Biodiesel is dead: Long life to advanced biofuels—A comprehensive critical review

R Estevez, L Aguado-Deblas, FJ López-Tenllado… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many countries are immersed in several strategies to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions of internal combustion engines. One option is the substitution of these engines by …

Combustion characteristics of trimethyl borate, diesel, and trimethyl borate-diesel blend droplets

AA Yontar, AG Özgüner, MA Adıgüzel… - Journal of the Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, droplet tests were carried out for pure and blended forms of diesel fuel, which is
the traditional fuel, and trimethyl borate fuel, which is new generation fuels. In this context …

Combustion characteristics of a single droplet of hydroprocessed vegetable oil blended with aluminum nanoparticles in a drop tube furnace

IAS Ferrao, ARR Silva, ASOH Moita, MAA Mendes… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the burning characteristics and disruptive burning phenomena of single
droplets of aluminum nanoparticles (n-Al) stably suspended in a biofuel (HVO). The biofuel …

Magnetic field-assisted fission of a ferrofluid droplet for large-scale droplet generation

H Zhao, Q Deng, T Huang, P Zhu, W Li, X Han, X Li… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
With the presence of an external magnetic field, a ferrofluid droplet exhibits a rich variety of
interesting phenomena notably different from nonmagnetic droplets. Here, a ferrofluid …

Analytical and experimental study on binary droplet evaporation: Inhibitory effect of adding mineral oil adjuvant to water

X Xi, C Cai, H Liu, R Wen, X Ma, X Song - International Communications in …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work fundamentally explains the inhibitory effect of adjuvant on water droplet
evaporation in pesticide application. An analytical droplet evaporation model coupled with …

The addition of particles to an alternative jet fuel

IAS Ferrão, MAA Mendes, ASOH Moita, ARR Silva - Fuels, 2022 - mdpi.com
The expansion of the research on nanoscale particles demonstrates several advantages in
terms of stability and an increased surface area to volume ratio compared to micron-sized …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of temperature on heated liquid films: Crater and jetting impact dynamics

DA Vasconcelos, ARR Silva, JMM Barata - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2023 - Elsevier
The droplet impact phenomena onto liquid films are a field extensively researched for over a
century, which are driven by many practical applications such as heat exchangers, internal …

A numerical study on the effect of pressure on sustainable aviation fuel and jet fuel blends thermally induced secondary atomization

P Guida, A Ceschin, C Canciani, HG Im… - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Thermally induced secondary atomization (TISA) is a complex phenomenon that accelerates
phase change in the combustion chamber. It occurs if multi-component fuels, having a wide …

Novel atomization-assisted phosgenation for TDI synthesis from TDA: A theoretical study on single droplet reactivity

Z Hou, H Chen, J Mao, J Ge, R Bi - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
TDI is a highly versatile chemical product with a significant market demand. The state-of-the-
art production method is gas phase phosgenation, but it has drawbacks of high energy …

Computationally-derived submodel for thermally-induced secondary atomization

P Guida, A Ceschin, FEH Pérez, HG Im… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermally-induced secondary atomization (TISA) enables enhanced atomization, better
mixing and faster evaporation in multi-component sprays. Despite its importance in a …