Lefebvre, X., Ashok, V., Claveau-Mallet, D., Robert, É., & Bédard, É. (2025). Data-driven cooling tower optimization: A comprehensive analysis of energy savings using microsand filtration. Applied Thermal Engineering, 258(Part C), 124736 (13 pages).
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Robert, Étienne

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Étienne Robert (66)
- Journal articles (50)
- 2025
Journal article Journal article Lefebvre, X., Chartray-Pronovost, M., Duchaine, C., Bédard, É., Prévost, M., & Robert, É. (2025). Evaporation of aerosol droplets from contaminated cooling tower water. Physics of Fluids, 37(2), 023365 (16 pages).Journal article Jobin, O., Chartray-Pronovost, M., Kaprolat, W., & Robert, É. (2025). Hypergolic ignition of hybrid rocket fuels in a slab burner experiment. Combustion and Flame, 274, 113948 (14 pages).Journal article Beaini, R., Dupont, F., Dumont, A., Robert, É., Sapieha, J.-E., & Martinu, L. (2025). Surface temperature and emissivity assessment in an enclosed cavity at high temperature using IR thermography. Infrared Physics & Technology, 105815.
- 2024
Journal article Lefebvre, X., Succar, A., Bédard, É., Prévost, M., & Robert, É. (2024). Comparison of aerosol spectrometers: Accounting for evaporation and sampling losses. Measurement Science and Technology, 35(4), 15 pages.Journal article Ashok, V., Absalan, F., Silverwood, A., Robert, É., Claveau-Mallet, D., & Bédard, É. (2024). Crossflow microsand filtration in cooling tower systems to control fouling in heat exchanger devices. Journal of Building Engineering, 95, 110167 (11 pages).Journal article Antar, E., & Robert, É. (2024). Diffusive-thermal instabilities in unstrained H₂O-diluted syngas diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame, 261, 113313 (17 pages).Journal article Fattahi, K., Dodier, G., Robert, É., & Boffito, D. C. (2024). Flow effects on sonochemical oxidation activity in a 20 kHz ultrasonic horn system. Chemical Engineering Journal, 489, 15203 (16 pages).Journal article Antar, E., & Robert, É. (2024). Intrinsic combustion instabilities in ammonia-hydrogen/methane non-premixed flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40(1-4), 105203 (7 pages).Journal article Chartray-Pronovost, M., & Robert, É. (2024). Leidenfrost effect in the flash vaporization of hydrogen peroxide and water mixtures. Physics of Fluids, 36(11), -.Journal article Dumas, B., Jobin, O., & Robert, É. (2024). Multiple Diagnostics of Hybrid Rocket Ignition and Effect of Hypergolic Additive Granulometry. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 40(4).Journal article Fattahi, K., Boffito, D. C., & Robert, É. (2024). Quantifying the chemical activity of cavitation bubbles in a cluster. Scientific Reports, 14, 7978 (18 pages).Journal article Succar, A., Prévost, M., Bédard, É., & Robert, É. (2024). Size and velocity of jet drops produced by bursting bubbles at the interface of a water jet. Physics of Fluids, 36(9), 092119 (21 pages).Journal article Antar, E., & Robert, É. (2024). Thermodynamic analysis of small-scale polygeneration systems producing natural gas, electricity, heat, and carbon dioxide from biomass. Energy, 290, 130278 (13 pages).
- 2023
Journal article Succar, A., Lefebvre, X., Prévost, M., Bédard, É., & Robert, É. (2023). Characterization of the aerosol produced from an aerated jet. Water Research, 229, 119432 (15 pages).Journal article Antar, E., Delavande, J., & Robert, É. (2023). Experimental characterization of diffusive-thermal instabilities in CO₂-diluted H₂―CH₄―CO unstrained diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame, 250, 112636 (32 pages).Journal article Jobin, O., Dumas, B., Zahlawi, J., Chartray-Pronovost, M., & Robert, É. (2023). Hypergolic ignition of paraffin-based hybrid rocket fuels by sprays of liquid oxidizer. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39(4), 5073-5082.Journal article Dumas, B., Jobin, O., Kaprolat, W., Zahlawi, J., & Robert, É. (2023). Ignition delay and performance of sorbitol based hypergolic hybrid fuels. Fuel, 349, 10 pages.Journal article Rivest, D., Antar, E., & Robert, É. (2023). Techno-economic assessment of a biomass gasification-based polygeneration system for greenhouses. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 60, 103535 (10 pages).Journal article Antar, E., & Robert, É. (2023). Thermodynamic analysis of novel methanol polygeneration systems for greenhouses. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13(9), 8033-8046.Journal article Pelzmann, T., Dupont, F., Sauté, B., & Robert, É. (2023). Two-color pyrometry for backface temperature and emissivity measurement of burning materials. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 184, 107894 (14 pages).
- 2022
Journal article Chavez-Gomez, P., Pelzmann, T., Hall, D. R., Chilian, C., Laberge Lebel, L., & Robert, É. (2022). Carbon fiber damage evolution under flame attack and the role of impurities. Fire and Materials, 47(2), 226-240.Journal article Chávez-Gómez, P., Pelzmann, T., Zahlawi, J., Laberge Lebel, L., & Robert, É. (2022). Carbon fiber oxidation in combustion environments—Effect of flame chemistry and load on bundle failure. Materials Today Communications, 31, 103560.Journal article Pelzmann, T., & Robert, É. (2022). Dataset of temperature, heat flux and infrared emission from flat premixed laminar methane-air flames. Data in Brief, 42, 9 pages.Journal article Goupil, V., Gaya, C., Boisard, A., & Robert, É. (2022). Effect of the heating rate on the degassing and combustion of cylindrical Li-Ion cells. Fire Safety Journal, 133, 103648 (12 pages).Journal article Musavi, Z., Zhang, Y., Robert, É., & Engvall, K. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigation of flow field and soot particle size distribution of methane-containing gas mixtures in a swirling burner. ACS Omega, 7(1), 469-479.Journal article Ghazi-Hesami, S., Wise, D., Taylor, K., Ireland, P., & Robert, É. (2022). Heat Transfer And Pressure Drop Of An Angled Discrete Turbulator At Elevated Reynolds Numbers Up To 900,000. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 14(7), 29 pages.Journal article Ghazi-Hesami, S., Wise, D., Taylor, K., Robert, É., & Ireland, P. (2022). Heat Transfer Coefficient Distribution of W and Broken W Turbulators At High Reynolds Numbers. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 14(7), 29 pages.Journal article Jobin, O., Mottillo, C., Titi, H. M., Marrett, J. M., Arhangelskis, M., Rogers, R. D., Elzein, B., Friščić, T., & Robert, É. (2022). Metal-organic frameworks as hypergolic additives for hybrid rockets. Chemical Science, 13(12), 3424-3436.Journal article Langot, J., Chávez-Gómez, P., Lévesque, M., & Robert, É. (2022). Modeling the thermal decomposition and residual mass of a carbon fiber epoxy matrix composite with a phenomenological approach: Effect of the reaction scheme. Fire and Materials, 46(1), 262-276.Journal article Fattahi, K., Robert, É., & Boffito, D. C. (2022). Numerical and experimental investigation of the cavitation field in horn-type sonochemical reactors. Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification, 182, 109186 (12 pages).Journal article Tabone, L., Rivest, D., Lévy, A., Buyck, M., Jouvet, P., Aubin, C.-É., François, T., Robert, É., & Baudin, F. (2022). Prevention of submicron aerosolized particle dispersion: evaluation of an aerosol box using a pediatric simulation model. Experimental Lung Research, 48(9-10), 266-274.Journal article Cardin, G. B., Rivest, D., Ayad, T., Robert, É., Rahal, A., & Christopoulos, A. (2022). Quantification and visualization of aerosols in ear, nose, and throat exam and flexible laryngoscopy. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 7(4), 963-969.
- 2021
Journal article Breumier, S., Trudeau-Lalonde, F., Lafrance, T., Robert, É., Villani, A., Kermouche, G., & Lévesque, M. (2021). Controlled single and repeated impact testing for material plastic behaviour characterisation under high strain rates. Strain, 57(6), 28 pages.Journal article Benoit, M.-È., Prévost, M., Succar, A., Charron, D., Deziel, É., Robert, É., & Bédard, É. (2021). Faucet aerator design influences aerosol size distribution and microbial contamination level. Science of The Total Environment, 775.Journal article Tabone, L., Rivest, D., Lévy, A., Aubin, C.-É., François, T., Jouvet, P., Baudin, F., & Robert, É. (2021). P0736 / #1895: evaluation of splashguardcg prevention of aerosolised particle dispersion in a paediatric model of spontaneous and non-invasive ventilation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 22(Supplement), 355-355.
- 2020
Journal article Bourdin, T., Bédard, É., Benoit, M.-È., Prévost, M., Robert, É., Quach, C., Deziel, E., & Constant, P. (2020). Development of a New High-Throughput Multilocus Sequence Typing Method to Monitor Causative Agents of Nosocomial Infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 41(S1), S187-S187.
- 2019
Journal article Perreault, P., Robert, É., & Patience, G. S. (2019). Experimental methods in chemical engineering: Mass spectrometry-MS. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 97(5), 1036-1042.Journal article Imani, R. J., Ladhani, L., Pardon, G., van der Wijngaart, W., & Robert, É. (2019). The influence of air flow velocity and particle size on the collection efficiency of passive electrostatic aerosol samplers. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 19(2), 195-203.
- 2017
Journal article Imani, R. J., & Robert, É. (2017). Estimation of acoustic forces on submicron aerosol particles in a standing wave field. Aerosol Science and Technology, 52(1), 57-68.
- 2015
Journal article Imani, R. J., & Robert, É. (2015). Acoustic separation of submicron solid particles in air. Ultrasonics, 63, 135-140.Journal article Robert, É., Olofsson, N.-E., Bladh, H., Johnsson, J., & Bengtsson, P.-E. (2015). Soot formation in unstrained diffusion flames. Combustion Science and Technology, 187(4), 577-593.
- 2014
Journal article Imani Jajarmi, R., & Robert, É. (2014). Characterization of the mean force on sub-micron particles in a standing wave field. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 59.
- 2013
Journal article Robert, É., & Monkewitz, P. A. (2013). Experimental realization and characterization of unstretched planar one-dimensional diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame, 160(3), 546-556.
- 2012
Journal article Robert, É., Jajarmi, R. I., Steibel, M., & Engvall, K. (2012). Acoustophoresis in gases : Effect of turbulence and geometrical parameters on separation efficiency. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(3), 1928-1928.Journal article Robert, É., & Monkewitz, P. A. (2012). Thermal-diffusive instabilities in unstretched, planar diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame, 159(3), 1228-1238.
- 2010
Journal article Robert, É. (2010). Mass spectrometer calibration over wide concentration ranges in multicomponent gas mixtures. Measurement science and technology, 21(2), 12 pages.
- 2009
Journal article Robert, É., & Monkewitz, P. A. (2009). Experiments in a novel quasi-1D diffusion flame with variable bulk flow. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32(1), 987-994.
- 2007
Journal article Robert, É., Lettry, J., Farhat, M., Monkewitz, P. A., & Avellan, F. (2007). Cavitation bubble behavior inside a liquid jet. Physics of Fluids, 19(6).
- 2003
Journal article Lettry, J., Fabich, A., Gilardoni, S., Benedikt, M., Farhat, M., & Robert, É. (2003). Thermal shocks and magnetohydrodynamics in high power mercury jet targets. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 29(8), 1621-1621.
- 2025
- Conference papers (13)
- 2023
Conference paper Lefebvre, X., Bédard, É., Prévost, M., & Robert, É. (2023, November). Evaporation dynamics of airborne water-based droplets with contaminants [Abstract]. 76th annual Meeting of Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington, DC, USA.Conference paper Ashok, V., Claveau-Mallet, D., Robert, É., Silverwood, A., & Bédard, É. (2023, June). Impact of crossflow microsand filtration on particle removal in cooling tower circuit [Paper]. 2023 ASHRAE Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, USA.Conference paper Bédard, É., Ashok, V., Claveau-Mallet, D., Robert, É., & Silverwood, A. (2023, June). Impact of crossflow microsand filtration on particle removal in HVAC circuit [Paper]. ASHRAE annual Conference, Tampa, Florida.
- 2021
Conference paper Bédard, É., Benoit, M.-È., Bourdin, T., Charron, D., Delisle, G., Daraîche, S., Gravel, S., Robert, É., Constant, P., Déziel, E., Quach, C., & Prévost, M. (2021, April). Implementation of a low-cost method to reduce bacterial load in patient room sink drains [Presentation]. In Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Spring 2021. Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1(S1).
- 2019
Conference paper Elzein, B., Xing, J., Jobin, O., & Robert, É. (2019, August). Combustion of aluminized solid propellants with bimodal oxidizer particle size distribution [Paper]. AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, United states.Conference paper Chávez, P., Pelzmann, T., Robert, É., & Laberge Lebel, L. (2019, January). Evaluation of the fire resistance of protected carbon/epoxy laminates in small-scale experiments [Paper]. AIAA Scitech Forum, San Diego, California.Conference paper Chávez Gómez, P., Pelzmann, T., Langot, J., Robert, É., & Laberge Lebel, L. (2019, August). Fuel effect on the tensile strength evolution of carbon fibers under direct flame attack [Poster]. 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM 2019), Melbourne, Australia.Conference paper Lessard, F., Boanta, C., Dubé, M., Laberge Lebel, L., & Robert, É. (2019, August). Impact of cellulose filaments on interlaminar properties, flammability and thermal degradation behavior of polymer matrix composites [Poster]. 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM 2019), Melbourne, Australia.Conference paper Béland, M., deChamplain, A., Kalla, S., & Robert, É. (2019, June). Scaling Methodology of the FAA Burner for Pre-Qualification Fire Tests of Aircraft Engine Panels [Paper]. ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Phoenix, Arizona (11 pages).
- 2018
Conference paper Gnessougou, S.-O., Poulin, N., Castanedo, C. I., Maldague, X., Champlain, A. , & Robert, É. (2018, June). Thermal diffusivity measurements with flash method at different depths in a burned composite material [Paper]. 14th Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Conference, Berlin, Germany.
- 2017
Conference paper Elzein, B., Xing, J., Robert, É., & Montoya, N. (2017, April). Burning Characteristics of Aluminized Solid Rocket Propellants with Bimodal Oxidizer Size Distribution [Paper]. 2nd World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (J'Y 2017), Barcelona, Spain (2 pages).
- 2015
Conference paper Robert, É., & Thomas, M. (2015, June). Numerical Investigation of a Confined Jet Array Penetrating into a Counterflow [Paper]. 5th International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows (ICJWSF 2015), Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2013
Conference paper Robert, É., Jajarmi, R. I., Pettersson, J., & Engvall, K. (2013, June). Acoustic separation of sub-micron particles in gases [Paper]. 21st International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2013), Montréal, Québec. Published in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19(1).
- 2023
- Patents (1)
- 2022
Patent Laberge Lebel, L., Chavez Gomez, P. J., Richer, A., Robert, É., & Hamp, J. (2022). Fire protection structure. [Structure de protection contre les incendies]. (Patent Application no. US20220282672).
- 2022
- Theses (1)
- 2009
Thesis Robert, É. (2009). Experimental investigation of unstrained diffusion flames and their instabilities [Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne].
- 2009
- Datasets (1)
- 2022
Dataset Pelzmann, T., & Robert, É. (2022). Thermal, optical and chemcial dataset of flat premixed Laminar CH4/air standard flames [Dataset].
- 2022