Andrea Comandini, Ph.D. HDR
CNRS Researcher at ICARE laboratory and Group Leader of the “Kinetics and dynamics of energy systems“ research group
Principal Investigator of ERC Starting Grant FUN-PM
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Expert in experimental, modeling, and theoretical chemical kinetics and flame dynamics
Laboratory ICARE – CNRS ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7120-1913 |
Education and previous positions
H.D.R. in Energetics (accreditation to supervise research) (2018): “Combustion chemistry for a safer, cleaner, and more efficient energy production”, Université d’Orléans, France
Postdoctoral Researcher at ICARE, CNRS (2012 – 2015)
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2012): “High pressure chemistry of phenyl radical reactions with acetylene” University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Supervisor: Prof. K. Brezinsky
Commercial Manager (2006 – 2007), Gas & Power Division, ENI S.p.A., Italy
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2005): “High pressure studies of carbon monoxide oxidation for application to Mars exploration”, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Supervisor: Prof. K. Brezinsky
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2005), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Teaching and mentoring
Thesis Director of 4 Ph.D. students
Supervisor of 2 Post-Doc researchers
Co-supervisor of 2 Ph.D. students
Supervisor and co-supervisor of numerous Ph.D. and M.S. students and trainees visiting ICARE
Lecturer (from 2015), Master of Science course “Pollutant formation: Soot”, Université d’Orléans
Invited talks:
“Comportement proche des limites d’inflammabilité pour une révision des critères de sécurité”, Journée de la Combustion Turbulente, CORIA, Rouen, 28 March 2024
“Future challenges of hydrogen utilization for energy conversion”, WE-Heraeus-Seminar – Metrology and Process Safety for Hydrogen Technologies & Applications, Bad Honnef, Germany, 10-13 Oct 2022
“Fundamentals of nanoparticle formation chemistry at relevant industrial conditions”, at Assemblée Générale du Comité Française de l’IFRF
“Combustion chemistry methods for a safer, cleaner, and more-efficient energy production”, at 4th Colloquium Energy and Material (2016), Université d’Orléans
Teaching Assistant (2004), “Experimental Methods in Mechanical Engineering”, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Organization of scientific meetings, commissions of trust, and memberships
Member of the Institute Scientific Board of CNRS Engineering (from 2023)
Correspondent “Europe/ International” of ICARE (from 2023)
Member of the steering committee for the International Workshop on Flame Chemistry (from 2022)
Program Co-Chair at the 28th ICDERS (2022), Naples, Italy
Program Chair Member at the 27th ICDERS (2019), Beijing, China
Proposal evaluator for the Discovery Grant program by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2019-2020)
Session chair at the 26th ICDERS (2017), Boston University, Boston, USA
Session chair at the 10th ICCK (2017), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Session chair at the 24th ICDERS (2013), National Central University, Taipei, Taiwan
Member of the Combustion Institute (from 2007)
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• A. Hamadi, R. Sivaramakrishnan, F. E. Cano Ardila, R. S. Tranter, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “Styrene Thermal Decomposition and Its Reaction with Acetylene under Shock Tube Pyrolysis Conditions: An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study”, accepted in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
• Hamadi, N. Obrecht, C. Callu, A. Stagni, T. Faravelli, A. Comandini, N. Chaumeix: “Experimental and Modeling Investigation of the Laminar Flame Speeds for Ammonia with Various Oxygen and Diluent Mixtures”, accepted in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
• Hamadi, A. Stagni, A. Nobili, A. Cuoci, T. Faravelli, A. Comandini, N. Chaumeix: “Prediction of flammable range of benzene/N2/O2/H2O mixtures using detailed kinetics”, accepted in Fuel
• E. Cano Ardila, S. Nagaraju, R. S. Tranter, G. A. Garcia, A. Desclaux, A. Roque Ccacya, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “External standard calibration method for high-repetition-rate shock tube kinetic studies with synchrotron-based time-of-flight mass spectrometry”, Analyst, DOI: 10.1039/d3an00819c
• Hamadi, L. Carneiro Piton, F. Cano Ardila, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “Probing PAH Formation from Heptane Pyrolysis in a Single-Pulse Shock Tube”, Combustion Science and Technology, 186, 1536–1551, 2023
• Hamadi, L. Carneiro Piton, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “Combined high-pressure experimental and kinetic modeling study of cyclopentene pyrolysis and its reactions with acetylene”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39, 95–104, 2023
• Nobili, L. Pratali Maffei, M. Pelucchi, M. Mehl, A. Frassoldati, A. Comandini, N. Chaumeix: “Experimental and Modeling Study of α-Methylnaphthalene Laminar Flame Speeds”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39, 243–251, 2023
• Sun, A. Hamadi, F. E. Cano Ardila, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “Insights into pyrolysis kinetics of xylene isomers behind reflected shock waves”, Combustion and Flame, Combust Flame, 244, 112247, 2022
• Hamadi, W. Sun, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “An experimental and kinetic modeling study of benzene pyrolysis with C2−C3 unsaturated hydrocarbons”, Combustion and Flame, 237, 111858, 2022
• Sun, A. Hamadi, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “Influences of propylene/propyne addition on toluene pyrolysis in a single-pulse shock tube”, Combustion and Flame, 236, 111799, 2022
• Comandini, D. Nativel, N. Chaumeix: “Laminar flame speeds and ignition delay times of gasoline/air and gasoline/alcohol/air mixtures: the effects of heavy compared to light alcohol”, Energy Fuels, 35, 14913–14923, 2021
• Sun, A. Hamadi, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “A comprehensive kinetic study on the speciation from propylene and propyne pyrolysis in a single-pulse shock tube”. Combustion and Flame, 231, 111485, 2021
• Sikes, C. Banyon, R. A. Schwind, P. T. Lynch, A. Comandini, R. Sivaramakrishnan, R. S. Tranter: “Initiation reactions in the high temperature decomposition of styrene”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23, 18432–18448, 2021
• Sun, A. Hamadi, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “Detailed experimental and modeling study of toluene/C2 pyrolysis in a single-pulse shock tube”, Combustion and Flame, 226, 129–142, 2021
• Sun, A. Hamadi, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “Probing PAH formation chemical kinetics from benzene and toluene pyrolysis in a single-pulse shock tube”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38, 2021, 891–900, 2021
• Atherley, S. de Persis, N. Chaumeix, Y. Fernandes, A. Bry, A. Comandini, O. Mathieu, S. Alturaifi, C. R. Mulvihill, E. L. Petersen: “Laminar flame speed and shock-tube multi-species laser absorption measurements of Dimethyl Carbonate oxidation and pyrolysis near 1 atm”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38, 977–985, 2021
• Nagaraju, R. S. Tranter, F. E. Cano Ardila, S. Abid, P. T. Lynch, G. A. Garcia, J. F. Gil, L. Nahon, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “Pyrolysis of ethanol studied in a new high-repetition-rate shock tube coupled to synchrotron-based double imaging photoelectron/photoion coincidence spectroscopy”, Combustion and Flame, 226, 53–68, 2021
• Sun, A. Hamadi, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “A comparative kinetic study of C8–C10 linear alkylbenzenes pyrolysis in a single-pulse shock tube”, Combustion and Flame, 221, 136–149, 2020
• Sun, A. Hamadi, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix, A. Comandini: “An experimental and kinetic modeling study of phenylacetylene decomposition and the reactions with acetylene/ethylene under shock tube pyrolysis conditions”, Combustion and Flame, 220, 257–271, 2020
• Grosseuvres, A. Comandini, A. Bentaib, N. Chaumeix: “Combustion properties of H2/N2/O2/steam mixtures”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37, 1537–1546, 2019
• Ciccarelli, N. Chaumeix, A.Z. Mendiburu, K. N’Guessan, A. Comandini: “Fast-flame limit for hydrogen/methane-air mixtures”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37, 3661–3668, 2019
• Comandini, N. Chaumeix, J. Maclean, G. Ciccarelli: “Combustion properties of n-heptane/hydrogen mixtures”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44, 2039–2052, 2019
• Comandini, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix: “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Growth by Diradical Cycloaddition/Fragmentation”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 121, 5921–5931, 2017
• Goulier, A. Comandini, F. Halter, N. Chaumeix: “Experimental Study on Turbulent expanding flames of Lean Hydrogen / Air Mixtures”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36, 2823–2832, 2017
• Comandini, G. Pengloan, N. Chaumeix: “Experimental and modeling study of styrene oxidation in spherical reactor and shock tube”, Combustion and Flame, 173, 425–440, 2016
• Nativel, M. Pelucchi, A. Frassoldati, A. Comandini, A. Cuoci, E. Ranzi, N. Chaumeix, T. Faravelli: “Laminar Flame Speeds of Pentanol Isomers: an Experimental and Modeling study”, Combustion and Flame, 166, 1–18, 2016
• Comandini, T. Dubois, N. Chaumeix: “Laminar flame speeds of n-decane, n-butylbenzene, and n-propylcyclohexane mixtures”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35, 671–678, 2015
• Comandini, T. Dubois, N. Chaumeix: “Autoignition of n-decane/n-butylbenzene/n-propylcyclohexane mixtures and the effects of the exhaust gas recirculation”, Combustion Science and Technology, 186, 1536–1551, 2014
• Comandini, T. Dubois, S. Abid, N. Chaumeix: “Comparative study on cyclohexane and decalin oxidation”, Energy & Fuels, 28, 714–724, 2014
• Malewicki, A. Comandini, K. Brezinsky: “Experimental and Modeling Study on the Pyrolysis and Oxidation of Iso-Octane”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 34, 353–360, 2013
• Comandini, I. A. Awan, J. A. Manion: “Thermal Decomposition of 1-Pentyl Radicals at High Pressures and Temperatures”, Chemical Physics Letters, 552, 20–26, 2012
• Comandini, T. Malewicki, K. Brezinsky: “Chemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Formation from Phenyl Radical Pyrolysis and Reaction of Phenyl and Acetylene”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116, 2409–2434, 2012
• Comandini, T. Malewicki, K. Brezinsky: “Online and Offline Experimental Techniques for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Recovery and Measurement”, Review of Scientific Instruments, 83, 034101, 2012
• Comandini, K. Brezinsky: “Radical/π-Bond Addition between o-Benzyne and Cyclic C5 Hydrocarbons”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116, 1183–1190, 2012
• Comandini, K. Brezinsky: “Theoretical Study of the Formation of Naphthalene from the Radical/π-Bond Addition between Single-Ring Aromatic Hydrocarbons”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115, 5547–5559, 2011
• Gudiyella, T. Malewicki, A. Comandini, K. Brezinsky: “High Pressure Study of m-Xylene Oxidation”, Combustion and Flame, 158, 687–704, 2011
• Sivaramakrishnan, A. Comandini, R. S. Tranter, K. Brezinsky, S.G. Davis, H. Wang: “Combustion of CO/H2 Mixtures at Elevated Pressure”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31, 429–437, 2007
