Probing soot formation, chemical and physical evolution, and oxidation: A review of in situ diagnostic techniques and needs

HA Michelsen - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
Soot is responsible for notoriously detrimental effects on human health, air quality, and
global and regional climate. Controlling soot emissions to the atmosphere will require …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of methods to characterize the mass, size, and morphology of soot

TA Sipkens, A Boies, JC Corbin, RK Chakrabarty… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion and other high-temperature processes can produce solid aerosol nanoparticles
with complex morphologies, including fractal-like aggregates of primary particles …

Effect of nanoparticle aggregation on the thermal radiation properties of nanofluids: an experimental and theoretical study

J Chen, CY Zhao, BX Wang - International Journal of heat and mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofluids show significant enhancement in the absorption of solar energy. However, little
work has been done on the effect of nanoparticle aggregation on the thermal radiation …

On determining soot maturity: A review of the role of microscopy-and spectroscopy-based techniques

A Baldelli, U Trivanovic, TA Sipkens, SN Rogak - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Incomplete combustion is the main source of airborne soot, which has negative impacts on
public health and the environment. Understanding the morphological and chemical …

Influence of fuel-oxygen content on morphology and nanostructure of soot particles

P Verma, E Pickering, M Jafari, Y Guo… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The share of biofuels in the fuel market has increased over the last several decades. This is
related to their potential to reduce the emissions including particulate matter. It has been …

Soot optical properties determined by analyzing extinction spectra in the visible near-UV: Toward an optical speciation according to constituents and structure

A Bescond, J Yon, FX Ouf, C Rozé, A Coppalle… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2016 - Elsevier
To improve the optical diagnostics of soot particles and gain an increased comprehension of
the soot formation and aging mechanisms requires a better understanding of the soot …

In situ Raman microspectroscopic analysis of soot samples with different organic carbon content: Structural changes during heating

MN Ess, D Ferry, ED Kireeva, R Niessner, FX Ouf… - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Raman microspectroscopy (RM), thermo-optical analysis and Fourier transform
infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were used to characterize soot with different organic carbon …

Automated determination of aggregate primary particle size distribution by TEM image analysis: application to soot

A Bescond, J Yon, FX Ouf, D Ferry… - Aerosol Science and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In many applications, nanoparticles appear to be in an aggregated form. Thus, a complete
description of their morphology involves an analysis of their size at different scales, from the …

Examination of wavelength dependent soot optical properties of diesel and diesel/rapeseed methyl ester mixture by extinction spectra analysis and LII measurements

J Yon, R Lemaire, E Therssen, P Desgroux… - Applied Physics B, 2011 - Springer
The refractive index of soot is an essential parameter for its optical diagnostics. It is
necessary for quantitative interpretation of LII (Laser Induced Incandescence) signals, light …

Influence of biodiesel fuel composition on the morphology and microstructure of particles emitted from diesel engines

N Savic, MM Rahman, B Miljevic, H Saathoff… - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates the morphology, microstructure and surface composition of Diesel
engine exhaust particles. The state of agglomeration, the primary particle size and the fractal …