• Title
    Physicist
  • Email
    pitz1@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 422-7730
  • Organization
    Not Available

Research Interests

Development of chemical kinetic mechanisms for hydrocarbon fuels, oxygenated fuels, oil-sand derived fuels, and energetic materials. Application of these mechanisms to applied problems such as combustion in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines and diesel engines.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1982

M.S., Engineering Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1973

B.S., Engineering Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1973

  1. Pitz, W. J., C. V. Naik, T. Ní Mhaoldúin, C. K. Westbrook, H. J. Curran, J. P. Orme,  and J. M. Simmie, “Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Methylcyclohexane Ignition in a Rapid Compression Machine,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31, 267-275, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, UCRL-PROC-217798 (2007).
  2. Metcalfe, W. K., Pitz, W. J., Curran, H. J., Simmie, J. M., and Westbrook, C. K.  “The Development of a Detailed Chemical Kinetic Mechanism for Diisobutylene and Comparison to Shock Tube Ignition Times,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31, 377-384, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, UCRL-PROC-217797 (2007).
  3. Pitz, W. J., and Westbrook, C. K, “A Detailed Chemical Kinetic Model for TNT,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 (2) 2343-2351, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, UCRL-PROC-217783 (2007).
  4. Pitz, W. J., Cernansky, N. P., Dryer, F. L., Egolfopoulos, F. N., Farrell , J. T., Friend, D. G., and Pitsch, H., “Development of an Experimental Database and Kinetic Models for Surrogate Gasoline Fuels,” 2007 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI., SAE Paper 2007-01-0175; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, UCRL-CONF-224937 (2007).
  5. Saylam, A., Ribaucour, M., Pitz, W. J., and Minetti, R., “Reduction of large detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms for autoignition using joint analyses of reaction rates and sensitivities,” International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 39 (4) (2007) 181-196, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, UCRL-JRNL-226859 (2007).