Progress in the production and application of n-butanol as a biofuel

C **, M Yao, H Liu, FL Chia-fon, J Ji - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
Butanol is a very competitive renewable biofuel for use in internal combustion engines given
its many advantages. In this review, the properties of butanol are compared with the …

Advances and challenges in laminar flame experiments and implications for combustion chemistry

FN Egolfopoulos, N Hansen, Y Ju… - Progress in Energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The state of the art and the further challenges of combustion chemistry research in laminar
flames are reviewed. Laminar flames constitute an essential part of kinetic model …

Potential of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) as a biofuel

Y Li, W Tang, Y Chen, J Liu, FL Chia-fon - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Biobutanol has demonstrated to be a superior alternative biofuel in internal combustion
engine (ICEs). Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation engineering is a typical …

Kinetics of elementary reactions in low-temperature autoignition chemistry

J Zádor, CA Taatjes, RX Fernandes - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2011 - Elsevier
Advanced low-temperature combustion concepts that rely on compression ignition have
placed new technological demands on the modeling of low-temperature oxidation in general …

Biofuel combustion chemistry: from ethanol to biodiesel

K Kohse‐Höinghaus, P Oßwald, TA Cool… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Biofuels, such as bio‐ethanol, bio‐butanol, and biodiesel, are of increasing interest as
alternatives to petroleum‐based transportation fuels because they offer the long‐term …

A comprehensive chemical kinetic combustion model for the four butanol isomers

SM Sarathy, S Vranckx, K Yasunaga, M Mehl… - combustion and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Alcohols, such as butanol, are a class of molecules that have been proposed as a bio-
derived alternative or blending agent for conventional petroleum derived fuels. The …

Plasma-assisted ignition and combustion: nanosecond discharges and development of kinetic mechanisms

SM Starikovskaia - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This review covers the results obtained in the period 2006–2014 in the field of plasma-
assisted combustion, and in particular the results on ignition and combustion triggered or …

An experimental and kinetic modeling study of premixed NH3/CH4/O2/Ar flames at low pressure

Z Tian, Y Li, L Zhang, P Glarborg, F Qi - Combustion and Flame, 2009 - Elsevier
An experimental and modeling study of 11 premixed NH3/CH4/O2/Ar flames at low pressure
(4.0 kPa) with the same equivalence ratio of 1.0 is reported. Combustion intermediates and …

Combustion chemistry probed by synchrotron VUV photoionization mass spectrometry

F Qi - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2013 - Elsevier
Combustion is directly related to energy conversion and the environment. Gas-phase
chemical reactions such as thermal decomposition, oxidation and recombination play a …

A comparative experimental and computational study of methanol, ethanol, and n-butanol flames

PS Veloo, YL Wang, FN Egolfopoulos… - Combustion and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Laminar flame speeds and extinction strain rates of premixed methanol, ethanol, and n-
butanol flames were determined experimentally in the counterflow configuration at …