Premixed flame ignition: Theoretical development

D Yu, Z Chen - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Premixed flame ignition is a fundamental issue in combustion. A basic understanding of this
phenomenon is crucial for fire safety control and for the development of advanced …

Experimental measurements of n-heptane flame speeds behind reflected shock waves with variable extents of pre-flame auto-ignition chemistry

L Zheng, M Figueroa-Labastida, JW Streicher… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The flame speeds of premixed stoichiometric n-heptane/21% O 2-79% Ar (so-called
“airgon”) flames with different extents of pre-flame auto-ignition chemistry were …

Numerical studies on the ignition and propagation for spherically expanding premixed cool flames under gravitational conditions

Y Wang, X Guan, S Xie, M Zhou, Z Zhang, Z Chen… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cool flame speed is a fundamental parameter, which requires special consideration in
terrestrial measurement due to the slow propagation of the cool flame, the intrusion of …

Effects of ambient pressures on cool flames in n-dodecane spray studied with laser diagnostics and large-eddy simulations

Y Wei, Z Zhang, M Zhou, W Yu, X Zhang, J Hu, X Mi… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Cool flames, as a typical phenomenon in low-temperature combustion, have garnered wide
interests owing to their crucial role in engine performance and emissions. In the present …

Numerical study on forced ignition and flame propagation in a counterflow of nitrogen-diluted hydrogen versus air

S Xie, X Chen, Y Wang, T Zhang, Z Chen - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is widely perceived as the next generation of clean energy due to its zero carbon
emissions. However, there is an escalating concern regarding hydrogen safety. A deeper …

Studies of the dynamics of autoignition assisted outwardly propagating spherical cool and double flames under shock-tube conditions

T Zhang, AJ Susa, RK Hanson, Y Ju - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2021 - Elsevier
The initiation, propagation, and transition of the autoignition assisted spherical cool flame
and double flame are studied numerically and experimentally using n-heptane/air/He …

Deep mechanism reduction (DeePMR) method for fuel chemical kinetics

Z Wang, Y Zhang, P Lin, E Zhao, E Weinan… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fuel chemistry represents a typical complex system involving thousands of intermediate
species and elementary reactions. Traditional mechanism reduction methods, such as …

Flame speed scaling in autoignition-assisted freely propagating n-heptane/air flames

X Gong, Z Ren - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
Autoignition and flame propagation embody different controlling mechanisms for flame
stabilization in various modern combustion devices such as the internal combustion engines …

Laminar flame speed and autoignition characteristics of surrogate jet fuel blended with hydrogen

X Gong, X Wang, H Zhou, Z Ren - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen combustion has emerged as one promising option toward the achievement of
carbon-neutral in aviation. In this study, the effects of hydrogen addition on laminar flame …

Effects of ozone on n-heptane low temperature chemistry and premixed cool flames

MQ Brown, EL Belmont - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
Ozone (O 3) has been shown to accelerate low and high temperature chemistry and is a
promising strategy to effectively enhance and control combustion and ignition processes …