Christopher J. Montgomery
Senior Engineer

Journal Publications

Jiang, P., Lignell, D. O., Kelly, K., Montgomery, C. J., Lighty, J. S., and Sarofim, A. F., Simulation of the Evolution of Particle Size Distribution in a Vehicle Exhaust Plume with Unconfined Dilution by Ambient Air, in press, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 2005.

Denison, M. K,., Montgomery, C. J., Sarofim, A. F., Bockelie, M. J., and Webster, A. G., Computational Modeling of a Chemical Demilitarization Deactivation Furnace System, in press Environmental Engineering Science, 2005.

Montgomery, C. J., Swensen, D. A., Harding, T. V., Cremer, M. A., and Bockelie, M. J., "A Computational Problem Solving Environment for Creating and Testing Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms," Advances in Engineering Software, 33:59-70, 2002.

Montgomery, C. J., Cremer, M. A., Chen, J.-Y., Westbrook, C. K., and Maurice, L. Q., "Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Hydrocarbon Fuels," Journal of Propulsion and Power, 18:192-198, 2002.

Cremer, M. A., Montgomery, C. J., Wang, D. H., Heap, M. P., and Chen, J.-Y. "Development and Implementation of Reduced Chemistry for CFD Modeling of Selective Noncatalytic Reduction," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 28, pp. 2427-2434, 2000.

Montgomery, C. J., Kaplan, C. R., and Oran, E. S., "The Effect of Co-Flow Velocity on a Lifted Methane-Air Jet Diffusion Flame," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 27, pp. 1175-1182, 1998.

Montgomery, C. J., Khokhlov, A. M., and Oran, E. S., "The Effect of Mixing Irregularities on Mixed Region Critical Length for Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition," Combustion and Flame 115:38-50, 1998.

Montgomery, C. J., Kosály, G., and Riley, J. J., "Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Nonpremixed Combustion with Multistep Hydrogen-Oxygen Kinetics," Combustion and Flame 109:113-144, 1997.

Montgomery, C. J., Kosály, G., and Riley, J. J., "Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flow Using a Reduced Hydrogen-Oxygen Mechanism," Combustion and Flame 95:247-260, 1993.

Conference Proceedings and Papers

Katta, V., and Montgomery, C., Studies on Soot Formation in JP-8 Diffusion Flames, Sixth International Symposium on Special Topics in Chemical Propulsion, Santiago, Chile, March 8-11, 2005.

Bockelie, M. Denison, M., Montgomery, C., Sadler, B., Sarofim, A.,, Gouldin, F., Magee, D., and Bozzelli, J., Advanced Computer Simulations of Military Incinerators, Twenty-Fourth Army Sciences Conference, Orlando, FL, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 2004.

Montgomery, C. J., Denison, M. K., Bockelie, M. J., Sarofim, A. F., and Bozzelli, J. W., Detailed Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Decomposition and Oxidation of Chemical Warfare Agents and Application to CFD Simulations, 2004 Scientific Conference on Chemical and Biological Defense Research, Hunt Valley, MD, Nov. 15-18, 2004.

Montgomery, C. J., Bockelie, M. J., Sarofim, A. F., and Bozzelli, J. W., Thermochemical Properties, Reaction Paths and Kinetic Parameters for Thermal and Atmospheric Organophosphorus Oxidation Reaction Systems, American Flame Research Committee, Japanese Flame Research Committee Joint Combustion Symposium, Maui, HI, Oct. 10-13, 2004.

Adams, B., Bockelie, M., Cremer, M., Montgomery, C., Sarofim, A., Tang, Q., and Brown, D., Advanced CFD Tools for Modeling Lean Premixed Combustion in Ultra-Low NOx Burners in Process Heaters, American Flame Research Committee, Japanese Flame Research Committee Joint Combustion Symposium, Maui, HI, Oct. 10-13, 2004.

Montgomery, C. J., Zhao, W., Tam, C.-J., Eklund, D. R., and Chen, J.-Y., CFD Simulations of a 3-D Scramjet Flameholder Using Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms, AIAA Paper 2004-3874, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 11-14, 2004.

Denison, M. K,., Sadler, B. A., Montgomery, C. J., Sarofim, A. F., Bockelie, M. J., and Webster, A. G., Computational Modeling of a Chemical Liquid Incineration Chamber, Twenty-Third International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Phoenix, AZ, May 10-14, 2004.

Montgomery, C. J., Zhao, W., Eklund, D. R., Tam, C.-J., and Chen, J.-Y., Supersonic Combustion Simulation Using Reduced Chemistry, poster presentation, American Flame Research Comittee Conference, Salt Lake City, UT Mar. 18-19, 2004.

Montgomery, C. J., Tang, Q., Yang, C., Chen, J.-Y., Goldin, G. M., Kong, S.-C., and Reitz, R. D., and Parkinson, A. R., Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms: Application to CFD Codes and Optimization, NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Dallas, TX, Jan. 5-8, 2004.

Palotas, A. B., Sarofim, A. F., Montgomery, C. J., Eddings E. G., and Dunn, B. C., Effects of Additives on the Smoke Point of Fuels, Publ. of the University of Miskolc, Vol. 31., pp. 55-63, 2003.

Montgomery, C. J., Zhao, W., Eklund, D. R., Tam, C.-J., and Chen, J.-Y., Scramjet Combustion Simulations Using Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms and ISAT, JANNAF CS/APS/PSHS/MSS Joint Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, Dec. 1-5, 2003.

Zhao, W., Montgomery, C. J., Cremer, M. A., Adams, B. R., Eklund, D. R., and Chen, J.-Y. Implementation of Reduced Mechanisms with ISAT into CFD Simulations of Full-Scale Combustion Systems, 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16-21, 2003.

Montgomery, C. J., Bockelie, M. J., Sarofim, A. F., Lee, J., and Bozzelli, J. W., Thermochemical Properties, Reaction Paths and Kinetic Mechanism for Sulfur-Chloro Hydrocarbon Combustion: Part I: Thermochemistry and Pyrolysis of Chlorosulfides, American Flame Research Committee International Symposium on Combustion, Livermore, CA, Oct. 16-17, 2003.

Montgomery, C. J., Zhao, W., Eklund, D. R., and Chen, J.-Y., CFD Simulations of Supersonic Hydrocarbon Combustion Using Reduced Mechanisms and ISAT, AIAA Paper 2003-3547, AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Orlando, FL, June 23-26, 2003.

Denison, M. K,., Montgomery, C. J., Sarofim, A. F., Bockelie, M. J., and Webster, A. G., "Computational Modeling of a Chemical Demilitarization Deactivation Furnace System," Twenty-Second International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Orlando, FL, May 12-16, 2003.

Montgomery, C. J., Tang, Q., and Goldin, G. M., "Getting More Combustion Chemistry into CFD Simulations: Using Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms in Fluent," Fluent Users' Group Meeting, Manchester, NH, May 6-7, 2003.

Ali, A., Cazzoli, G., Kong, S.-C., Reitz, R. D., and Montgomery, C. J., "Improvement in Computational Efficiency for HCCI Engine Modeling by Using Reduced Mechanisms and Parallel Computing," to be presened at the Third Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of The Combustion Institute 2003, Chicago, IL, Mar. 16-19, 2003.

Montgomery, C., Swensen, D., Shino, D., Yang, C., Brunson, S., Parkinson, A., and Chen, J.-Y. "Selecting the Optimum Quasi-Steady State Species for Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms," 2003 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, San Diego, CA, Feb. 10-13, 2003.

Swensen, D., Denison, M., Montgomery, C., de St. Germain, D., Maguire, M., and Bockelie, M., "Computational Simulation Environments," 2003 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, San Diego, CA, Feb. 10-13, 2003.

Montgomery, C. J., Shino, D. M., Yang, C., Brunson, S. D., Parkinson, A. R., Chen, J.-Y., Goldin, G. M., Kong, S.-C., and Reitz, R. D., "Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms: Application to CFD Codes and Optimization," Proceedings of the 2003 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Birmingham, AL, Jan. 6-9, 2003.

Bockelie, M., Denison, M., Montgomery, C., Sarofim, A., Gouldin, F., and Bozzelli, J., "Advanced Computer Simulations of Military Incinerators," Twenty-Third Army Sciences Conference, Orlando, FL, Dec. 2-5, 2002.

Montgomery, C. J., and Goldin, G. M., "Using Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Combustion Simulation in Fluent," Fluent Users' Group Meeting, Manchester, NH, June 11-12, 2002.

Denison, M., Montgomery, C., Sarofim, A., Bockelie, M., Webster, B., and Mellon, R., "Advanced Computational Modeling of Military Incinerators," Twenty-First International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, New Orleans, LA, May 13-17, 2002.

Cremer, M. A., Montgomery, C. J., Zhao, W., Adams, B. R., Eklund, D. R., and Chen, J.-Y., "Supersonic Combustion Simulations Using Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms," JANNAF CS/APS/PSHS/MSS Joint Meeting, Destin, FL, April 8-12, 2002.

Montgomery, C. J., Swensen, D. A., Yang, C., Shino, D. M., and Parkinson, A. R., "Automated Creation, Testing, and Optimization of Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms Using CARM-PSE," Ninth SIAM International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Sorrento, Italy, Apr. 7-10, 2002.

Montgomery, C. J., Cannon, S. M., Mawid, M. A., and Sekar, B., "Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for JP-8 Combustion," AIAA Paper 2002-0336, 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 14-17, 2002.

Montgomery, C. J., Swensen, D. A., Harding, T. V., Cremer, M. A., and Bockelie, M. J., "A Problem Solving Environment for Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms," Proceedings of the 2002 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 7-10, 2002.

Cremer, M. A.,Wang, D. H., Montgomery, C. J., and Adams, B. R., "Utilization of Reduced Mechanism Methods in CFD Simulations for Improved NOx Predictions in Utility Boilers and Furnaces," Joint AFRC/JFRC/IEA International Combustion Symposium, Kauai, HI, Sept. 9-12, 2001.

Cremer, M. A. Wang, D. H., Montgomery, C. J., and Denison, M. K., "Development and Implementation of Reduced Chemistry into CFD Simulations of Large Scale Combustion Systems," submitted to the Third International Symposium on Computational Technologies for Fluid/Thermal/Chemical Systems with Industrial Applications, Atlanta, GA, July 22-26, 2001.

Montgomery, C. J., Swensen, D. A., Harding, T. V., and Bockelie, M. J., "Automated Creation and Testing of Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms," submitted to the 37th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, July 8-11, 2001.

Denison, M., Montgomery, C., Sarofim, A., Bockelie, M., Magee, D., Gouldin, F., and McGill, G., "Detailed Computational Modeling of Military Incinerators," submitted to the Twentieth International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Philadelphia, PA, May 14-18, 2001.

Montgomery, C. J., Denison, M. K., Bockelie, M. J., Sarofim, A., Magee, D., Gouldin, F., and McGill, G., "Engineering Analysis Software for Military Incinerators," Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop, Arlington, VA, Nov. 28-30, 2000.

Veranth, J., Montgomery, C. J., Lighty, J., and Sarofim, A. F. "When Do We Breathe Ultrafines? Combining Particle Coagulation and Turbulent Mixing," Nineteenth Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 6-10, 2000.

Montgomery, C. J., Swensen, D. A., Harding, T. V., Cremer, M. A., Bockelie, M. J., and Chen, J.-Y. "A Problem Solving Environment for Automated Validation of Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms," First SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Washington, DC, Sept. 21-23, 2000.

Bockelie, M., Denison, M., Swensen, D. , Montgomery, C., and Pernice, M., "An AMR Solver for Modeling Turbulent Reacting Flows," First SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Washington, DC, Sept. 21-23, 2000.

Cremer, M. A., Swensen, D. A., Montgomery, C. J., and Heap, M. P., "Advanced CFD Modeling Techniques for Improved Predictions of SNCR Performance for NOx Control in Utility Boilers," 25th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems, Clearwater, FL, Mar. 6-9, 2000.

C.J. Montgomery, M.A. Cremer, M.P. Heap, J.-Y. Chen, C.K. Westbrook, L.Q. Maurice, "Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Hydrocarbon Fuels," AIAA Paper 99-2220, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Los Angeles, CA, June 20-24, 1999, published in Journal of Propulsion and Power 18:192-198, 2002

Montgomery, C. J., Kaplan, C. R., and Oran, E. S., "The Effect of Co-Flow Velocity on a Lifted Methane-Air Jet Diffusion Flame," AIAA Paper 98-0805, 36th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 12-15, 1998.

Montgomery, C. J., Khokhlov, A. M., and Oran, E. S., "The Effect of Mixing Irregularities on Mixed Region Critical Length for DDT," Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, pp. 10-13, Krakow, Poland, Aug. 3-8, 1997.

Montgomery, C. J., Kosály, G., and Riley, J. J., "Three-Dimensional Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Nonpremixed Combustion with Hydrogen-Oxygen Chemistry," Sixth SIAM International Conference on Numerical Combustion, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 4-6, 1996.

Montgomery, C. J., Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Hydrogen-Oxygen Combustion, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1995.

Montgomery, C. J., Kosály, G., and Riley, J. J., "Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Hydrogen-Oxygen Combustion with Multistep Chemistry," Paper 95S-129, Central States/Western States/Mexican National Sections of the Combustion Institute and American Flame Research Committee Joint Technical Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Apr. 23-26, 1995.

Montgomery, C. J., Kosály, G., and Riley, J. J., "Toward Realistic Chemical Kinetics in Direct Numerical Simulation," work-in-progress poster presentation, Twenty-Fifth Symposium (International) on Combustion, Irvine, CA, July 31-Aug. 5, 1994.

Montgomery, C. J., Kosály, G., and Riley, J. J., "Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Reacting Flow with Hydrogen-Oxygen Chemistry," Ninth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Vol. 3, Paper 25-1, Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 16-18, 1993.

Montgomery, C. J., Kosály, G., and Riley, J. J., "Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent H2- O2 Combustion Using Reduced Chemistry," AIAA Paper 93-0248, 31st Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 11-14, 1993.

Montgomery, C. J., Kosály, G., and Riley, J. J., "Analytic Investigation of Turbulent Reacting Flows," American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics 44th Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, Nov. 25, 1991.

Montgomery, C. J., Son, S. F., and Queiroz, M., "Temperature and Concentration Measurements in a Turbulent Spray Flame," in Heat Transfer in Combustion Systems (B. Farouk, W. L. Grosshandler, D. G. Lilley, and C. Presser, eds.), HTD-Vol. 142, ASME, New York, pp. 57-66, Presented at the AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Seattle, WA, June 18-20, 1990.

Montgomery, C. J., Gas-phase Composition Measurements in a Simplified Turbulent Spray Flame, M.S. thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1989.

Montgomery, C. J., Son, S. F., and Queiroz, M., "Scalar Measurements in a Simplified Turbulent Spray Flame," Paper 89-18, Western States Section Spring Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Pullman, WA, Mar. 21, 1989.