Soot inception: Carbonaceous nanoparticle formation in flames

JW Martin, M Salamanca, M Kraft - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2022 - Elsevier
The route by which gas-phase molecules in hydrocarbon flames form condensed-phase
carbonaceous nanoparticles (incipient soot) is reviewed. These products of incomplete …

Combustion chemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons

H Jin, W Yuan, W Li, J Yang, Z Zhou, L Zhao… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aromatic hydrocarbons are important components of petroleum-based transportation fuels,
biomass, coal, and solid waste, etc. The reaction kinetics of aromatic hydrocarbons largely …

Analytics driving kinetics: advanced mass spectrometric characterization of petroleum products

A Bojkovic, FH Vermeire, M Kuzmanovic… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The current state-of-the-art analysis techniques for petroleum fractions has progressed
substantially during the past decade. This has helped to further improve the lumping …

High-fidelity Reaction Kinetic Modeling of Hot-Jupiter Atmospheres Incorporating Thermal and UV Photochemistry Enhanced by Metastable CO (a3Π)

J Yang, MS Gudipati, BL Henderson… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A detailed modeling of simultaneous UV-photochemical and thermochemical processes in
exoplanet atmosphere-like conditions is essential for the analysis and interpretation of a vast …

Regulation of organic hydrocarbon pollutants in coal volatiles combustion with CO2 addition

C Chen, Q Yang, R Zhang, D Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering the important effect of coal volatiles combustion on coal-fired organic pollutants
formation, coal pyrolysis gas was selected as fuel in this work. Spatial profiles of light …

Predicting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation with an automatically generated mechanism for acetylene pyrolysis

M Liu, TC Chu, A Jocher, MC Smith… - … Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Using Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG), we have automatically constructed a
detailed mechanism for acetylene pyrolysis, which predicts formation of polycyclic aromatic …

[HTML][HTML] Neural network potential-based molecular investigation of thermal decomposition mechanisms of ethylene and ammonia

Z Xing, RSM Freitas, X Jiang - Energy and AI, 2024 - Elsevier
This study developed neural network potentials (NNPs) specifically tailored for pure
ethylene and ethylene-ammonia blended systems for the first time. The NNPs were trained …

Don't forget the trans: double bond isomerism radical-acetylene growth reactions affect the primary stages of PAH and soot formation

PD Kelly, JA Turner, OJ Shiels, G da Silva… - Physical Chemistry …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
In combustion, acetylene is a key species in molecular-weight growth reactions that form
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and ultimately soot particles. Radical addition to …

C 14 H 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation by acetylene addition to naphthalenyl radicals observed

J Yang, MC Smith, MB Prendergast, TC Chu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during combustion has a
substantial impact on environmental pollution and public health. The hydrogen-abstraction …

PAH growth assisted by five-membered ring: pyrene formation from acenaphthylene

A Raj - Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
To investigate the role of five-membered rings in the growth of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) in flames, the conversion of acenaphthylene to pyrene with substituted …