Impact of lower and higher alcohols on the physicochemical properties of particulate matter from diesel engines: A review

MA Ghadikolaei, PK Wong, CS Cheung, Z Ning… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The literature reveals that fossil fuels will continue to be the main energy source for
transportation fleets up to 2050, despite their non-renewability and the emissions of …

Nanostructure quantification of turbostratic carbon by HRTEM image analysis: State of the art, biases, sensitivity and best practices

P Toth - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) has been a widely
used technique for the analysis of nanostructure of turbostratic carbon. Since the late …

The impact of chemical composition of oxygenated fuels on morphology and nanostructure of soot particles

P Verma, M Jafari, SMA Rahman, E Pickering… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the years, oxygenated fuels such as biodiesel and alcohol fuels have been useful in
reducing particulate matter (PM) emissions of diesel engines. The presence of oxygen in the …

Quantification of soot nanostructure produced from a diesel engine fueled with C3 ketone

MS Almanzalawy, MF Elkady, S Mori, AE Elwardany - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The soot emission is an urgent problem that deserves extensive studies to suppress it. The
smallest ketone was investigated in this study as a soot suppressor in a diesel engine. The …

[HTML][HTML] Relating aerosol mass spectra to composition and nanostructure of soot particles

VB Malmborg, AC Eriksson, S Török, Y Zhang, K Kling… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
The composition and carbon nanostructure of soot are important parameters influencing
health and climate effects, and the efficacy of soot mitigation technologies. We used laser …

Effects of methyl group on aromatic hydrocarbons on the nanostructures and oxidative reactivity of combustion-generated soot

GDJG Peña, MM Alrefaai, SY Yang, A Raj, JL Brito… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The substituted and unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons, present in transportation fuels
such as gasoline and diesel, are thought to be responsible for most of the soot particles …

Physicochemical properties of soot generated from toluene diffusion flames: effects of fuel flow rate

GDJG Peña, A Raj, S Stephen, T Anjana… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aromatic hydrocarbons are commonly found in fossil-derived transportation fuels, and their
combustion in engines produce most of the observed soot particles. Toluene is an important …

Comparison of manual and automatic approaches for characterisation of morphology and nanostructure of soot particles

P Verma, E Pickering, N Savic, A Zare, R Brown… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study is an attempt to compare the manual and automatic approaches for analysis of
the morphology and nanostructure of soot particles. The automated methodology is …

The influence of a large methyl ester on in-flame soot particle structures in a small-bore diesel engine

Y Zhang, R Zhang, L Rao, D Kim, S Kook - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Oxygenated biodiesel presents lower sooting propensity than conventional diesel, providing
a good opportunity to resolve the high particulate emissions issue. This study reports soot …

The soot particle formation process inside the piston bowl of a small-bore diesel engine

Y Zhang, D Kim, L Rao, R Zhang, S Kook, KS Kim… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study unveils the soot formation processes occurring inside the piston-bowl of a
small-bore diesel engine by conducting the thermophoresis-based soot sampling …