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 …

A review of terminology used to describe soot formation and evolution under combustion and pyrolytic conditions

HA Michelsen, MB Colket, PE Bengtsson, A D'anna… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This review presents a glossary and review of terminology used to describe the chemical
and physical processes involved in soot formation and evolution and is intended to aid in …

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 …

Combustion chemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons

H Jin, W Yuan, W Li, J Yang, Z Zhou, L Zhao… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aromatic hydrocarbons are important components of petroleum-based transportation fuels,
biomass, coal, and solid waste, etc. The reaction kinetics of aromatic hydrocarbons largely …

Prediction of organic homolytic bond dissociation enthalpies at near chemical accuracy with sub-second computational cost

PC St. John, Y Guan, Y Kim, S Kim, RS Paton - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs) of organic molecules play a fundamental role in
determining chemical reactivity and selectivity. However, BDE computations at sufficiently …

Laser-induced incandescence: Particulate diagnostics for combustion, atmospheric, and industrial applications

HA Michelsen, C Schulz, GJ Smallwood… - Progress in Energy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The understanding of soot formation in combustion processes and the optimization of
practical combustion systems require in situ measurement techniques that can provide …

Recent progress in the development of diesel surrogate fuels

WJ Pitz, CJ Mueller - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2011 - Elsevier
There has been much recent progress in the area of surrogate fuels for diesel. In the last few
years, experiments and modeling have been performed on higher molecular weight …

Engine, aftertreatment, fuel quality and non-tailpipe achievements to lower gasoline vehicle PM emissions: Literature review and future prospects

MM Maricq - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Spark ignition gasoline vehicles comprise most light duty vehicles worldwide. These
vehicles were not historically associated with PM emissions. This changed about 15 years …

Producing jet fuel from biomass lignin: Potential pathways to alkyl-benzenes and cycloalkanes

F Cheng, CE Brewer - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Jet turbine fuels have not been completely replaced by biomass-derived fuels due, in part, to
the lack of the aromatic and cycloalkane hydrocarbons in bio-jet fuels. Such molecules play …

Chemical mechanism for high temperature combustion of engine relevant fuels with emphasis on soot precursors

G Blanquart, P Pepiot-Desjardins, H Pitsch - Combustion and Flame, 2009 - Elsevier
This article presents a chemical mechanism for the high temperature combustion of a wide
range of hydrocarbon fuels ranging from methane to iso-octane. The emphasis is placed on …