Dynamics of cool flames

Y Ju, CB Reuter, OR Yehia, TI Farouk… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cool flames play a critical role in ignition timing, burning rate, burning limits, engine
knocking, and emissions in conventional and advanced combustion engines. This paper …

Towards predictive combustion kinetic models: Progress in model analysis and informative experiments

B Yang - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the key tasks of combustion chemistry research is to develop accurate and robust
combustion kinetic models for practical fuels. An accurate and robust kinetic model yields …

Understanding cool flames and warm flames

Y Ju - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-temperature flames such as cool flames, warm flames, double flames, and auto-ignition
assisted flames play a critical role in the performance of advanced engines and fuel design …

Three-dimensional detonation structure and its response to confinement

J Crane, JT Lipkowicz, X Shi, I Wlokas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) detonation simulations solving the compressible Navier-
Stokes equations with detailed chemistry are performed in both square channel and round …

Isolating the effect of induction length on detonation structure: Hydrogen–oxygen detonation promoted by ozone

J Crane, X Shi, AV Singh, Y Tao, H Wang - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
The effect of ignition promoters on H 2 single bondO 2 detonation structure was evaluated
with one-dimensional ZND calculations and experimental detonation cell measurements …

Understanding non-equilibrium N2O/NOx chemistry in plasma-assisted low-temperature NH3 oxidation

H Zhong, X Mao, N Liu, Z Wang, T Ombrello, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia represents one of most promising zero-carbon energy solutions to address the
increasingly urgent climate change problem. However, the existing utilization of ammonia …

Modeling of the effects of non-equilibrium excitation and electrode geometry on H2/air ignition in a nanosecond plasma discharge

X Mao, H Zhong, T Zhang, A Starikovskiy, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents the results of two-dimensional modeling of the effects of non-equilibrium
excitation and electrode geometry on H 2/air ignition in a nanosecond plasma discharge. A …

Effects of inter-pulse coupling on nanosecond pulsed high frequency discharge ignition in a flowing mixture

X Mao, H Zhong, Z Wang, T Ombrello, Y Ju - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work numerically investigates the effects of non-equilibrium nanosecond plasma
discharge pulse repetition frequency, pulse number, and flow velocity on the critical ignition …

A reaction mechanism for ozone dissociation and reaction with hydrogen at elevated temperature

J Jian, H Hashemi, H Wu, AW Jasper, P Glarborg - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Ozone is considered to be an effective combustion promotor and has the potential to be
applied to a variety of fuels. In this work, the reaction mechanism for thermal conversion of …

Exploring the effect of different reactivity promoters on the oxidation of ammonia in a jet-stirred reactor

X He, M Li, B Shu, R Fernandes… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The low reactivity of ammonia (NH3) is the main barrier to applying neat NH3 as fuel in
technical applications, such as internal combustion engines and gas turbines. Introducing …