Seong-Young Lee

Contact

sylee@mtu.edu
906-487-2559
MEEM 927

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Biography

Dr. Lee is an experimentalist interested in studying turbulent and spray combustion, including high-pressure diesel and gasoline spray and fundamental turbulent flames. Dr. Lee’s research interests are in the area of energy-thermal-fluid sciences, bio/alternative spray fuel combustion, surrogate fuel chemistry, advanced laser diagnostics, combustion dynamics of instabilities and stabilization, and non-equilibrium plasma-assisted combustion as alternative power conversion. Dr. Lee’s research emphasizes combustion experiment based on applications in energy, environment, and aerospace.

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage: Combustion Science Exploration Lab (CSEL) Group

Areas of Expertise

Spray Combustion
Fuel Chemistry
Soot Emissions
Laser-Based Combustion Diagnostics
Internal Combustion Engines
Gas Turbine Engine

Research Interests

Laminar and Turbulent Combustion engines
Soot Formation and Spray Combustion
Bio/Alternative Renewable Energy and Clean Fuels in Low Temperature Combustion
New Emerging Laser-Based Technique Development
Nonequilibrium Plasma-Assisted Combustion
Surrogate Fuel Chemical Reaction Models and CFD Modeling of Reacting Flow Systems
Combustion Dynamics of Instability, Stabilization, and Propagation in Gas Turbine Engine

Recent Publications

Ge, H., Johnson, Jaclyn E., Krishnamoorthy, Hari, Lee, Seong Y., Naber, Jeffrey D., Robarge, N., Kurtz, E., "A Comparison of Computational Fluid Dynamics Predicted Initial Liquid Penetration using Rate of Injection Profiles Generated using Two Different Measurement Techniques," International Journal of Engine Research, Vol. 20, No. 2, Feb 2019, pp. 226-235. DOI:10.1177/1468087417746475
Moiz, Ahmed A., Cung, Khanh D., Lee, Seong-Young, "Ignition, Lift-off, and Soot Formation Studies in n-dodecane Split Injection Spray-flames," International Journal of Engine Research, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 1077-1087, Dec 2017. DOI: 10.1177/1468087417700778
Ge, Haiwen, Johnson, Jaclyn, Krishnamoorthy, Hari, Lee, Seong-Young, Naber, Jeffrey, Robarge, N., Kurtz, E., "A Comparison of Computational Fluid Dynamics Predicted Initial Liquid Penetration Using ROI Profiles Generated Using Two Different Measurement Techniques," International Journal of Engine Research, 10 pages, online first Dec 2017. DOI: 10.1177/1468087417746475
Hai-Wen Ge, Michael Norconk, Seong-Young Lee, Jeffrey Naber, Steve Wooldridge, James Yi, “PIV measurement and numerical simulation of fan-driven flow in a constant volume combustion vessel,” Applied Thermal Engineering 64:19-31, 2014.
Naber, Jeffrey, Lee, Seong-Young, Johnson, Jaclyn, Ge, Hai-Wen, Kurtz, Eric, Nan, R., 2013, "Investigation of Key Mechanisms for Liquid Length Fluctuations in Transient Vaporizing Diesel Sprays," SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1202-1212.
Anqi Zhang, Khanh Cung, Seong-Young Lee, Jeffrey Naber, Garlan Huberts, Michael Czekala, and Qiuping Qu, “The Impact of Spark Discharge Pattern on Flame Initiation in a Turbulent Lean and Dilute Mixture in a Pressurized Combustion Vessel,” SAE Int. J. Engines 6(1):2013, doi:10.4271/2013-01-1627.
Naber, Jeffrey, Lee, Seong-Young, Meijer, Maarten, Somers, L.M.T., Johnson, Jaclyn, Malbec, L.M., Bruneaux, Gilles, Pickett, Lyle, Bardi, M., Payri, Raul, Bazyn, Tim, 2012, "Engine Combustion Network (ECN): Characterization and Comparison of Boundary Conditions for Different Combustion Vessels," Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 22, No. 9, pp. 777-806.
Johnson, Jaclyn, Naber, Jeffrey D., and Lee, Seong-Young, 2012, "Characterizing Diesel Fuel Spray Cone Angle from Back-Scattered Imaging by Fitting Gaussian Profiles to Radial Spray Intensity Distributions," Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 134, No. 6, Article ID 062802, 8 pages.
Lee, Seong-Young, Litzinger, T., Colket, M., Kahandawala, M., Liscinsky, D., McNesby, K., Pawlik, R., Roquemore, M., Santoro, R., Sidhu, S., and Stouffer, S., 2011, "Fuel Additive Effects on Soot across a Suite of Laboratory Devices, Part 2: Nitroalkanes," Combustion Science and Technology Vol. 183, No. 8, pp. 739-754.
Naber, Jeffrey, Lee, Seong-Young, Nesbitt, Jaclyn E., Johnson, Samuel E., Pickett, Lyle M., Siebers, Dennis L., 2011, "Modeling Minor Species Including NO and OH Resulting from Preburn in a Constant Volume Combustion Vessel and Their Impact on the Subsequent Ignition Delay of n-Heptane," Energy Fuels, Vol. 25, No.3, pp. 926-936.
Lee, Seong-Young, Ding, Nan, Arora, Rajat, Norconk, Michael, 2011, "Numerical Investigation of Diluent Influence on Flame Extinction Limits and Emission Characteristic of Lean-Premixed H2-CO (syngas) Flames," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 3222-3231.
Lee, Seong-Young, Bouvet, N., Chauveau, C., Gokalp, I., Santoro, R.J., 2011, "Characterization of Syngas Laminar Flames Using the Bunsen Burner Configuration," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 36, Issue 1, pp. 992-1005.
Jeffrey Naber, Seong-Young Lee, Jaclyn Johnson, "Characterizing Diesel Fuel Spray Cone Angle from Back-Scattered Imaging by Fitting Gaussian Profiles to Radial Spray Intensity Distributions," Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 134, No. 6, Article ID 062802, 8 pages, 2011-00-00
S. Seo and S.-Y. Lee, “Effects of Unmixedness on Combustion Instabilities in a Lean-Premixed Gas Turbine Combustor,” Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 85: 95-112, 2010.
A. Mensch, R. Santoro, T. Litzinger, and S.-Y. Lee, “Sooting Characteristics of Surrogates for Jet Fuels,” Combustion and Flame 157:1097-1105, 2010
Seong-Young Lee, Litzinger, T., Colket, M., Kahandawala, M., Katta, V., Liscinsky, D., McNesby, K., Pawlik, R., Roquemore, W., Santoro, R., Sidhu, S., Stouffer, S., Wu, J. , "Fuel Additive Effects on Soot across a Suite of Laboratory Devices, Part 1: Ethanol," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 181, No. 2, pp. 310 - 328, 2009-02-00
S.-Y. Lee, S.R. Turns, and R.J. Santoro, “Measurement of Soot, OH Radical and PAH Concentrations in Turbulent Ethylene/Air Jet Flames,” Combustion and Flame 156: 2264-2275, 2009.
V. Katta, W. Roquemore, A. Menon, S.-Y. Lee, R. Santoro, and T. Litzinger, “Impact of Soot on Flame Flicker,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 32: 1343-1350, 2009.
Seong-Young Lee, Balster, L., Coporan, E., Dewitt, M., Edwards, T., Ervin, J., Graham, J., Pal, S., Phelps, D., Rudnick, L., Santoro, R., Schobert, H., Shafer, L., Striebich, R., West, Z., Wilson, G., Woodward, R., Zabarnick, S., "Development of an Advanced, Thermally Stable, Coal-based Jet Fuel," , 2008-04-00

Teaching Statement

Dr. Lee is interested in turbulent and spray combustion, including high-pressure diesel and gasoline spray and fundamental turbulent flames.