Publications 2024
Balmelli, M.; Hilfiker, T.; Biela, J.; Soltic, P. Effects of using nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge and turbulent jet ignition on internal combustion engine performance. Energy Convers. Manag. 2024, 315, 118779 (26 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118779
Balmelli, M.; Rogers, D.; Hilfiker, T.; Wright, Y.; Soltic, P. Method for pressure trace based thermodynamic analysis of pre-chamber combustion. Energy Convers. Manag. 2024, 312, 118561 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118561
Balmelli, M. G. Modeling and control of nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge for plasma-assisted ignition. Doctoral dissertation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 2024, 309 p.
Balmelli, M.; Merotto, L.; Wright, Y.; Bleiner, D.; Biela, J.; Soltic, P. Optical and thermodynamic investigation of jet-guided spark ignited hydrogen combustion. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2024, 78, 1316-1331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.221
Balmelli, M.; Färber, R.; Soltic, P.; Bleiner, D.; Franck, C. M.; Biela, J. Zero-dimensional modeling of a nanosecond pulsed discharge. IEEE Access 2024, 12, 157807-157821. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3486583
Barbaresi, A.; Morini, M.; Gambarotta, A.; Kiefer, F.; Dimopoulos Eggenschwiler, P. Modeling sorption-enhanced methane synthesis for system control and operation. Renew. Energy 2024, 232, 121020 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.121020
Beyer, A.; Balmelli, M.; Merotto, L.; Wright, Y. M.; Soltic, P.; Kulzer, A. C. DIH2jet (DI hydrogen combustion process). In 2024 Stuttgart international symposium on automotive and engine technology. Teil 2, presented at the 2024 Stuttgart international symposium on automotive and engine technology, Stuttgart, Juli 2-3, 2024; Casal Kulzer, A., Reuss, H. C., Wagner, A., Eds.; Proceedings; Springer: Wiesbaden, 2024; pp 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-45010-6_4
Billeter, E.; Borgschulte, A. Weakening surface hydrogen to enhance permeation in hydrogen selective membranes. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2024, 661, 160062 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160062
Borgschulte, A.; Achermann, M.; Nikolic, M. Catalytic impedance spectroscopy: concept and application on CO2 methanation. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 10451-10456. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02442
Borgschulte, A. Hydrogen economy. In Neutron Imaging. From applied materials science to industry; Strobl, M., Lehmann, E., Eds.; IOP: Bristol, UK, 2024; pp 12-1-12-23. https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-3495-2ch12
Borgschulte, A.; Bleiner, D. Laser-stimulated desorption of hydrogen in palladium for dynamic hydrogen sorption microanalysis. Anal. Chem. 2024, 96 (50), 19889-19897. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c03517
Brenner, O.; Plogmann, J.; Piroozmand, P.; Jenny, P. A variational data assimilation approach for sparse velocity reference data in coarse RANS simulations through a corrective forcing term. Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 2024, 427, 117026 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2024.117026
Durdina, L.; Durand, E.; Edebeli, J.; Spirig, C.; Brem, B. T.; Elser, M.; Siegerist, F.; Johnson, M.; Sevcenco, Y. A.; Crayford, A. P. Characterizing and predicting nvPM size distributions for aviation emission inventories and environmental impact. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58 (24), 10548-10557. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02538
Goldsborough, S. S.; Cheng, S.; Kang, D.; Molnar, J. P.; Wright, Y. M.; Frouzakis, C. E. Asynchronicity in opposed-piston RCMs: Does it matter? Proc. Combust. Inst. 2024, 40 (1-4), 105406 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2024.105406
Heeb, N. V.; Muñoz, M.; Haag, R.; Wyss, S.; Schönenberger, D.; Durdina, L.; Elser, M.; Siegerist, F.; Mohn, J.; Brem, B. T. Corelease of genotoxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nanoparticles from a commercial aircraft jet engine – dependence on fuel and thrust. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58 (3), 1615-1624. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c08152
Hirunsit, P.; Senocrate, A.; Gómez-Camacho, C. E.; Kiefer, F. From CO2 to sustainable aviation fuel: navigating the technology landscape. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2024, 12 (32), 12143-12160. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c03939
Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C.; Borgschulte, A.; Watts, J. F. Advancements and challenges of HAXPES for materials sciences and technologies. Surf. Interface Anal. 2024, 56 (7), 397-398. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.7318
Knorpp, A.; Mielniczuk, M.; Nikolic, M.; Vogel, A.; Figi, R.; Schreiner, C.; Borgschulte, A.; Stuer, M. Comparative study of porous high‐entropy oxides as low‐temperature catalysts for CO2 methanation. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 27 (35), e202400476 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202400476
Longo, F.; Lloreda-Jurado, P. J.; Gil-Rostra, J.; Gonzalez-Elipe, A. R.; Yubero, F.; Thomä, S. L. J.; Neels, A.; Borgschulte, A. Hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy probing Fe segregation during the oxygen evolution reaction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16 (43), 59516-59527. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c11902
Marten, R.; Xiao, M.; Wang, M.; Kong, W.; He, X. C.; Stolzenburg, D.; Pfeifer, J.; Marie, G.; Wang, D. S.; Elser, M.; et al. Assessing the importance of nitric acid and ammonia for particle growth in the polluted boundary layer. Environ. Sci. Atmos. 2024, 4, 265-274. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EA00001J
Merotto, L.; Balmelli, M.; Soltic, P. Hydrogen direct injection: optical investigation of premixed and jet-guided combustion modes. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2024, 61, 284-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.02.278
Moretto, G.; Hänggi, S.; Omanovic, A.; Amstutz, A.; Onder, C. A method to quantify the advantages of a variable valve train for CI engines. Int. J. Engine Res. 2024, 25 (1), 3-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680874231204113
Nikolic, M.; Cesarini, A.; Saadun, A. J.; Carrein Ruiz, E. R.; Borgschulte, A.; Trtik, P.; Boillat, P. Operando neutron imaging. Chimia 2024, 78 (5), 333-338. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2024.333
Niroomand, N.; Bach, C. Estimating average vehicle mileage for various vehicle classes using polynomial models in deep classifiers. IEEE Access 2024, 12, 17404-17418. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3359990
Niroomand, N.; Bach, C. Integrating machine learning for predicting internal combustion engine performance and segment-based CO2 emissions across urban and rural settings. IEEE Access 2024, 12, 66223-66236. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3399025
Opetnik, M.; Hausberger, S.; Matzer, C. U.; Lipp, S.; Landl, L.; Weller, K.; Elser, M. The Impact of vehicle technology, size class, and driving style on the GHG and pollutant emissions of passenger cars. Energies 2024, 17 (9), 2052 (26 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/en17092052
Plogmann, J.; Brenner, O.; Jenny, P. Spectral adjoint-based assimilation of sparse data in unsteady simulations of turbulent flows. Phys. Fluids 2024, 36 (10), 105130 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0227328
Plogmann, J.; Brenner, O.; Jenny, P. Variational assimilation of sparse time-averaged data for efficient adjoint-based optimization of unsteady RANS simulations. Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 2024, 427, 117052 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2024.117052
Sandoval Guzmán, B.; Barocio Espejo, E.; Elser, M.; Korba, P.; Segundo Sevilla, F. R. A hybrid clustering approach for electrical load profiles considering weather conditions based on matrix-tensor decomposition. Sustain. Energy Grids Netw. 2024, 38, 101326 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2024.101326
Soltic, P.; Hilfiker, T.; Wright, Y.; Hardy, G.; Fröhlich, B.; Klein, D. The potential of dimethyl ether (DME) to meet current and future emissions standards in heavy-duty compression-ignition engines. Fuel 2024, 355, 129357 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129357
Struchtrup, H.; Jahandideh, H.; Couteau, A.; Frezzotti, A. Heat transfer and evaporation processes from the Enskog-Vlasov equation and its moment equations. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2024, 223, 125238 (22 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.125238