogen enrichment on soot processes in laminar diffusion flames of ethylene”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Kingston, Canada, May 13‒16, 2024. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 33 Nobakht, A. and Karataş, A. E., “Sudden soot reversal: An elevated pressure study on the impact of oxygen addition in ethylene diffusion flames”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Kingston, Canada, May 13‒16, 2024. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 32 Öner, O., Dworkin, S., and Karataş, A. E., “A new diagnostic for minimizing the flame instabilities: Simultaneous imaging of a flame at three wavelengths”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Kingston, Canada, May 13‒16, 2024. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 31 Cepeda, F., Karatas, A. E., and Dworkin, S.B., “Ammonia addition to laminar ethylene flames: characterizing soot and NOx formation at elevated pressures”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, May 15‒18, 2023. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 30 Rajan, Y.T., Gülder, Ö. L. and Karatas, A. E., “Soot temperature and concentration measurements in laminar diffusion flames with reactant preheating”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, May 15‒18, 2023. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 29 Sathiyamoorthy, K., Strohm, E., Nusrat, O., Bok, T., Karatas, A. E., and Kolios, M. C., “The study of aerosolized droplets with nanometer absorbing structures using a contactless photoacoustic technique and the finite-difference time-domain method”, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, January 28–February 02, 2023. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 28 Serwin, M. and Karatas, A. E., “Soot and temperature measurements in nonpremixed and partially-premixed ethane/ethanol flames”, 12th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Luxor, Egypt, January 22–26, 2023. [presentation (external link, opens in new window) ] [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 27 Cepeda, F., Di Liddo, L., Serwin, M., Karataş, A. E., and Dworkin, S.B., “On the sudden reversal of soot formation by oxygen addition in DME flames”, 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Vancouver, Canada, July 24–29, 2022.
- C. 26 Serwin, M. and Karataş, A. E., “Effects of mechanically-induced oscillations on soot formation and flame temperature in laminar diffusion flames of ethylene”, 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Vancouver, Canada, July 24–29, 2022. [presentation (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 25 Arenas, O., McQueen, M., Robertson, D., and Karataş, A. E., “Implementation of a 200 kW adaptable testing platform for experimental research in electrification of aircraft propulsion”, IEEE/AIAA Transportation Electrification Conference and Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium ITEC+EATS, Anaheim, CA, USA, June 15‒17, 2022. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 24 Cepeda, F., Di Liddo, L., Serwin, M., Karataş, A. E., and Dworkin, S.B., “On the sudden reversal of soot formation by oxygen addition in DME flames”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, May 16‒19, 2022. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 23 Serwin, M. and Karataş, A. E., “Soot and temperature measurements of oscillating ethylene flames”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, May 16‒19, 2022. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 22 McQueen, M., Demir, E., Karataş, A. E., Bramesfeld, G., Arenas, O., “Feasibility study of a serial hybrid electric powertrain for a light sports aircraft” (external link, opens in new window) , Paper No: AIAA 2022-2050, AIAA SciTech Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, January 3‒7, 2022. [presentation (external link, opens in new window) ] [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 21 McQueen, M., Demir, E., Karataş, A. E., Bramesfeld, G., Arenas, O., “Modelling of a ground based serial hybrid-electric aircraft drivetrain”, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute CASI AERO 2021, virtual, June 14–18, 2021. [presentation (external link, opens in new window) ] [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 20 Serwin, M. and Karataş, A. E., “A sudden reversal in the effect of O2 addition into dimethyl ether on soot formation”, 10th European Combustion Meeting, Naples, Italy, April 14–15, 2021. [paper (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 19 Yang, S., Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Effect of hydrogen enrichment of laminar ethylene diffusion flames on thermal structure and soot yields at pressures up to 10 bar”, 38th International Symposium on Combustion, Adelaide, Australia, January 24–29, 2021. [presentation (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 18 Karataş, A. E., Gigone, B., Gülder, Ö. L., “Pressure effects on soot morphology in laminar methane diffusion flames”, 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Fukuoka, Japan, July 1–5, 2019.
- C. 17 Gigone, B., Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Soot aggregate morphology in laminar methane diffusion flames at elevated pressured up to 30 Bar”, 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Tenerife, Spain, June 16–20, 2019.
- C. 16 Commodo, M., Karataş, A. E., De Falco, G., Minutolo, P., D’Anna, A., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Raman spectroscopy of soot sampled from high-pressure diffusion flames”, 9th European Combustion Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, April 14–27, 2019.
- C. 15 Gigone, B., Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Pressure dependence of soot aggregate morphology in coflow laminar ethylene diffusion flames”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 14‒18, 2018.
- C. 14 Wang, W., Karataş, A. E., Groth, C. P. T., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Experimental and numerical study of laminar flame extinction for syngas and syngas-methane blends”, 10th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Naples, Italy, September 17–21, 2017.
- C. 13 Wang, W., Karataş, A. E., Groth, C. P. T., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Combined experimental and numerical study of ethanol laminar flame extinction”, 10th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Naples, Italy, September 17–21, 2017.
- C. 12 Karataş, A. E. and Gülder, Ö. L., “Pressure dependence of sooting propensity in laminar diffusion flames of ethylene–air diluted with carbon dioxide and nitrogen”, International Symposium on Combustion, Seoul, Korea, July 31–August 21, 2016.
- C. 11 Ghasemi, S., Cormier, D., Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Effect of combustion pressure on soot aerosol formation and characteristics”, International Conference on Atmospheric Dust, DUST 2014: HE18 - Multicomponent Aerosol of Fossil Fuel and Biomass Burning, Castellaneta Marina, Italy, June 1–6, 2014.
- C. 10 Liu, F., Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Numerical and experimental study of the influence of CO2 and N2 dilution on soot formation in laminar coflow C2H2/Air diffusion flames between 5 and 20 atm”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Windsor, Canada, May 12‒15, 2014.
- C. 9 Wang, W., Karataş, A. E., Groth, C. P. T., and Gülder, Ö. L., “An experimental and numerical study of the effect of nozzle separation distance on the extinction strain rate in counterflow laminar diffusion flame burners”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Windsor, Canada, May 12‒15, 2014.
- C. 8 Daca, A., Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Influence of nitrogen dilution on soot yield and temperature field of a laminar ethylene–air diffusion flame at 10 atm”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Windsor, Canada, May 12‒15, 2014.
- C. 7 Karataş, A. E. and Gülder, Ö. L., “Soot formation in laminar diffusion flames of diluted ethylene in air at pressures up to 20 atm” (external link, opens in new window) , Paper No: AIAA 2014-0652, AIAA SciTech Aerospace Sciences Meeting, National Harbor, MD, USA, January 13‒17, 2014. [pdf (external link, opens in new window) ]
- C. 6 Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Influence of pressure on soot formation in laminar diffusion flames of ethylene diluted with carbon dioxide or nitrogen at pressures up to 20 atm”, 24th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Yamaguchi, Japan, November 1‒5, 2013.
- C. 5 Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Influence of carbon dioxide and nitrogen dilution on soot formation in laminar diffusion flames of ethylene/air at pressures up to 20 atm”, Eighth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, İzmir, Turkey, September 8‒13, 2013.
- C. 4 Karataş, A. E., Intasopa, G., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Sooting behaviour of n-heptane laminar diffusion flames of n-heptane diluted with nitrogen or helium at pressures from 2 to 7 atmospheres”, Proceedings of the 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Gyeongju, Korea, May 19‒22, 2013.
- C. 3 Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Extinction characteristics of liquid hydrocarbon diffusion flames and multiple solutions to flame stability”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Laval, Canada, May 13‒16, 2013.
- C. 2 Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Sooting behaviour of laminar diffusion flames of n-heptane at super atmospheric pressures”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 13‒16, 2012.
- C. 1 Karataş, A. E., and Gülder, Ö. L., “Soot formation in co-flow and counterflow laminar diffusion flames of fuel mixtures”, CICS Spring Technical Meeting, Montréal, Canada, May 9‒13, 2009.
- I.S. 3 Karatas, A. E., “Is Accurate Soot Measurement Feasible? E(m) and Maturity Analysis in Ethylene Flame Under Elevated Pressures”, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy, July 11, 2024. [presentation (external link, opens in new window) ]
- I.S. 2 Karatas, A. E., “Application of engine diagnostics to characterize respiratory ejectas: An experimental framework”, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), Toronto, Canada, September 11, 2020 [video (external link, opens in new window) ].
- I.S. 1 Karatas, A. E., “Towards clean and safe gas turbine engines: Mitigating emissions and flame extinction”, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, June 11, 2019.
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- P. 3 McQueen, M., Arenas, O., Robertson., D., Capurro, M., Karatas, A. E., and Bramesfeld, G., “Serial hybrid-electric drivetrain research initiative (SEED-R)”, NRC TechX, June 14–18, 2021. [pdf (external link) ]
- P. 2 Serwin, M. and Karatas, A. E., “A sudden reversal in the effect of O2 addition into dimethyl ether on soot formation”, 10th European Combustion Meeting (ECM 2021), Naples, Italy, April 14–15, 2021. [pdf (external link) ]
- P. 1 Trivedi, R. and Karatas, A. E., “Optical measurements of soot formation in coflow flames of fuel mixtures”, Ryerson URO Virtual Showcase, Toronto, Canada, September 14, 2020.