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Space experiment operation: Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames)

November 20, 2020 by
YCC shares her remote space experiment operation experience of E-FIELD Flames with her appreciation for all the operation (OPS) crews at #NASA.


Full 1-minute talk at the link to the video in the image below or https://www.facebook.com/LFAMAEUCI/videos/200040868242157.

Physical Science Informatics (PSI) Plenary session in the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Virtual Meeting 2020 on 11/05/2020.

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UCI LFA E-FIELD Flames study 2 (Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames)

November 18, 2020 by
“These experiments have been in preparation since 1996 and finally completed in 2018.” DDR said.

Dr. Chien, “On the 1st test day, we had no clue about what was happening in microgravity with this behavior”


Physical Science Informatics Plenary session in the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Virtual Meeting 2020 on 11/05/2020.


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UCI LFA E-FIELD Flames studies 1 ( Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames)

November 18, 2020 by
Physical Science Informatics (PSI) Plenary session in the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Virtual Meeting 2020 on 11/05/2020.

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“In 2018 we finally got to do this space station experiment.” Prof. Dunn-Rankin said.

Full 1-minute talk at the link to the video in the image below (open new window) or https://fb.watch/bhhBnHAe9s/.

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ACME space flames

November 16, 2020 by
30s – “If you are following ACME, you will figure out that not so long ago, the full ACME experiments had ignited 1000 flames on the International Space station (ISS).” said by Dr. Chien.

Full 1-minute talk at the link from the video link below or https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=200040868242157&ref=external

Physical Science Informatics (PSI) Plenary session in the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Virtual Meeting 2020 on 11/05/2020.

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1000 Points of Light on the ISS

August 8, 2020 by
Lit > 1000 flames in space now!
Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames) experiment at UC Irvine (operated by Dr. Chien and Prof. Dunn-Rankin with NASA Glenn) contributed around 1/5th of it on the International Space Station (ISS) as one of the experiments of ACME.


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E-FIELD Flames microgravity image is now on the NASA Task Book Site (Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames)

December 9, 2019 by

NASA has implemented our “E-FIELD Flames in µg on the ISS” image on the Task Book site.

This image is composed of three types of methane diffusion flame applied with different electric field forces experimented from the International Space Station. The flame images are original sizes relative to each other without alternation.

This representative image of E-FIELD Flames research is designed and created by Dr. Chien.

E-FIELD Flames image on task book site

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ASGSR 2019 – American Society for Gravitational and Space Research: E-FIELD Flames

November 21, 2019 by

Dr. Chien presented “Microgravity Experiments Examining Electric Field Effects on Laminar Methane Gas-Jet Diffusion Flames,” at American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Annual Meeting 2019 in Denver.

It was snowing outside during the talk.

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Spring Design Review Display Day

June 12, 2019 by

The third quarter of the senior design project crossing 2018 – 2019. There are several great design projects motivated by different competitions such as different types of racecar, UAV/plane team projects. I was caught when conversing with a team member from the ConSat project (middle in the photograph).

I served as a judge in the Spring Design Project display. It is tough for the students to balance between the real-painful learning experience and the simple experience.

Life is a journey learning doing things you don’t like, and keep on going until you are love in it. That is called enjoy.

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Early ISS results are presented at the U.S. National Combustion Meeting: Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames)

March 26, 2019 by

Dr. Chien presented early ISS results of methane diffusion flame using coflow burner without coflowing gas at two different fuel concentration from the paper “Ion Current and Flame Changes with Electric Fields in Microgravity”. (see @space.flames below) She also served as the session chair of Laminar Flames.

Her supervised undergraduate senior design project team, Hot Air Balloon – Engineering, also attend and presented their hot air balloon emission measurement work.


@space.flames on facebook by NASA 

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12 Years Musical Stack Challenge — Mechanical Engineering Design (MAE151)

March 22, 2019 by

The cheering sound with applause at the end of the musical stack challenge while doing my best to keeping the record for this final event (was holding the camera in the audience). It is honored to be one of the judges for the presentation.

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The full story about the musical stack challenge for the past 12 years in MAE151 — Mechanical Engineering Design,
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The prior musical stack story on engineering news in 2014,
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The gas-jet burner used for the E-FIELD Flames (Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames)

November 28, 2018 by

Full post at the link to the image below
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Thank you! E-FIELD Flames tests completed (Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames)

November 17, 2018 by

Read the full post with the link on the image below.

@space.flames on facebook by NASA 

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Electric field effects flames (Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames)

November 15, 2018 by

This gif image particularly demonstrates a methane flame under the influence of electric field.  The electrical aspects of hydrocarbon flames contains amazing but complex nature that the flame geometry would be altered and experiencing this huge change. These images are first presented in May 2013 US National Meeting at Utah.  The full set of image is published in “Electric Field Induced Changes of Diffusion Flame and Heat Transfer near an Impinging Surface” (Energies – MDPI).

 

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Downward ion wind generates with negative field strength: Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames)

October 30, 2018 by

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2018 Dean’s report: ISS Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames)

October 16, 2018 by

2018 Dean’s report from UC Irvine, School of Engineering.(P26-29)
Read the full copy of the UCI Engineering Dean’s Report 2018 (https://issuu.com/ucisamuelischool),

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@ucirvineengineering on facebook by The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine

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International Space Station (ISS) Combustion Experiments: Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames

October 15, 2018 by

Full article on the Combustion Institute or at https://www.combustioninstitute.org/news/international-space-station-iss-combustion-experiments/.

The ISS Combustion Experiment from UC, Irvine is mentioned in the Combustion Institute news (screenshot below).


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Microgravity E-FIELD Flames experiment — round 2: Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames

September 25, 2018 by
Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames) microgravity experiment part 2 — with jet burner will be initiated tomorrow at International Space Station (ISS).

Full post at the link open in new window to the image below.


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UC Irvine — an article from School of Engineering

June 18, 2018 by
Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames) – An UC Irvine article

“The problem is, it is difficult on Earth to try to understand how combustion works, because gravity and the resulting buoyancy affect the way flames behave. So scientists look to zero-gravity or microgravity environments to get an unadulterated view of the process.”

“NASA scientists and NASA contractors are critical to the operation as modifications and unplanned outcomes are the norm in zero-gravity science. Compromise is a constant companion. ‘We had to plan and calculate everything … it’s a little bit of a struggle,’ Chien says. “And sometimes things fail. Everything is not nice and smooth all the time.'”

“Are the results of Phase I what Dunn-Rankin and Chien expected? No. ‘We were expecting to see what we might see on Earth,’ says Chien, who ran similar experiments on terra firma during her doctoral studies at UCI. “But from the Space Station, we actually are seeing soot eliminated in some cases under the influences of the electric field.”

Full article: https://engineering.uci.edu/news/2018/6/uci-conducts-combustion-research-aboard-international-space-station.


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Soot accumulating on the fuel tube: Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames( E-FIELD Flames)

June 15, 2018 by
Soot accumulates around the extruded fuel tube from the E-FIELD Flames experiment. This image overlaps two images — one before and after accumulation so the amount of the soot aggregates around the fuel tube can be easily and clearly observed.

Full post at the link open in new window to the image below.


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Soot creates marks on the cooper mesh: Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames( E-FIELD Flames)

May 27, 2018 by
Soot rings leave marks on the cooper electrode mesh from our E-FIELD Flames experiment.

Full post at the link open in new window to the image below.


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