High-temperature laminar flame speed measurements in a shock tube

AM Ferris, AJ Susa, DF Davidson, RK Hanson - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
High-temperature methane and propane laminar flame speed measurements were
conducted behind reflected shock waves in a shock tube. A high-power Nd: YAG laser was …

Structures and propagation speeds of autoignition-assisted premixed n-heptane/air cool and warm flames at elevated temperatures and pressures

T Zhang, Y Ju - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
The laminar flame speeds and structures of near-limit autoignition-assisted cool and warm n-
heptane/air flames at different ignition Damkӧhler numbers which are the ratios between …

Experimental Observation of Negative Temperature Dependence in iso-Octane Burning Velocities

AJ Susa, AM Ferris, DF Davidson, RK Hanson - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
The average burning velocities S¯ b of premixed, spherically expanding iso-octane flames
are reported for flame radii from 0.75 to 1.75 cm between 400 and 900 K, near 1 atm …

A direct numerical simulation study of the dilution tolerance of propane combustion under spark-ignition engine conditions

W Ge, FDF Chuahy, P Zhang, R Sankaran… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Modern spark ignition internal combustion (IC) engines rely on highly diluted fuel-air
mixtures to achieve high brake thermal efficiencies. To support this, new engine designs …

Laminar flame speed and autoignition characteristics of surrogate jet fuel blended with hydrogen

X Gong, X Wang, H Zhou, Z Ren - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen combustion has emerged as one promising option toward the achievement of
carbon-neutral in aviation. In this study, the effects of hydrogen addition on laminar flame …

Numerical studies on autoignition and detonation development from a hot spot in hydrogen/air mixtures

Y Gao, P Dai, Z Chen - Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Detonation development inside spark ignition engines can result in the so called super-
knock with extremely high pressure oscillation above 200 atm. In this study, numerical …

Burning velocities of R-32/O2/N2 mixtures: Experimental measurements and development of a validated detailed chemical kinetic model

DR Burgess Jr, RR Burrell, VI Babushok… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work entails characterizing the flammability of the refrigerant R-32 (CH 2 F 2) by both
experimental measurements and modeling. Burning velocities S u were measured using a …

Structure and propagation speed of autoignition-assisted flames of jet fuels

X Gong, Q Xie, H Zhou, Z Ren - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
The flame structure and propagation speed of autoignition-assisted fuel-lean and fuel-rich
flames of jet fuels are numerically and analytically investigated at elevated pressures and …

Initiation and propagation of one-dimensional planar flames in mixtures with variable reaction progress

G Xiao, H Ge, P Zhao - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
In light of the recent high temperature flame experiment conducted in a shock tube, the main
objective of the present study is to understand flame initiation regimes and propagation …

Laminar flame speed measurements of primary reference fuels at extreme temperatures

AJ Susa, L Zheng, ZD Nygaard… - Internal …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Experimentally measured values of the laminar flame speed (SL) are reported for the
primary reference fuels over a range of unburned-gas temperatures (Tu) spanning from …