Nanomaterials as fuel additives in diesel engines: A review of current state, opportunities, and challenges

T Kegl, AK Kralj, B Kegl, M Kegl - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials exhibit excellent properties, allowing them to act as fuel additives to improve
diesel engine characteristics. This review highlights the unique potentials of nanomaterials …

Micro-explosion phenomenon: Conditions and benefits

DV Antonov, RM Fedorenko, PA Strizhak - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adding water to fuel droplets is known to lead to puffing and micro-explosion. Puffing and
micro-explosion lead to a rapid increase in the liquid fuel surface area. This, in turn, leads to …

[HTML][HTML] High-speed imaging and statistics of puffing and micro-exploding droplets in spray-flame synthesis

N Jüngst, I Skenderović, BA Südholt… - Applications in Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermally-induced breakup of metal-precursor-laden droplets in spray-flame synthesis
occurs via a rapid and disruptive disintegration, ie,“puffing” and “micro-explosion”. To assess …

Numerical analysis of secondary droplets characteristics due to drop impacting on 3D cylinders considering dynamic contact angle

J Alinejad, MM Peiravi - Meccanica, 2020 - Springer
This study is investigating three-dimensional numerical simulation of a Newtonian droplet
impact and break on two square cylinders based on dynamic contact angle of droplet at the …

Flame spread and combustion characteristics of two adjacent jatropha oil droplets

J Wang, H Zhang, Q Zhang, X Qiao, X Wang, D Ju… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the flame spread and combustion characteristics of two
jatropha oil droplets, droplet A and B. Specifically, the pyrolysis characteristics of jatropha oil …

Graphene oxide doped ethanol droplet combustion: Ignition delay and contribution of atomization to burning rate

S Mosadegh, A Ghaffarkhah, C van der Kuur… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of graphene oxide nanomaterials addition and oxidation level on ignition
delay and burning rate of ethanol droplets are experimentally investigated. Three graphene …

Effects of turbulence intensity and n-pentanol concentration on droplet evaporation and auto-ignition

Y Zhang, R Huang, Y Zhou, T Zhou, C Tao, Y Huang… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Evaporation and auto-ignition characteristics of an n-pentanol-diesel droplet are
investigated under a high-temperature (900 K) and turbulent environment. Turbulence …

The role of atomization in the coupling between doped droplets dynamics and their flames

S Mosadegh, S Kheirkhah - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The droplet and flame chemiluminescence dynamics and their coupling during atomization
events of graphene oxide doped diesel are investigated experimentally. The tested doping …

Effect of 2, 5-dimethylfuran concentration on micro-explosive combustion characteristics of biodiesel droplet

F Zhou, J Wang, X Zhou, X Qiao, X Wen - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Micro-explosive combustion is considered as an effective way to improve combustion
efficiency in combustor. In this work, the micro-explosive combustion characteristics of …

On promoted combustion stability of kerosene/ethanol blends at wide low temperatures: Fuel reactivity improvement and Leidenfrost effect suppression

Z Zhao, X Huang, H Sheng, H Liu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the progress in interpretation of Leidenfrost effect suppression for heat transfer
enhancement, a knowledge gap still exists in explaining its effects on low-temperature …