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 …

Laser-induced incandescence: Particulate diagnostics for combustion, atmospheric, and industrial applications

HA Michelsen, C Schulz, GJ Smallwood… - Progress in Energy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The understanding of soot formation in combustion processes and the optimization of
practical combustion systems require in situ measurement techniques that can provide …

Probing soot formation, chemical and physical evolution, and oxidation: A review of in situ diagnostic techniques and needs

HA Michelsen - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
Soot is responsible for notoriously detrimental effects on human health, air quality, and
global and regional climate. Controlling soot emissions to the atmosphere will require …

Study of the formation of soot and its precursors in flames using optical diagnostics

P Desgroux, X Mercier, KA Thomson - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2013 - Elsevier
Soot particle emission from combustion processes is a significant environmental and health
problem. Optical detection is clearly the only viable choice for in situ PAH and soot …

Review of recent literature on the light absorption properties of black carbon: Refractive index, mass absorption cross section, and absorption function

F Liu, J Yon, A Fuentes, P Lobo… - Aerosol Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Knowledge of the optical properties of soot black carbon (BC) is required for the
prediction of the radiative effects of freshly-emitted and aged BC particles. Here we review …

HOMO-LUMO gaps of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their implication on the quantum confinement behavior of flame-formed carbon nanoparticles

N Kateris, AS Jayaraman, H Wang - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flame-formed carbon nanoparticles exhibit apparent size-dependent optical and electronic
band gaps, consistent with the quantum confinement effect found in semiconductor …

Analysis of black carbon in environmental and biological media: Recent progresses and challenges

Z Shu, C Huang, K Min, C Long, L Liu, J Tan… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Black carbon is a byproduct of incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons and it has attracted
widespread attention in various fields such as atmospheric chemistry, climate change, and …

Laser diagnostics and chemical kinetic analysis of PAHs and soot in co-flow partially premixed flames using diesel surrogate and oxygenated additives of n-butanol …

H Liu, P Zhang, X Liu, B Chen, C Geng, B Li… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of oxygenated fuels on soot reduction strongly depend on the base fuel.
Interesting candidates from oxygenated fuels in this respect include both n-butanol and 2, 5 …

Effects of maturity and temperature on soot density and specific heat

HA Michelsen - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an analysis of measurements of density and specific heat, coupled with
X-ray crystallography data, for 47 solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) spanning a …

Wavelength dependence of extinction in sooting flat premixed flames in the visible and near-infrared regimes

J Simonsson, NE Olofsson, S Török, PE Bengtsson… - Applied Physics B, 2015 - Springer
A diode-laser-based setup was used for extinction measurements at various heights in two
flat premixed sooting ethylene/air flames in order to investigate the wavelength dependence …