William J. Pitz

26.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
312 papers, 22.1k citations indexed

About

William J. Pitz is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computational Mechanics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Pitz has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 22.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 255 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, 185 papers in Computational Mechanics and 92 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William J. Pitz's work include Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (254 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (162 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (85 papers). William J. Pitz is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (254 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (162 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (85 papers). William J. Pitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and France. William J. Pitz's co-authors include Charles K. Westbrook, Henry J. Curran, Marco Mehl, C.K. Westbrook, Olivier Herbinet, P. Gaffuri, S. Mani Sarathy, Charles J. Mueller, John M. Simmie and Goutham Kukkadapu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Power Sources, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Progress in Energy and Combustion Science.

In The Last Decade

William J. Pitz

305 papers receiving 21.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Comprehensive Modeling Study of n-Heptane Oxidation

1998 1.7k citations Henry J. Curran, William J. Pitz et al. Combustion and Flame profile →
Kinetic modeling of gasoline surrogate components and mixtures under engine conditions

2010 931 citations Marco Mehl, William J. Pitz et al. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute profile →
A comprehensive modeling study of hydrogen oxidation

2004 917 citations Henry J. Curran, William J. Pitz et al. profile →
A comprehensive detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism for combustion of n-alkane hydrocarbons from n-octane to n-hexadecane

2008 695 citations Charles K. Westbrook, William J. Pitz et al. Combustion and Flame profile →
An experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modeling study of hydrogen and syngas mixture oxidation at elevated pressures

2013 649 citations Chih‐Jen Sung, Olivier Mathieu et al. Combustion and Flame profile →
Recent progress in the development of diesel surrogate fuels

2010 613 citations William J. Pitz et al. profile →
Comprehensive chemical kinetic modeling of the oxidation of 2-methylalkanes from C7 to C20

2011 479 citations Charles K. Westbrook, Marco Mehl et al. Combustion and Flame profile →
A comprehensive chemical kinetic combustion model for the four butanol isomers

2012 475 citations Marco Mehl, Charles K. Westbrook et al. Combustion and Flame profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Experimental and modeling study of the autoignition behavior of a saturated heterocycle: Pyrrolidine 2025 ·Combustion and Flame ·S. Scott Goldsborough, (unknown), Jeffrey Santner, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan, (unknown), Benoîte Lefort, Zeynep Serinyel, Guillaume Dayma, Luna Pratali Maffei, Marco Mehl, Matteo Pelucchi, William J. Pitz	0
2	Experimental and kinetic modeling of soot formation in counterflow non-premixed flames of surrogate fuel components: n-dodecane and iso-dodecane 2024 ·Proceedings of the Combustion Institute ·(unknown), Chiara Saggese, Xingjian Xue, Goutham Kukkadapu, William J. Pitz, Scott W. Wagnon, Chih‐Jen Sung	6
3	An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 4-butoxyheptane combustion 2024 ·Combustion and Flame ·Sean P. Cooper, Nimal Naser, (unknown), Yeonjoon Kim, (unknown), Gina M. Fioroni, Seonah Kim, Olivier Mathieu, Eric L. Petersen, William J. Pitz, Robert L. McCormick	2
4	Reduced chemical kinetic model for CH4-air non-premixed flames including excited and charged species 2023 ·Combustion and Flame ·(unknown), Chiara Saggese, William J. Pitz, (unknown), Hong G. Im, Derek Dunn‐Rankin	3
5	A combined theoretical and experimental study of the pyrolysis of pyrrolidine 2023 ·Combustion and Flame ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jiuzhong Yang, Zeynep Serinyel, Guillaume Dayma, William J. Pitz, Long Zhao, Feng Zhang	3
6	A comprehensive experimental and kinetic modeling study of di-isobutylene isomers: Part 2 2022 ·Combustion and Flame ·(unknown), Goutham Kukkadapu, Brian D. Etz, Gina M. Fioroni, Seonah Kim, Mathias Steglich, András Bödi, Patrick Hemberger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Guillaume Vanhove, Kuiwen Zhang, Guillaume Dayma, Maxence Lailliau, Zeynep Serinyel, Alexander A. Konnov, Philippe Dagaut, William J. Pitz, Henry J. Curran	6
7	Replicating HCCI-like autoignition behavior: What gasoline surrogate fidelity is needed? 2022 ·Applications in Energy and Combustion Science ·Song Cheng, S. Scott Goldsborough, Scott W. Wagnon, Russell Whitesides, Matthew J. McNenly, William J. Pitz, Darío López Pintor, John E. Dec	15
8	Probing the antiknock effect of anisole through an ignition, speciation and modeling study of its blends with isooctane 2020 ·Proceedings of the Combustion Institute ·(unknown), Hans‐Heinrich Carstensen, (unknown), Scott W. Wagnon, William J. Pitz, Guillaume Vanhove	10
9	Fuel molecular structure effect on autoignition of highly branched iso-alkanes at low-to-intermediate temperatures: Iso-octane versus iso-dodecane 2020 ·Combustion and Flame ·(unknown), Goutham Kukkadapu, (unknown), Scott W. Wagnon, Kuiwen Zhang, Marco Mehl, Charles K. Westbrook, William J. Pitz, Chih‐Jen Sung	40
10	Experimental and kinetic modeling study of tetralin: A naphtheno-aromatic fuel for gasoline, jet and diesel surrogates 2020 ·Proceedings of the Combustion Institute ·(unknown), (unknown), Goutham Kukkadapu, Marco Mehl, Scott W. Wagnon, William J. Pitz, Aamir Farooq	10
11	The impact of the third O2 addition reaction network on ignition delay times of neo-pentane 2020 ·Proceedings of the Combustion Institute ·Nils Hansen, Goutham Kukkadapu, Bingjie Chen, Shijun Dong, Henry J. Curran, Craig A. Taatjes, Arkke J. Eskola, David L. Osborn, Leonid Sheps, William J. Pitz, Kai Moshammer, Ahren W. Jasper, (unknown), Jiuzhong Yang, (unknown)	8
12	Laminar Burning Velocities of High-Performance Fuels Relevant to the Co-Optima Initiative 2019 ·SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Subith Vasu, Kuiwen Zhang, Scott W. Wagnon, William J. Pitz	14
13	The Development and Validation of a Chemical Kinetic Model for Anisole, a Compound to Represent Biomass Pyrolysis Fuels 2017 ·Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·Scott W. Wagnon, Sébastien Thion, Elna J. K. Nilsson, Marco Mehl, Zeynep Serinyel, Kuiwen Zhang, (unknown), Alexander A. Konnov, Guillaume Dayma, William J. Pitz	4
14	Experimental and modeling studies of a biofuel surrogate compound: laminar burning velocities and jet-stirred reactor measurements of anisole 2017 ·Combustion and Flame ·Scott W. Wagnon, Sébastien Thion, Elna J. K. Nilsson, Marco Mehl, Zeynep Serinyel, Kuiwen Zhang, Philippe Dagaut, Alexander A. Konnov, Guillaume Dayma, William J. Pitz	56
15	Effects of Fuel Laminar Flame Speed Compared to Engine Tumble Ratio, Ignition Energy, and Injection Strategy on Lean and EGR Dilute Spark Ignition Combustion 2017 ·Christopher P. Kolodziej, Michael Pamminger, (unknown), Thomas Wallner, Scott W. Wagnon, William J. Pitz	4
16	Experimental and modeling study of burning velocities for alkyl aromatic components relevant to diesel fuels 2014 ·Proceedings of the Combustion Institute ·Marco Mehl, Olivier Herbinet, Patricia Dirrenberger, Roda Bounaceur, Pierre‐Alexandre Glaude, Frédérique Battin‐Leclerc, William J. Pitz	49
17	A Combustion Chemistry Analysis of Carbonate Solvents in Li-Ion Batteries 2008 ·OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·Stephen J. Harris, Adam Timmons, William J. Pitz	1
18	The Role of Comprehensive Detailed Chemical Kinetic Reaction Mechanisms in Combustion Research 2008 ·OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·C.K. Westbrook, William J. Pitz, (unknown), Marco Mehl	0
19	The formation of aromatics and PAH's in laminar flames 1999 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·N.M. Marinov, William J. Pitz, C.K. Westbrook	2
20	Modeling of the catalytic oxidative coupling of methane 1992 ·Preprints - American Chemical Society. Division of Petroleum Chemistry ·(unknown), William J. Pitz, Michael Droege, C.K. Westbrook	0

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