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 …

This article reviews the fundamentals of variational transition state theory (VTST), its recent
theoretical development, and some modern applications. The theoretical methods reviewed …

The oxidation of syngas mixtures was investigated experimentally and simulated with an
updated chemical kinetic model. Ignition delay times for H2/CO/O2/N2/Ar mixtures have …

An updated H2/O2 kinetic model based on that of Li et al.(Int J Chem Kinet 36, 2004, 566–
575) is presented and tested against a wide range of combustion targets. The primary …

The generation by combustion processes of airborne species of current health concern such
as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and soot particles necessitates a detailed …

Complex chemically reacting flow simulations are commonly employed to develop
quantitative understanding and to optimize reaction conditions in systems such as …

New experimental profiles of stable species concentrations are reported for formaldehyde
oxidation in a variable pressure flow reactor at initial temperatures of 850–950 K and at …

We propose a H2–CO kinetic model which incorporates the recent thermodynamic, kinetic,
and species transport updates relevant to high-temperature H2 and CO oxidation. Attention …

The oxidation of methane in an atmospheric-pressure flow reactor has been studied
experimentally under highly diluted conditions in N2 and CO2, respectively. The …

A comprehensive reaction mechanism for the oxidation of carbon monoxide in the presence
of hydrogen is described. Model predictions are compared with experimental data over wide …