Probing soot formation, chemical and physical evolution, and oxidation: A review of in situ diagnostic techniques and needs

HA Michelsen - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
Soot is responsible for notoriously detrimental effects on human health, air quality, and
global and regional climate. Controlling soot emissions to the atmosphere will require …

Studies of aromatic hydrocarbon formation mechanisms in flames: Progress towards closing the fuel gap

CS McEnally, LD Pfefferle, B Atakan… - Progress in Energy and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Two critical steps towards soot production in combustors are the decomposition of the fuel
and the subsequent formation of aromatic hydrocarbons with one to three benzenoid rings …

Formation of nascent soot and other condensed-phase materials in flames

H Wang - Proceedings of the Combustion institute, 2011 - Elsevier
Over the last two decades, our understanding of soot formation has evolved from an
empirical, phenomenological description to an age of quantitative modeling for at least small …

Combustion-formed nanoparticles

A D'Anna - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2009 - Elsevier
The processes by which carbonaceous nanoparticles are produced from combustion of
liquid and gaseous fuels are reviewed. The focus of the paper is on the formation and …

The core–shell internal nanostructure of soot–A criterion to model soot maturity

MR Kholghy, A Veshkini, MJ Thomson - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
A novel model called Surface Shell Formation (SSF) is developed which predicts soot
maturity based on the equilibrium nanostructure of poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) …

Blue, green and yellow carbon dots derived from pyrogenic carbon: structure and fluorescence behaviour

C Russo, A Carpentieri, A Tregrossi, A Ciajolo… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluorescence lifetimes and quantum yields featuring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and other organics constituting pyrogenic carbon particulate matter (PM) are seldom …

Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy of aromatic species produced in atmospheric sooting flames using UV and visible excitation wavelengths

S Bejaoui, X Mercier, P Desgroux, E Therssen - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, laser induced fluorescence (LIF) has been applied to probe PAHs in two
atmospheric sooting flames: a premixed flat flame of methane and a Diesel turbulent spray …

A review of the development and application of soot modelling for modern diesel engines and the soot modelling for different fuels

Z Yin, S Liu, D Tan, Z Zhang, Z Wang… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the increasing consumption of conventional fuels has led to rising pollutant
emissions, among which soot has received much attention due to its harmful effects. In this …

Intermolecular potential calculations for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon clusters

JD Herdman, JH Miller - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2008 - ACS Publications
Calculations of intermolecular potentials are presented for homo-molecular and hetero-
molecular clusters of 24 peri-condensed PAH spanning monomer masses ranging from 78 …

Investigation of optical properties of aging soot

F Migliorini, KA Thomson, GJ Smallwood - Applied Physics B, 2011 - Springer
The optical properties of soot, in particular the propensity of soot to absorb and scatter light
as a function of wavelength, are key parameters for the correct interpretation of soot optical …