Progress in experimental investigations on evaporation characteristics of a fuel droplet

Z Wang, B Yuan, Y Huang, J Cao, Y Wang… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Investigating the evaporation characteristics of a fuel droplet is critical for understanding
spray and combustion processes, which provides valuable information and guidance for …

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 …

A new approach to modelling micro-explosions in composite droplets

SS Sazhin, T Bar-Kohany, Z Nissar, D Antonov… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new approach to modelling puffing and micro-explosion in composite water/fuel droplets is
proposed. This approach is based on the assumption previously made that a spherical water …

Puffing/micro-explosion in composite fuel/water droplets heated in flames

DV Antonov, RM Fedorenko, PA Strizhak, Z Nissar… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The results of new experimental and theoretical investigations of puffing and micro-
explosion of rapeseed oil/water droplets placed in ethanol and propane/butane mixture …

Mist formation during micro-explosion of emulsion droplets

H Zhang, Z Lu, T Wang, Z Che - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The micro-explosion of emulsion droplets plays an important role in promoting atomization,
improving combustion efficiency, and reducing pollutant emissions. In this experimental …

A simple model for breakup time prediction of water-heavy fuel oil emulsion droplets

S Fostiropoulos, G Strotos, N Nikolopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Immiscible heavy fuel-water (W/HFO) emulsion droplets inside combustion chambers are
subjected to explosive boiling and fragmentation due to the different boiling point between …

Experimental study of micro-explosion and puffing of gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuel blends by suspended droplet method

MAF Rosli, ARA Aziz, MA Ismael, NO Elbashir… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a set of GTL–diesel fuel blends (G20, G50, G80, and G100, where the number
represents the percentage of GTL fuel in the fuel blend) are prepared. Subsequently, using …

Physical and mathematical models of micro-explosions: achievements and directions of improvement

DV Antonov, RM Fedorenko, LS Yanovskiy… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The environmental, economic, and energy problems of the modern world motivate the
development of alternative fuel technologies. Multifuel technology can help reduce the …

Effect of rheology and interfacial tension on spreading of emulsion drops impacting a solid surface

M Piskunov, A Semyonova, N Khomutov… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents an experimental and theoretical study of Newtonian and non-
Newtonian (Bingham plastic) emulsion drop impact on a solid non-heated surface. The …

Enhanced micro-explosion to improve the yield of light oil in catalytic cracking of water-in-heavy oil emulsion prepared by continuous membrane emulsification

C Yuan, K Zhou, Y Wang, Y Xie, W Jing, W Xing - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane emulsification provides new ideas for improving the atomization performance of
high viscosity heavy oil in catalytic cracking process, thereby improving the distribution of …