Combustion, chemistry, and carbon neutrality

K Kohse-Höinghaus - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Combustion is a reactive oxidation process that releases energy bound in chemical
compounds used as fuels─ energy that is needed for power generation, transportation …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis gas as a fuel for internal combustion engines in transportation

A Paykani, H Chehrmonavari, A Tsolakis… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The adverse environmental impact of fossil fuel combustion in engines has motivated
research towards using alternative low-carbon fuels. In recent years, there has been an …

Experimental and numerical study of the laminar burning velocity of CH4–NH3–air premixed flames

EC Okafor, Y Naito, S Colson, A Ichikawa, T Kudo… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
With the renewed interest in ammonia as a carbon-neutral fuel, mixtures of ammonia and
methane are also being considered as fuel. In order to develop gas turbine combustors for …

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 …

Measurement and modelling of the laminar burning velocity of methane-ammonia-air flames at high pressures using a reduced reaction mechanism

EC Okafor, Y Naito, S Colson, A Ichikawa, T Kudo… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ammonia and blends of ammonia with methane are gaining increased interest as fuels for
gas turbine applications and hence optimized reduced reaction mechanisms for the fuels …

A comprehensive review of measurements and data analysis of laminar burning velocities for various fuel+ air mixtures

AA Konnov, A Mohammad, VR Kishore, NI Kim… - Progress in Energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Accurate measurement and prediction of laminar burning velocity is important for
characterization of premixed combustion properties of a fuel, development and validation of …

Combustion chemistry in the twenty-first century: Developing theory-informed chemical kinetics models

JA Miller, R Sivaramakrishnan, Y Tao… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last 20 to 25 years theoretical chemistry (particularly theoretical chemical kinetics)
has played an increasingly important role in developing chemical kinetics models for …

Developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms for fuel combustion

HJ Curran - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper discusses a brief history of chemical kinetic modeling, with some emphasis on
the development of chemical kinetic mechanisms describing fuel oxidation. At high …

What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines?

JP Szybist, S Busch, RL McCormick, JA Pihl… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the US
Department of Energy aims to co-develop fuels and engines in an effort to maximize energy …

Recent progress in gasoline surrogate fuels

SM Sarathy, A Farooq, GT Kalghatgi - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2018 - Elsevier
Petroleum-derived gasoline is currently the most widely used fuel for transportation
propulsion. The design and operation of gasoline fuels is governed by specific physical and …