Bio-oil upgrading by emulsification/microemulsification: a review

L Leng, H Li, X Yuan, W Zhou, H Huang - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Bio-oil, which is produced from pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass, is
becoming one of the most promising renewable and sustainable fuels to replace fossil fuels …

Spray combustion of fast pyrolysis bio-oils: Applications, challenges, and potential solutions

M Broumand, S Albert-Green, S Yun, Z Hong… - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article provides a comprehensive review of the spray combustion of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
(FPBO, also called bio-oil, pyrolysis oil or pyrolysis liquid biofuel), which is widely regarded …

Effects of EGR rate on the combustion and emission characteristics of diesel-palm oil-ethanol ternary blends used in a CRDI diesel engine with double injection …

D Qi, L Ma, R Chen, X Jin, M Xie - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This research aims to investigate the effect of EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) rate (10% and
20%) on the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of common rail direct …

Study of the combustion characteristics of sewage sludge pyrolysis oil, heavy fuel oil, and their blends

YH Kuan, FH Wu, GB Chen, HT Lin, TH Lin - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An investigation was performed to determine the heating characteristics of sludge pyrolysis
oil (SPO), heavy fuel oil (HFO), and their blends. The ignition temperature, burnout …

Conditions and characteristics of droplets breakup for industrial waste-derived fuel suspensions ignited in high-temperature air

DO Glushkov, DV Feoktistov, GV Kuznetsov… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
This research is focused on the ignition and combustion mechanisms and characteristics of
single droplets of seven different composite liquid fuels, based on wet coal processing waste …

Micro-explosion phenomenon: Conditions and benefits

DV Antonov, RM Fedorenko, PA Strizhak - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adding water to fuel droplets is known to lead to puffing and micro-explosion. Puffing and
micro-explosion lead to a rapid increase in the liquid fuel surface area. This, in turn, leads to …

Comparison of the characteristics of micro-explosion and ignition of two-fluid water-based droplets, emulsions and suspensions, moving in the high-temperature …

DV Antonov, GV Kuznetsov, PA Strizhak - Acta Astronautica, 2019 - Elsevier
Disintegration of intensely heated liquid droplets often occurs in the mode of puffing and
micro-explosion. The efficiency of many gas-vapor droplet technologies can be significantly …

Production and droplet combustion characteristics of waste tire pyrolysis oil

Á Muelas, MS Callén, R Murillo, J Ballester - Fuel Processing Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This work aims to study the pyrolysis of scrap tires as an end-to-end process, from its
production to the combustion characteristics of the tire pyrolysis liquid (TPL) obtained. The …

Bubble nucleation, micro-explosion and residue formation in superheated jatropha oil droplet: The phenomena of vapor plume and vapor cloud

J Wang, X Qiao, D Ju, C Sun, T Wang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The evaporation and secondary atomization of droplets in cylinder has been confirmed to be
one of major factors determining combustion efficiency. Experiments were carried out to …

Superheat limit and micro-explosion in droplets of hydrous ethanol-diesel emulsions at atmospheric pressure and diesel-like conditions

X Zhang, T Li, B Wang, Y Wei - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Micro-explosion of emulsified fuels has been studied on promoting the secondary break-up
and improving fuel-air mixing. However, most studies are limited to atmospheric conditions …