Combustion characteristics and soot distributions of neat butanol and neat soybean biodiesel

H Liu, CF Lee, M Huo, M Yao - Energy & fuels, 2011 - ACS Publications
The combustion characteristics and soot distributions of neat butanol and neat soybean
biodiesel were explored in an optical constant-volume combustion chamber using natural …

Soot emissions of various oxygenated biofuels in conventional diesel combustion and low-temperature combustion conditions

H Liu, X Bi, M Huo, CF Lee, M Yao - Energy & fuels, 2012 - ACS Publications
To investigate the effects of oxygenated biofuels on soot formation, oxidation, and
distribution, a detailed comparative study using the forward illumination light extinction …

Experimental and numerical investigation on soot behavior of soybean biodiesel under ambient oxygen dilution in conventional and low-temperature flames

M Xiao, H Liu, X Bi, H Wang, CF Lee - Energy & fuels, 2014 - ACS Publications
Biodiesel is a type of particularly attractive alternative fuel for diesel engines. Many studies
have investigated the combustion and emissions as fueling biodiesel on diesel engines and …

Optical study on the combustion characteristics and soot emissions of diesel–soybean biodiesel–butanol blends in a constant volume chamber

DH Qi, B Chen, D Zhang, CF Lee - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2016 - Elsevier
To investigate the effects of ambient temperature on the combustion characteristics, and soot
formation and oxidation, a detailed comparative study between two different volumetric …

Time-resolved spray, flame, soot quantitative measurement fueling n-butanol and soybean biodiesel in a constant volume chamber under various ambient …

H Liu, M Huo, Y Liu, X Wang, H Wang, M Yao… - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
The spray, flame natural luminosity and soot quantitative measurement by fueling n-butanol
and soybean biodiesel were investigated on a constant volume chamber using multi laser …

A study of soot quantification in diesel flame with hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel in a constant volume combustion chamber

T Xuan, J Cao, Z He, Q Wang, W Zhong, X Leng, D Li… - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, diffused back-illumination extinction imaging and OH* chemiluminescence
imaging were employed simultaneously to measure the soot production, spray liquid length …

Effect of biodiesel saturation on soot formation in diesel engines

Z Wang, L Li, J Wang, RD Reitz - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
To understand soot formation in a diesel engine fueled with different biodiesels, a numerical
study was performed using the KIVA-3V code, combined with a multi-step …

Experimental investigation combined with steady-state and transient-state tests on soot characteristics of hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel/n-butanol blends

M Xu, P Jiang, W Zhong, F Yan, X Liu, Q Wang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The utilization of biodiesel and biobutanol offers a promising approach to achieve energy
conservation and emission reduction in combustion engines. This study investigates the …

Combustion characterization of waste cooking oil and canola oil based biodiesels under simulated engine conditions

C Ming, IMR Fattah, QN Chan, PX Pham, PR Medwell… - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Alternative fuels will come from a variety of feed stocks and refinement processes.
Understanding the fundamentals of combustion and pollutants formation processes of these …

Optical soot measurement of bio-butanol upstream product, ABE (Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol), under diesel-like conditions

H Wu, TH Lee, C Lee, F Liu, B Sun - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract ABE (Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol), the upstream product of bio-butanol, is
considered as a promising alternative fuel for IC engine. Two-dimensional soot distribution …