Soot formation in laminar counterflow flames

Y Wang, SH Chung - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Combustion chemistry of alkenes and alkadienes

CW Zhou, A Farooq, L Yang, AM Mebel - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkenes formed, during the refining of crude oil, by cracking the heavier fractions are present
in transportation fuels in significant amounts, up to as much as 15–20% in gasoline …

Detailed kinetic mechanism for the oxidation of ammonia including the formation and reduction of nitrogen oxides

KP Shrestha, L Seidel, T Zeuch, F Mauss - Energy & fuels, 2018 - ACS Publications
This work introduces a newly developed reaction mechanism for the oxidation of ammonia
in freely propagating and burner-stabilized premixed flames as well as shock-tube, jet …

Investigating repetitive reaction pathways for the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in combustion processes

N Hansen, M Schenk, K Moshammer… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Repetitive hydrogen-abstraction and methyl-and acetylene-addition reaction sequences that
contribute to the formation and growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during …

n-Heptane cool flame chemistry: Unraveling intermediate species measured in a stirred reactor and motored engine

Z Wang, B Chen, K Moshammer… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This work identifies classes of cool flame intermediates from n-heptane low-temperature
oxidation in a jet-stirred reactor (JSR) and a motored cooperative fuel research (CFR) …

Identification of the molecular-weight growth reaction network in counterflow flames of the C3H4 isomers allene and propyne

G Kukkadapu, SW Wagnon, WJ Pitz… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
The reaction networks responsible for aromatics formation in counterflow flames of the C 3 H
4 isomers allene and propyne are identified through a combined experimental and modeling …

Influences of the molecular fuel structure on combustion reactions towards soot precursors in selected alkane and alkene flames

L Ruwe, K Moshammer, N Hansen… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we experimentally investigate the high-temperature oxidation kinetics of n-
pentane, 1-pentene and 2-methyl-2-butene (2M2B) in a combustion environment using …

Role of ring-enlargement reactions in the formation of aromatic hydrocarbons

M Baroncelli, Q Mao, S Galle, N Hansen… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ring-enlargement reactions can provide a fast route towards the formation of six-membered
single-ring or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). To investigate the participation of …

[HTML][HTML] A detailed kinetic model for aromatics formation from small hydrocarbon and gasoline surrogate fuel combustion

R Langer, Q Mao, H Pitsch - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
This work develops a detailed chemical kinetic model for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
(PAH) chemistry that builds on a chemical model for gasoline surrogates by Cai et al.[Proc …

An experimental multiparameter investigation on the thermochemical structures of benchmark ethylene and propane counterflow diffusion flames and implications to …

P Jiang, M Zhou, D Wen, Y Wang - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
Counterflow diffusion flame is a canonical non-premixed flame configuration that is suitable
for studying complex combustion chemistries such as soot formation. An important objective …