Reaction Systems, Inc. Publications

Martin, S. M. and Hitch, B. D., “Turbulence-Kinetics Interaction Effects on Liquid Fuel Scramjet Kinetic Mechanisms,” Paper No. 2020-2407, 23rd AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, March 10-12, 2020.

Martin, S.M. and Hitch, B.D., “Capturing the Effects of Turbulence on Kinetics at Rocket Combustion Conditions with a Reduced Monomethylhydrazine Kinetics Mechanism,” Paper No. 2019-0004CS presented at the 13th Modeling and Simulation (MSS) / 11th Liquid Propulsion (LPS) / 10th Spacecraft Propulsion (SPS) Joint Subcommittee Meeting / Programmatic and Industrial Base Meeting, Tampa FL, 9-13 December, 2019.

Wickham, D.T., J. A. Nabity, J. McCarty, and R. Aaron (2019). “A Supported Liquid Membrane System for Steady State CO2 Control in a Spacecraft Cabin”, Paper No. ICES-2019-187, 49th International Conference on Environmental Systems,  Boston, Massachusetts.

Martin, S.M., Hitch, B.D., Bobren-Diaz, J. and Vasu, S., “Using the Conditional Moment Closure Method to Assess the Effects of Turbulence on Chemical Kinetics,” Paper No. 2017-0007IY  presented at the 48th Combustion (CS) / 36th Airbreathing Propulsion (APS) / 36th Exhaust Plume and Signatures (EPSS) / 30th Propulsion Systems Hazards (PSHS) Joint Subcommittee / Programmatic and Industrial Base Meeting (PIB) Joint Subcommittee Meeting, Newport News VA, 4-7 December, 2017.

Bobren-Diaz, J., Martin, S., Hitch, B., Manikantachari, K. R. V., and Vasu, S., “Assessment of Detailed and Reduced JetSurF 2.0 Mechanisms Using Conditional Moment Closure Method,” Paper No. 2017-4845 presented at the 53rd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Atlanta GA, 10-12 July, 2017

Bobren-Diaz, J., Martin, S., Hitch, B., Manikantachari, K. R. V., and Vasu, S., “Assessment of Dodecane Turbulent-Chemistry Interactions Using Computational Fluid Dynamics,” Paper No. 2017-5081 presented at the 53rd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Atlanta GA,10-12 July, 2017.

Wickham, D.T, K. J. Gleason and S.W. Cowley (2017).  “Advanced Supported Liquid Membranes for Ammonia and Formaldehyde Control in Space Suits”, Paper No. ICES-2017-194, 47th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Charleston, South Carolina

Wickham, D.T., Engel, J.R., Hitch, B.D. and Wickham, A.R, “High Heat Flux Surface Coke Deposition and Removal Assessment,” Paper No. 2016-1451 presented at the 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego CA, 4-8 January, 2016.

Wickham, D.T., K.J. Gleason, J.R. Engel, and C. Chullen (2016). “Advanced Supported Liquid Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Control in Cabin Applications”, Paper No. ICES-2016-77, 46th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Vienna Austria.

Wickham, D.T., K J. Gleason, J. R. Engel, S. W. Cowley, and C. Chullen (2014).  “Advanced Supported Liquid Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Control in Extravehicular Activity Applications”, Paper No. ICES-2014-231, 44th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Tucson, AZ. 

Wickham, D.T., K J. Gleason, J. R. Engel, S. W. Cowley, and C. Chullen (2013).  “Advanced Supported Liquid Membranes for CO2 Control in Extravehicular Activity Applications”, AIAA Paper No. 2013-01-3307, 43rd International Conference on Environmental Systems, Vail CO. 

Wickham, D.T., Hitch, B.D, and Logsdon, B.W. (2010). “Development and Testing of a High Temperature N2O Decomposition Catalyst,” Paper No. AIAA 2010-7128 presented at the 46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 25 – 28 July, Nashville, TN.

Hitch, B.D. and Wickham, D.T. (2010). “Design of a Catalytic Nitrous Oxide Decomposition Reactor,” Paper No. AIAA 2010-7129 presented at the 46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 25 – 28 July, Nashville, TN.

Van Devener, B, S.L. Anderson, T. Shimizu, H. Wang, J. Nabity, J. Engel, J. Yu, D. Wickham, and S. Williams (2009).  “In Situ Generation of Pd/PdO Nanoparticle Methane Combustion Catalyst: Correlation of Particle Surface Chemistry with Ignition”, Journal of Physical Chem. C, 113(48), pp. 20632-20639.

Shimizu, T., A.D. Abid, G. Poskrebyshev, H. Wang, J. Nabity, J. Engel, J. Yu, D. Wickham, B. Van Devener, S.L. Anderson, and S. Williams (2010).  “Methane Ignition Catalyzed by In Situ Generated Palladium Nanoparticles”, Combustion and Flame, 157(3), pp. 421-435.    

Hitch, B.D. (2009).  “Reduced, Accurate Combustion Mechanisms for Reacting Flow CFD,” Paper No. AIAA 2009-5496 presented at the 45th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 2 – 5 August, Denver, CO.

Hitch, B.D. and Lynch, E.D. (2009). “Use of Reduced, Accurate Ethylene Combustion Mechanisms for a Hydrocarbon-Fueled Ramjet Simulation,” Paper No. AIAA 2009-5384 presented at the 45th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 2 – 5 August, Denver, CO.

McGuire, N., R.J. Kee, H. Zhu, J.A. Nabity, J.R. Engel, D.T. Wickham, M.J.Kaufman (2009).  Catalytic Steam Reforming of Methane using Rh Supported on Sr-Substituted Hexaaluminat”, Chem. Engr. Sci., 64:5231-5239. 

Nabity, J.A., E.W. Anderson, J.R. Engel, D.T. Wickham and J.W. Fisher (2009).  “A Pilot Scale System for Low Temperature Solid Waste Oxidation and Recovery of Water”, SAE Paper No. 2009-01-2365, 39th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Savannah, GA.

Wickham, D.T., J.R. Engel, B.D. Hitch, and S. Rooney (2008).  “Additives to Increase Fuel Heat Sink Capacity in a Fuel/Air Heat Exchanger”, Propulsion and Power, 24(1), pp. 55-63.

Nabity, J.A., E.W. Anderson, J.R. Engel, D.T. Wickham and J.W. Fisher (2008).  “Development and Design of a Low Temperature Solid Waste Oxidation and Water Recovery System”, SAE Paper No. 2008-01-2052, 38th International Conference on Environmental Systems, San Francisco, CA.

Zhu, H. R.J. Kee, J.R. Engel, and D.T. Wickham (2007).  “Catalytic partial oxidation of methane using RhSr- and Ni-substituted hexaaluminates,” Proc. Combust. Inst., 31, pp. 1965-1972.

Wickham, D.T., E. Andersen, J. R. Engel, M. Jones, and J. Fisher (2007).  “Development of a Pilot Scale Apparatus for Control of Solid Waste Using Low Temperature Oxidation,” SAE Transactions, Journal of Aerospace, 116(1), pp. 207-216.  

Wickham, D.T., Jeffrey R. Engel, Andrew R. Rocheleau (2006).  “Control of Solid Waste Using Low Temperature Oxidation”, SAE Paper No. 2006-01-2187, 36th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Norfolk, VA.

Wickham, D.T., Engel, J., Rooney, S., and Hitch, B.D. (2005).  “Additives to Increase Fuel Heat Sink Capacity in a Fuel/Air Heat Exchanger,” Paper No. AIAA-2005-3916 presented at the 41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Tucson, Arizona.

Wickham, D.T., J.R. Engel, B.D. Hitch, and S. Rooney (2005).  “Additives to Increase Fuel Heat Sink Capacity in a Fuel/Air Heat Exchanger”, Paper No. AIAA-2005-3916.

Wickham, D.T.  J, Engel and J. Yu, T. Nalette and C. Thibaud-Erkey (2005).  “Results of VPCAR Pilot Scale and System Level Tests for the Selective Oxidation of Ammonia to Nitrogen and Water,” SAE Transactions, 114(1) pp. 493-503.

Wickham, D.T., R. Cook, S. DeVoss, J. R. Engel and J. Nabity (2005).  “Soluble NanoCatalysts for High Performance Fuels”, NonEquilibrium Processes, Combustion and Detonation, Vol.1,  Torus Press, Moscow, pgs. 215-222.

Alptekin, G.O., Hitch, B.D., Dubovik, R., and Cesario, M. (2004).  “Sorbents for Mercury Removal from Coal-Fired Power Plants,” Western Fuel Symposium, 19th International Conference on Lignite, Brown and Subbituminous Coal, Billings, MT.

Hitch, B.D., Weislogel, M.M. and Bacich, M.A. (2004).  “High Performance Oscillatory Heat Transport System,” Paper No. 2004-2289 presented at the 34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Portland, OR.

Wickham, D.T., J. Engel, J. Yu, T. Nalette, and C. Thibaud-Erkey (2004). “The Development of a Pilot Scale Reactor for the Selective Oxidation of Ammonia to Nitrogen and Water”, SAE Paper 2004-01-2406, 34th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Colorado Springs, CO.

Sidwell, R.W,  H. Zhu, R.J. Kee, and D.T. Wickham (2003).  “Catalytic Combustion of Premixed Methane-in-air on a High Temperature Stagnation Surface”, Combustion and Flame, 134, pp. 55-66.

Sidwell, R.W,  H. Zhu, B.A. Kibler, R.J. Kee, and D.T. Wickham (2003).  “Experimental Investigation of the Activity and Thermal Stability of Hexaaluminate Catalysts for Lean Methane-Air Combustion”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 255:279-288, 2003.

Wickham, D.T., and J. Lind (2003).  “Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Ammonia to Nitrogen and Water”, Paper No. 2003-01-2333, 33rd International Conference on Environmental Systems, Vancouver B.C.

Wickham, D.T., J.A. Bahr, R. Dubovik, S.C. Gebhard, and J. Lind, J. Fisher, M. Moran, and S. Pisharody (2002).  “Experimental Results obtained with a Pilot Scale System to Remove Pollutants from an Incinerator Effluent”, SAE 2002 01 2395.  

Hitch, B.D. (2002).   “An Analytical Model of the Pulse Detonation Engine Cycle,” presented at the 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno NV.

Wickham, D.T., Engel, J.R., and Hitch, B.D. (2002).  “Additives to Increases Fuel Heat Sink Capacity,” presented at the 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Indianapolis IN.

Hitch, B.D. (2002).  “The Effect of Autoignition-Promoting Additives on Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition,” presented at the 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Indianapolis IN.

Sidwell, R.W,  H. Zhu, R. J. Kee, D.T. Wickham, and G.S. Jackson (2002). “Catalytic Combustion of Premixed Methane-Air on a Palladium-Substituted Hexaaluminates Stagnation Surface”, Proc. Combust. Inst., 29:1013-1020, 2002.

Wickham, D.T., J.R. Engel, and B.D. Hitch (2002), “Additives to Increase Fuel Heat Sink Capacity”, Paper No. AIAA 2002-3872, Presented at the 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Indianapolis IN. 

Wickham, D.T., Engel, J.R., B.D. Hitch, and Karpuk, M.E. (2001). “Initiators for Endothermic Fuels,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 17(6), pp. 1253-1257.

Wickham, D.T., J.A. Bahr, M. Dubovik, S.C. Gebhard, J. Lind (2001).  “Design and Construction of a Pilot Scale System to Remove Pollutants from an Incinerator Effluent”, SAE Paper No. 2001-01-2249, 31st International Conference on Environmental Systems, Orlando Florida.  

Wickham, D.T., J.A. Bahr, R. Dubovik, S.C. Gebhard, and J. Lind (2000).  “System for the Removal of NOX and SOX from Incinerator Effluents”, SAE Paper No. 2000-01-2284, 30th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Toulouse, France.  

Wickham, D.T., J.R. Engel, and M.E. Karpuk (2000).  Additives to Prevent Filamentous Coke Formation in Endothermic Heat Exchangers”, ACS Preprints, Petroleum Chemistry, 45(3), pp. 459-464.

Wickham, D.T., J.A. Bahr, C.A. Schell, and T.J. Selegue (2000). “Use of a High Throughput Reactor to Identify Thermally Stable Catalysts for Methane Combustion”, Presentation at the Western States Catalysis Club, 14th Annual Meeting, Golden CO, February 25.

Wickham, D.T., M. Dubovik, S.C. Gebhard, Y. Gershanovich, M. Turner, an J.D. Wright (1999).  “System for the Removal of NOX and SOX from Incinerator Effluents”, SAE Paper No. 1999-01-2184, 29th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Denver, CO.

Maurice, L.Q., Edwards, T., Corporan, E., Minus, D., Mantz, R., Striebich, R.C., Sidhu, S., Graham, J., Hitch, B., Wickham, D., and Karpuk, M. (1999), “Controlled Chemically Reacting Fuels: A New Beginning,” ISOABE paper IS-253, presented at the 14th International Symposium on Airbreathing Engines, Florence Italy, September 5-10.

Davidson, D.F., Horning, D.C., Hanson, R.K., and Hitch, B.D. (1999).  “Shock Tube Ignition Time Measurements for n-Heptane/O2/Ar with and without Additives,” 22nd Int’l. Shock Tube and Shock Wave Symp., London, UK.

Davidson, D.F., Hitch, B.D., Horning, D.C., and Hanson, R.K. (1999).  “Shock Tube Ignition Time Measurements for n-Heptane/Oxygen/Argon Mixtures with and without Additives,” Proceedings of Joint Meeting of U.S. Combustion Institute Sections, pp. 105-108, Washington, DC.

Siebenhaar, A., Chen, F.F., Karpuk, M.E., Hitch, B.D., and Edwards, J.T. (1999). “Engineering-Scale Titanium Endothermic Fuel Reactor Demonstration for Hypersonic Scramjet Engine Cooling,” paper no. AIAA-1999-4909 presented at the AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 9th, Norfolk, VA.

Wickham, D.T., Engel, J.R., Hitch, B.D., and Karpuk, M.E (1999), “Initiators for Endothermic Fuels,” ISOABE paper IS-069, Presented at the 14th International Symposium on Airbreathing Engines, Florence Italy.

Wickham, D.T., Alptekin, G.O., Engel, J.R., Karpuk, M.E. (1999).  ”Additives to Reduce Coking in Endothermic Fuel Heat Exchangers, AIAA 1999-2215, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Los Angeles CA.

Wickham, D.T., J.V. Atria, J.R. Engel, B.D. Hitch M.E. Karpuk, and R. Striebich (1998).  “Formation of Carbonaceous Deposits in a Model Jet Fuel under Pyrolysis Conditions”, ACS Preprints, Petroleum Chemistry, 43(3), pp. 428-432.

Hitch, B.D. and Karpuk, M.E. (1997).  “Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer and Flow Instabilities in Supercritical Fuels,” AIAA paper 97-3043 presented at the 33rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conf., Seattle WA.

1. Jackson, E. Corporan, P. Buckley,and J. Leingang, M. Karpuk, J. Dippo, B. Hitch,D. Wickham, and T. Yee (1995)  “Test Results of an Endothermic Fuel Reactor,”  Paper No.   AIAA-95-6028, presented at the AlAA Sixth International Aerospace Planes and Hypersonics Technologies Conference.  

Lazaga, M.A., D.T. Wickham, D.H. Parker, G.N. Kastana, and B.E. Koel (1993).  “Reactivity of Oxygen Atoms on the Au(111) Surface,” Catalytic Selective Oxidation, ACS Symposium Series 523, edited by S.T. Oyama and J.W. Hightower, American Chemical Society, Washington D.C.

Bergholz, R.F. and Hitch, B.D. (1992).  “Thermal Management Systems for High-Mach Airbreathing Propulsion,” Invited Paper AIAA 92-0151, presented at the 30th Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, NV.

Wickham, D.T., B.W. Logsdon, S.W. Cowley, and C.D. Butler (1991). “A TPD and XPS Investigation of Palladium on Modified Alumina Supports Used for the Catalytic Decomposition of Methanol,” Journal of Catalysis, 128, 198-209.

Wickham, D.T., B.A. Banse, B.E. Koel, (1990).  “The Adsorption of Nitrogen Dioxide and Nitric Oxide on Pd(111),” Surface Science, 243, 83-95.

Banse, B.A., D.T. Wickham and B.E. Koel (1989).  “Transient Kinetic Studies of the Catalytic Reduction of NO by CO on Platinum,” Journal of Catalysis, 119, 238-248.

Hitch, B.D. and Senser, D.W. (1988). “Reduced H2-O2 Mechanisms for Use in Reacting Flow Simulation,” AIAA 88-0732, presented at the 26th Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, NV.