Carbone, Francesco

Francesco Carbone

Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering

Email carbone@uconn.edu
Phone (860) 486-3688
Mailing Address School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Connecticut, 191 Auditorium Rd. U-3139, Storrs, CT 06269
Campus Storrs
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Brief Bio

Francesco Carbone joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Connecticut in Fall 2019 after serving at Yale University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science as Research Faculty from 2014 to 2019 as well as Lecturer in 2018. Previously, he held research positions in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California from 2012 to 2014, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yale University from 2010 to 2012, and in the Combustion Research Institute at the National Research Council (Italy) from 2008 to 2010. Francesco earned his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) in 2005 and 2008, respectively.

  • multiphase reactive flows to develop sustainable and affordable energy solutions
  • kinetics,
  • transport phenomena,
  • aerosol dynamics,
  • nanoparticles synthesis
  • Khosravi, F., Eiguren-Fernandez, A., Lewis, G.S., Carbone, F., “Concurrent supersaturation of C2-C4 alcohols and water in a Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) to measure naturally charged flame-formed carbonaceous aerosols smaller than 3 nm”, Journal of Aerosol Science, 106626 (2025) in press.
  • Pereira, F., Carbone, F., Frank, J.H., Coriton, B. Wang, P., Gomez A., “Extinction Behavior of Partially Premixed Flames and Nonpremixed Flames in Turbulent Counterflow”, Combustion and Flame, 1114268 (2025), in press.
  • Stefanidis, E.K., Zeng Z., Ebaugh, T. A., Bliznakov, S., Bonville, L.J., Maric, R., Carbone, F., “In-situ laser diagnostics of Iridium nanoparticles during their synthesis in a turbulent diffusion flame of the Reactive Spray Deposition Technology”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 186 (2025), 108690.
  • Fernandez de la Mora, J., Kozlowski, J., Attoui, M., Perez-Lorenzo, L.J., Carbone, F., “Size resolution and capillary centering in sheathed condensation particle counters studied with a new variable saturation condensation particle sizer” Journal of Aerosol Science 185 (2025), 106521.
  • Gleason, K., Carbone, F., Gomez, A., “An Easy but Quantitative Assessment of C2H4 Soot Production Rate and its Dependence on Temperature and Pressure”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40 (2024), 105292.
  • Ashour, M.K., Carbone, F., “The Planar Mixing Layer Flame (PMLF): a canonical configuration for studying non-premixed combustion chemistry and soot inception studies”, Combustion and Flame 266 (2024), 113537.
  • Khosravi, F., Lewis, G.S., Attoui, M., Eiguren-Fernandez, A., Carbone, F., “Detection of sub-5nm naturally charged carbonaceous materials from a sooting laminar premixed flame by a Water Condensation Particle Counter (WCPC) enhanced by a Di-Ethylene Glycol (DEG) saturator inlet,” Aerosol Science and Technology 57 (2023), 1069–1086.
  • Stefanidis, E.K., Ebaugh, T. A., Bliznakov, S., Bonville, L., Carbone, F., Maric, R. In-situ laser diagnostic of Platinum nanoparticles manufactured by the Reactive Spray Deposition Technology (RSDT), Combustion and Flame 246, 112412 (2022).
  • Gleason, K., Carbone, F., Gomez, A. “Effect of equivalence ratio and temperature on soot formation in partially premixed counterflow flames”, in preparation for submission to Combustion and Flame 242, 112088 (2022).
  • Carbone, F., Canagaratna, M.R., Lambe, A.T., Jayne, J.T., Worsnop, D.R., Gomez, A. “Detection of Weakly Bond Molecular Clusters in Incipiently Sooting Flames via Ion Seeded Dilution and Collision Charging for (APi-TOF) Mass Spectrometry Analysis,” Fuel 289, 119820 (2021).
  • Larriba-Andaluz, C., Carbone, F. “The size-mobility relationship of ions, aerosols, and other charged particulate matter,” Journal of Aerosol Science 151, 105659 (2021).
  • Gleason, K., Carbone, F., Gomez, A. “PAHs Controlling Soot Nucleation in 0.1—0.8MPa Ethylene Counterflow Diffusion Flames”, Combustion and Flame 227, 384–395 (2021)
  • Gleason, K., Carbone, F., Plata, D.L., Summer, A.J., Drollette, B.D., Gomez, A. “Small Aromatic Hydrocarbons Control Incipient Soot Formation,” Combustion and Flame 223, 398–406 (2021).
  • Gleason, K., Carbone, F., Gomez, A., “Spatially resolved measurements of soot and gaseous precursors in ethylene counterflow diffusion flames up to 32atm,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38, 2517-2524 (2021).
  • Gleason, K., Carbone, F. , Gomez, A. “Pressure and Temperature Dependence of Soot in Highly Controlled Counterflow Ethylene Diffusion Flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 37, 2057-2064 (2019).
  • Carbone, F., Canagaratna, M.R., Lambe, A.T., Jayne, J.T., Worsnop, D.R., Gomez, A. “Exploratory Analysis of a Sooting Premixed Flame Via On-line High Resolution (APi-TOF) Mass Spectrometry,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 37, 919-926 (2019).
  • Gleason, K., Carbone, F. , Gomez, A. “Effect of Temperature on Soot Inception in Highly Controlled Counterflow Ethylene Diffusion Flame s,” Combustion and Flame 192, 283-294 (2018).
  • Smolke, J.L., Carbone, F. , Egolfopoulos, F.N., Wang, H. “Effect of n-dodecane decomposition on its fundamental flame properties,”, Combustion and Flame 190, 65-73 (2018).
  • Carbone, F. , Gleason, K., Gomez, A. “Probing gas-to-particle transition in a moderately sooting atmospheric pressure ethylene/air laminar premixed flame. Part I: Gas phase and soot ensemble characterization,” Combustion and Flame 181, 315-328 (2017).
  • Carbone, F. , Moslih, S., Gomez., A. “Probing gas-to-particle transition in a moderately sooting atmospheric pressure ethylene/air laminar premixed flame. Part II: Molecular clusters and nascent soot particle size distributions,” Combustion and Flame 181, 329-341 (2017).
  • Carbone, F. , Smolke, J.L., Fincham, A., Egolfopoulos, F.N. “Comparative behavior of piloted turbulent premixed jet flames of C1-C8 hydrocarbons,” Combustion and Flame 180, 88-101 (2017).
  • Smolke, J.L., Lapointe, S., Paxton, L., Blanquart, G., Carbone, F. , Fincham, A., Egolfopoulos, F.N. “Experimental and numerical studies of fuel and hydrodynamic effects on piloted turbulent premixed jet flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36, 1877–1884 (2017).
  • Carbone, F. , Gleason, K., Gomez, A. “Pressure effects on incipiently sooting partially premixed counterflow flames of ethylene,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36, 1395–1402 (2017).
  • Carbone, F. , Attoui, M., Gomez, A. “Challenges of measuring nascent soot in flames as evidenced by High Resolution Differential Mobility Analysis,” Aerosol Science and Technology 50, 740-757 (2016).
  • Carbone, F. , Carlson, E., Baroni, D., Gomez, A. “The whirl cookstove: a novel development for clean biomass burning,” Combustion Science and Technology 188, 594-610 (2016).
  • Carbone, F. , Cattaneo, F., Gomez, A. “Structure of incipiently sooting partially premixed ethylene counterflow flames,” Combustion and Flame 162, 4138-4148 (2015). (MRSEC)
  • Figura, L., Carbone, F. , Gomez, A. “Challenges and artifacts of probing high-pressure counterflow laminar diffusion flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 35, 1871-1878 (2015).
  • Carbone, F. , Gomez, A. “Chemical interactions between 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene and n-decane in doped counterflow gaseous diffusion flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 35, 761-769(2015).
  • Carbone, F. , Gomez, A. “Experimental study on the structure of opposed flow gaseous diffusion flames doped with n-decane,” Combustion and Flame 161, 453-464 (2014).
  • Carbone, F. , Gomez, A. “Chemical effects of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene addition in counterflow gaseous diffusion flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 34, 1025-1033 (2013).
  • Carbone, F. , Gomez, A. “The structure of toluene-doped counterflow gaseous diffusion flames,” Combustion and Flames 159, 3040-3055 (2012).
  • Carbone, F. , Barone, A.C., Beretta, F., D’Anna, A. “Metal oxide nanoparticles formed from solution droplets under high heating rate,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 43, 23-31 (2012).
  • Carbone, F. , Beretta, F., D’Anna, A. “A flat premixed flame reactor to study nano-ash formation during high temperature pulverized coal combustion and oxygen firing,” Fuel 90, 369–375 (2011).
  • Carbone, F. , Beretta, F., D’Anna, A. “Factors influencing ultrafine particulate matter (PM0.1) formation under pulverized coal combustion and oxyfiring conditions,” Energy and Fuels 24, 6248–6256 (2010).
  • Carbone, F. , Beretta, F., D’Anna, A. “Multimodal ultrafine particles from pulverized coal combustion in a laboratory scale reactor,” Combustion and Flame 157, 1290–1297 (2010).
  • Carbone, F. , Beretta, F., D’Anna, A. “Size distribution functions of ultrafine ashes from pulverized coal combustion,” Combustion Science and Technology 182, 668–682 (2010).
  • Carbone, F. , Beretta, F., D’Anna, A. “High-temperature ultrafine aerosol formation burning low quality fuels,” Chemical Engineering Transactions 22, 245-250 (2010).
  • Carbone, F. , Barone, A.C., De Filippo, A., Beretta, F., D’Anna, A., D’Alessio, A. “Coagulation and adhesion of nanoparticles generated in flame from droplets of nickel nitrate aqueous solutions,” Chemical Engineering Transactions 16, 87-94 (2008).
  • Carbone, F. , Barone, A.C., Pagliara, R., Beretta, F., D’Anna, A., D’Alessio, A. “Ultrafine particles formed by heating droplets of simulated ash containing metals,”. Environmental Engineering Science 25, 1379- 1387 (2008).