Associate Professor
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
M.Sc. California Institute of Technology
B.Sc. University of Manitoba
Macdonald Engineering Building, Rm 157 Map
External Website
514-398-2003 [office]
514-398-7365 [Fax]
jeffrey.bergthorson [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Research Interests
Primary Research Theme: Combustion and Energy Systems
Research Lab/Group: Alternative Fuels
The development of technologies that do not rely on fossil fuels is a major challenge facing society today. Our research program is aimed at the development and validation of models for the combustion properties of alternative and sustainable (bio-derived) fuels through a complementary experimental, computational, and analytical modeling approach. We are also investigating flames of a mixture of solid and gaseous fuels, combustion in heat recirculating burners for Stirling engine generators, the vaporization properties of biofuel/petrofuel blends, and the reaction of metal-water mixtures for hydrogen production.
Current Research Projects
- Premixed flame studies of alternative and traditional fuels:
- Non-premixed flame studies of alternative and traditional fuels:
- Laser diagnostics for NO measurements
- Temperature and species diagnostics using raman spectroscopy
- Alternative-fuel ignition properties
- Stirling-engine burner technologies for biomass cogeneration
- Gas-solid heat transfer effects on flames in small channels
- "Hybrid" flames of gaseous and solid fuels
- Droplet vaporization of biofuel/petrofuel blends
- Metal-water reaction for hydrogen production
- Honours thesis projects
- Graduate research projects
Most Significant Publications
- B Akih-Kumgeh & JM Bergthorson, 2010. Structure-reactivity trends of C1{C4 alkanoic acid methyl esters. Combustion & Flame. (in press). doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2010.10.021
- KE Noorani, B Akih-Kumgeh, & JM Bergthorson, 2010. Comparative high temperature shock tube ignition of C1{C4 primary alcohols. Energy & Fuels, 24(11):5834{5843.
- B Akih-Kumgeh & JM Bergthorson, 2010. Comparative study of methyl butanoate and n-heptane high temperature autoignition. Energy & Fuels, 24:2439{2448.
- JM Bergthorson, MB Johnson, AM Bonanos, MD Slessor, WJ Su, & PE Dimotakis, 2009. Molecular mixing and °ow¯eld measurements in a recirculating shear °ow. Part I: Subsonic °ow. Flow, Turbulence & Combustion, 83:269{292.
- JM Bergthorson & PE Dimotakis, 2007. Premixed laminar C1{C2 stagnation °ames: experiments and simulations with detailed thermochemistry models. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31:1139{1147.
- JM Bergthorson, K Sone, TW Mattner, PE Dimotakis, DG Goodwin, & DI Meiron, 2005. Impinging laminar jets at moderate Reynolds numbers and separation distances. Physical Review E, 72(6):066307{1{12.
- More publications
Courses
FACC 510 Energy Analysis 3 Credits