State-of-the-art modeling of two-stage auto-ignition: Turbulence, evaporation and chemistry effects

Y Zhang, Q Peng, C Wang, Y Huang, P Zhou… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Internal combustion engines are the dominant power sources in transport, accounting for
significant amounts of fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. Low-temperature …

Spray-evaporation characteristics of n-pentanol/n-dodecane binary fuel at ultra-high injection pressure

W Zhong, X Huang, H Guo, NM Mahmoud, F Yan… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The spray and evaporation characteristics of the fuel directly affect the combustion and
emission performance of the engine. In this work, the atomization and evaporation …

Experimental studies on combustion and atomization characteristics of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons droplets

R Küçükosman, AA Yontar, K Ocakoglu - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
This study focused on how the properties of alcohols (ethanol, methanol, n-butanol), ketones
(acetone), alkanes (hexane), esters (ethyl acetate), methyl benzenes (toluene), and ethers …

Experimental study on the combustion performance of a stationary CIDI engine fueled with 1-heptanol-diesel mixtures

M Nour, S Nada, X Li - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Because of its distinctive physicochemical properties, 1-heptanol has the potential to be
widely used for fueling compression ignition direct injection (CIDI) engines. Its renewability …

Experimental investigation on enhanced combustion of methanol/heavy fuel oil by droplet puffing at elevated temperatures

X Chen, W Long, Y Wang, G Xiao, P Dong, Z Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
To achieve high-efficiency combustion of heavy fuel oil (HFO), this study investigated the
combustion characteristics of methanol/HFO droplets with methanol content from 10 to 30 …

Combustion and secondary atomization behavior of nanofuel droplets laden with hematite, magnetite and lanthanum orthoferrites nanoparticles

R Küçükosman, A Alper Yontar… - Propellants …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Current research concerns the droplet combustion behavior of gasoline‐based nanofuel
droplets containing hematite (Fe2O3), magnetite (Fe3O4) and lanthanum orthoferrites …

A new model for puffing and micro-explosion of single titanium (IV) isopropoxide/p-xylene precursor solution droplets

P Narasu, E Gutheil - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
In flame spray pyrolysis, the precursor solution droplet undergoes heating and evaporation,
followed by gas phase combustion and generation of nanoparticles. Depending on the …

Modeling microexplosion mechanism in droplet combustion: Puffing and droplet breakup

A Kumar, HW Chen, S Yang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study improved existing models by conducting experiments to determine breakup
delay, child droplet dynamics, and the effect of microexplosion. Direct imaging was used …

Study of hydrogen impact on lean flammability limit and burning characteristics of a kerosene surrogate

MZ Akram - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen impacts on lean flammability limits and the burning characteristics of n-decane, a
kerosene surrogate, were studied using a spherical combustion chamber and Chemkin …

Effects of turbulence intensity and n-pentanol concentration on droplet evaporation and auto-ignition

Y Zhang, R Huang, Y Zhou, T Zhou, C Tao, Y Huang… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Evaporation and auto-ignition characteristics of an n-pentanol-diesel droplet are
investigated under a high-temperature (900 K) and turbulent environment. Turbulence …