Flame acceleration and transition to detonation in ducts

G Ciccarelli, S Dorofeev - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the state of knowledge on flame acceleration and deflagration-to-
detonation transition (DDT) in smooth ducts and ducts equipped with turbulence-producing …

Flame acceleration and explosion safety applications

SB Dorofeev - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2011 - Elsevier
Accidental explosions of flammable gases and reactive gas mixtures remain a significant
concern in process industries. The present paper reviews the basic mechanism of Flame …

Implementation of the NCN pathway of prompt-NO formation in the detailed reaction mechanism

AA Konnov - Combustion and Flame, 2009 - Elsevier
This work presents revised detailed reaction mechanism for small hydrocarbons combustion
with possibly full implementation of available kinetic data related to the prompt NO route via …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in combustion science related to hydrogen safety

JX Wen, ES Hecht, R Mevel - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a key pillar in the global Net Zero strategy. Rapid scaling up of hydrogen
production, transport, distribution and utilization is expected. This entails that hydrogen …

Evaluation of detonation characteristics of aluminum/JP-10/air mixtures at stoichiometric concentrations

L Liu, Q Zhang, S Shen, D Li, Z Lian, Y Wang - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the heterogeneous detonation characteristics of aluminum
particles/JP-10/air mixtures, the gas–solid two phase flow and detonation models were …

Investigation of self-sustaining waves in metastable systems: deflagration to detonation transition

NN Smirnov, VF Nikitin, SA Shurekhdeli - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2009 - arc.aiaa.org
IN A broad sense, the regimes of deflagration and detonation indicate propagation of self-
sustaining exothermal waves in a metastable medium, and the difference of mechanisms …

The critical tube diameter and critical energy for direct initiation of detonation in C2H2/N2O/Ar mixtures

B Zhang, HD Ng, JHS Lee - Combustion and flame, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, the dynamic detonation parameters, namely, the critical tube diameter and
critical energy for direct initiation, of C2H2/N2O/Ar mixtures were measured at various initial …

Flame propagation and detonation initiation distance of ethylene/oxygen in narrow gap

J Li, P Zhang, L Yuan, Z Pan, Y Zhu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Flame propagation and detonation initiation distances (DID) of the ethylene/oxygen mixture
in different narrow gaps at initial operating pressure 5–50 kPa were experimentally …

Numerical analysis of detonation combustion wave in pulse detonation combustor with modified ejector with gaseous and liquid fuel mixture

P Debnath, KM Pandey - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2021 - Springer
The detonation combustion phenomenon is supersonic combustion process and follows on
thermal explosion in combustor. Deflagration to detonation transition occurs in detonation …

Deflagration-to-detonation transition in nitromethane mist/aluminum dust/air mixtures

Q Liu, C Bai, L Jiang, W Dai - Combustion and flame, 2010 - Elsevier
Deflagration-to-detonation transitions (DDTs) in nitromethane mist/air mixture clouds, flaked
aluminum dust/air mixture clouds, and nitromethane mist/flaked aluminum dust/air mixture …