Advanced combustion in heavy fuel aircraft piston engines: A comprehensive review and future directions

L Shao, Y Zhou, T Geng, S Zhao, K Zhu, Z Zhong… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The in-cylinder combustion process is a focus on research on heavy fuel aviation piston
engine (HF-APE), which is quite significant because of its strong correction with engine's …

State-of-the-art modeling of two-stage auto-ignition: Turbulence, evaporation and chemistry effects

Y Zhang, Q Peng, C Wang, Y Huang, P Zhou… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Internal combustion engines are the dominant power sources in transport, accounting for
significant amounts of fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. Low-temperature …

Experimental study of droplet vaporization for conventional and renewable transportation fuels: Effects of physical properties and chemical composition

M Stöhr, S Ruoff, B Rauch, W Meier, P Le Clercq - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
As part of the global energy transition, an increasing number of sustainable liquid fuels with
a wide range of physical and chemical properties becomes available for gas turbine and IC …

[HTML][HTML] Electrostatic fields for the control of evaporating charged fuel sprays

D Fredrich, E Weiand, A Giusti - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2023 - Elsevier
The current socio-economic shift towards electrification of the transport sector and
development of hybrid thermal–electric propulsion systems provides new opportunities for …

Probing the low temperature oxidation chemistry of RP-3 kerosene: Experimental and kinetic modeling investigation

M Zeng, Y Deng, Z Xiong, J Guo, Z Zhou, J Yang… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Elucidating the formation of intermediates, especially active species like peroxy radicals and
hydroperoxides, is crucial to explore the low temperature reaction network and validate the …

[HTML][HTML] Fuel effects on the electrostatic control of charged droplet trajectories

A Giusti, D Fredrich - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of electrostatic fields to control the trajectory of charged droplets is investigated as a
new technology to enhance mixing in liquid-fuelled combustors. The canonical configuration …

Experimental study on droplet dynamics behavior and combustion characteristics of high performance green propellant in electrical ignition mode

JZ Wu, GX Li, HM Li, S Zhang, ZP Yao, T Zhang - Acta Astronautica, 2025 - Elsevier
High performance green propellant represented by ammonium dinitramide-based liquid
propellant and its new ignition method are the research hotspots of space propulsion in the …

Impact of multi-component description of hydrophilic fuel droplets in propagating spray flames

FL Sacomano Filho, AC Santos, A Vié… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The need for an accurate description of the fuel composition is emerging in recently
published studies on the interaction of droplets and flames. In this context, hydrophilic fuels …

Large eddy simulation of a reacting kerosene spray in hot vitiated cross-flow

D Fredrich, L Miniero, K Pandey, WP Jones… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2022 - Springer
The evaporation and combustion characteristics of a kerosene spray injected
perpendicularly into a cross-flow of high-temperature vitiated air is investigated. This …

Investigations of the differential diffusion modeling for hydrophilic fuel vapor in propagating spray flames

FL Sacomano Filho, AC Santos, A Vié - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
The differential diffusion of vapor species into the carrier gas flow strongly impacts the heat
and mass transfer processes associated with multi-component droplets. While the …