Soot inception: Carbonaceous nanoparticle formation in flames

JW Martin, M Salamanca, M Kraft - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The route by which gas-phase molecules in hydrocarbon flames form condensed-phase
carbonaceous nanoparticles (incipient soot) is reviewed. These products of incomplete …

Soot formation in laminar counterflow flames

Y Wang, SH Chung - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Many practical soot-emitting combustion systems such as diesel and jet engines rely on
diffusion flames for efficient and reliable operation. Efforts to mitigate soot emissions from …

Research progress of higher alcohols as alternative fuels for compression ignition engines

Y Hua - Fuel, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Higher alcohols are a new generation of biofuels with advantages of renewability and
carbon neutrality. This review comprehensively summarized the research progress of higher …

Soot modeling of counterflow diffusion flames of ethylene-based binary mixture fuels

Y Wang, A Raj, SH Chung - Combustion and Flame, 2015‏ - Elsevier
A soot model was developed based on the recently proposed PAH growth mechanism for C
1–C 4 gaseous fuels (KAUST PAH Mechanism 2, KM2) that included molecular growth up to …

Effects of oxygenated biofuel additives on soot formation: A comprehensive review of laboratory-scale studies

L Xu, Y Wang, D Liu - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Oxygenated fuels have been widely used in combustion engines to tailor fuel properties,
improve combustion performance and reduce harmful emissions such as soot particles …

On the opposing effects of methanol and ethanol addition on PAH and soot formation in ethylene counterflow diffusion flames

F Yan, L Xu, Y Wang, S Park, SM Sarathy… - Combustion and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
An experimental and numerical analysis of the effects of methanol and ethanol addition on
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and soot formation in non-premixed ethylene flames …

Ammonia composite combustion with alcohol/ether: A systematic review from engine applications to combustion enhancement and emission mechanisms

Y Hua, Y Zhang, D Gao - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Ammonia, as a zero-carbon fuel and efficient hydrogen carrier, has great potential for
decarbonization in engineering applications, transportation and power generation …

Analysis of the nanostructure evolution of soot in n-heptane/iso-octane with 2, 5-dimethylfuran addition: A combined experimental study and ReaxFF MD simulations

W Dong, R Hong, Y Yang, D Wang, B Qiu, H Chu - Combustion and Flame, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The soot formation of n-heptane/iso-octane doped 2, 5-dimethylfuran (DMF) with different
ratios was experimentally investigated through laminar diffusion flame and numerically …

Experimental and numerical study on the effect of oxymethylene ether-3 (OME3) on soot particle formation

F Ferraro, C Russo, R Schmitz, C Hasse, M Sirignano - Fuel, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The reduction and control of particulate matter generated by fossil fuel combustion are
among the main issues for actual and future combustion devices due to the increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of alcohol, carbonate and polyethers as oxygenated fuels on the soot characteristics from a CI engine

YR Tan, Q Zhu, Y Zong, J Lai, M Salamanca, J Akroyd… - Fuel, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Dimethyl carbonate (DMC), ethanol (EtOH), polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether 1
(PODE1) and polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether 4 (PODE4) were blended with Jet A1 into …