Recent advancements in sustainable aviation fuels

V Undavalli, OBG Olatunde, R Boylu, C Wei… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable alternative fuels, or SAFs, are recognized to have lower carbon footprints and
emit fewer greenhouse emissions. As a carbon-neutral alternative and intended drop-in …

Towards drop-in sustainable aviation fuels in aero engine combustors: Fuel effects on combustion performance

C Ruan, L Yu, X Lu - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) in aviation industry has emerged as a
key strategy for reducing the net carbon oxide (CO 2) emissions while minimizing …

[HTML][HTML] Spray characteristics of natural gas-based alternative jet fuel at high pressure ambient conditions

K Kannaiyan, R Sadr - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Alternative fuel like Gas-To-Liquid (GTL) jet fuel derived from natural gas is gaining
importance in aviation industry due to their cleaner-burning nature. In this context, this study …

The properties of sustainable aviation fuel I: Spray characteristics

JK Lin, W Abi Nurazaq, WC Wang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study measures the spray penetration, spray angle and spray volume of sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF) experimentally using an optical constant volume combustion chamber …

Experimental study on effects of prefilming and non-prefilming atomization on the combustion characteristics in a realistic full annular combustor

Z Wang, S Chen, K Gong, W Fan, C Li - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The interaction between liquid fuel and the walls poses a major challenge to using the
airblast atomizer in the combustor of an advanced aero-engine because the mechanism of …

[HTML][HTML] Denoising and fuel spray droplet detection from light-scattered images using deep learning

VR Hasti, D Shin - Energy and AI, 2022 - Elsevier
A deep learning-based method for denoising and detecting the gas turbine engine spray
droplets in the light-scattered image (Mie scattering) is proposed for the first time. A modified …

Predicting the Sauter mean diameter of swirl cup airblast fuel injector based on backpropagation (BP) neural network model

C Fang, F Liu, J Yang, S Wang, C Liu, Y Mu, G Xu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study was dedicated to introducing a new method for predicting the Sauter mean
diameter (SMD) buildup in the swirl cup airblast fuel injector. There have been considerable …

Evaluation of spray characteristics of aviation biofuels and Jet A-1 from a hybrid airblast atomizer

SK Vankeswaram, R Sakthikumar, S Deivandren… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2023 - Elsevier
Studies on the atomization characteristics of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) such as drop-in
aviation biofuels from aircraft engine atomizers are essential to counter the rise in aviation …

Identification of slurry fuel components in a spray flow

S Kerimbekova, G Kuznetsov, R Volkov, P Strizhak - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper presents the experimental research findings for the spraying characteristics of
promising composite fuels. Slurries were produced from typical coal processing waste (filter …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study and empirical modelling of direct-injection n-heptane sprays formed under flash-boiling conditions

J Bachanek, R Rogóż, K Pachler, R Tatschl… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of flash boiling on global structures of n-
heptane sprays formed by a multi-hole injector in a wide range of fuel temperatures and …