Plasma assisted combustion: Dynamics and chemistry

Y Ju, W Sun - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Plasma assisted combustion is a promising technology to improve engine performance,
increase lean burn flame stability, reduce emissions, and enhance low temperature fuel …

Dynamics of cool flames

Y Ju, CB Reuter, OR Yehia, TI Farouk… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cool flames play a critical role in ignition timing, burning rate, burning limits, engine
knocking, and emissions in conventional and advanced combustion engines. This paper …

Influence of functional groups on low-temperature combustion chemistry of biofuels

B Rotavera, CA Taatjes - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Ongoing progress in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and catalysis continues to
produce a diverse array of advanced biofuels with complex molecular structure and …

Combustion chemical kinetics of biodiesel and related compounds (methyl and ethyl esters): Experiments and modeling–Advances and future refinements

L Coniglio, H Bennadji, PA Glaude, O Herbinet… - Progress in Energy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The motivation for and challenges in reducing the world's dependence on crude oil while
simultaneously improving engine performance through better fuel efficiency and reduced …

A reduced mechanism for biodiesel surrogates for compression ignition engine applications

Z Luo, M Plomer, T Lu, S Som, DE Longman… - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
A skeletal mechanism with 115 species and 460 reactions for a tri-component biodiesel
surrogate, which consists of methyl decanoate, methyl 9-decenoate and n-heptane, was …

Self-sustaining n-heptane cool diffusion flames activated by ozone

SH Won, B Jiang, P Diévart, CH Sohn, Y Ju - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel method to establish self-sustaining cool diffusion flames with well-defined boundary
conditions is experimentally demonstrated by adding ozone to the oxidizer stream in …

Plasma-Assisted Dry Reforming of CH4: How Small Amounts of O2 Addition Can Drastically Enhance the Oxygenate Production─Experiments and Insights from …

S Li, J Sun, Y Gorbanev, K van't Veer… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasma-based dry reforming of methane (DRM) into high-value-added oxygenates is an
appealing approach to enable otherwise thermodynamically unfavorable chemical reactions …

Modelling of biodiesel fuel droplet heating and evaporation

SS Sazhin, M Al Qubeissi, R Kolodnytska… - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
Biodiesel fuel droplet heating and evaporation is investigated using the previously
developed models, taking into account temperature gradient, recirculation, and species …

Esters as a potential renewable fuel: A review of the combustion characteristics

F Oppong, C Xu, X Li, Z Luo - Fuel Processing Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Esters are considered as potential fuels in the transportation sector including road, marine
shipping, and aviation to control greenhouse gas emissions. In the context of this possibility …

A comparative study of the chemical kinetic characteristics of small methyl esters in diffusion flame extinction

P Diévart, SH Won, J Gong, S Dooley, Y Ju - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - Elsevier
The diffusive extinction limits of a series of methyl ester flames, from methyl formate to methyl
decanoate, have been measured in the counterflow configuration. Kinetic and transport …