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 …

Physical and mathematical models of micro-explosions: achievements and directions of improvement

DV Antonov, RM Fedorenko, LS Yanovskiy… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The environmental, economic, and energy problems of the modern world motivate the
development of alternative fuel technologies. Multifuel technology can help reduce the …

A new approach to modelling micro-explosions in composite droplets

SS Sazhin, T Bar-Kohany, Z Nissar, D Antonov… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new approach to modelling puffing and micro-explosion in composite water/fuel droplets is
proposed. This approach is based on the assumption previously made that a spherical water …

Novel surfactants for stable biodiesel-water emulsions to improve performance and reduce exhaust emissions of a light-duty diesel engine

S Gowrishankar, A Krishnasamy - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Emulsified biodiesel is a viable alternative to fossil diesel to reduce carbon footprint, oxides
of nitrogen (NO x) and soot emissions. However, widespread commercial utilization of …

Numerical investigation of heavy fuel oil droplet breakup enhancement with water emulsions

S Fostiropoulos, G Strotos, N Nikolopoulos… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The heating and explosive boiling leading to fragmentation of immiscible heavy fuel oil-
water droplets, termed as W/HFO emulsions, is predicted numerically by solving the …

Child droplets from micro-explosion of emulsion and immiscible two-component droplets

P Strizhak, R Volkov, O Moussa, D Tarlet… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we present the experimental findings of the research into the integral characteristics of
secondary droplets produced from the micro-explosive fragmentation of two types of initial …

Macroscopic and microscopic spray structure of water-in-diesel emulsions

MA Ismael, ARA Aziz, SE Mohammed, MB Baharom… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Water-in-diesel emulsion plays a vital role in the reduction of NOx and PM emissions. Spray
droplet micro-explosion is a crucial aspect that requires indepth investigation to provide a …

Ratio of water/fuel concentration in a group of composite droplets on high-temperature heating

DV Antonov, GV Kuznetsov, RM Fedorenko… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper presents the experimental research findings on the water/Diesel fuel
concentration ratio in a group of composite droplets after passing through a heated gaseous …

Mathematical modeling of puffing and microexplosion in emulsified fuel droplets containing several bubbles: A case study on n-dodecane/water droplet

S Ray, P Zhang, S Cheng - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a theoretical model for microexplosion and puffing in a single isolated
emulsion droplet at high ambient temperature and one atmospheric pressure. The model …

Measuring temperature of emulsion and immiscible two-component drops until micro-explosion using two-color LIF

P Strizhak, R Volkov, O Moussa, D Tarlet… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this research, we measure the temperatures of the non-combustible component (water) in
a fuel droplet by 2-Color LIF before its micro-explosive fragmentation. We use two types of …