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 …

Understanding cool flames and warm flames

Y Ju - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-temperature flames such as cool flames, warm flames, double flames, and auto-ignition
assisted flames play a critical role in the performance of advanced engines and fuel design …

Assessment of numerical accuracy and parallel performance of OpenFOAM and its reacting flow extension EBIdnsFoam

T Zirwes, M Sontheimer, F Zhang, A Abdelsamie… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2023 - Springer
OpenFOAM is one of the most widely used open-source computational fluid dynamics tools
and often employed for chemical engineering applications. However, there is no systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in combustion science related to hydrogen safety

JX Wen, ES Hecht, R Mevel - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a key pillar in the global Net Zero strategy. Rapid scaling up of hydrogen
production, transport, distribution and utilization is expected. This entails that hydrogen …

On the influence of material and shape of the hot particles on the ignition characteristics of coal dust

X Shi, H Wu, P Jin, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, F Jiao, Y Zhang… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The multi-field coupling of coal dust ignited by hot particles of different shapes and materials
has not been studied in detail, which is an important basis for understanding the multiphase …

Effects of low-temperature chemical reactions on ignition kernel development and flame propagation in a DME-air mixing layer

Y Wang, W Han, T Zirwes, F Zhang, H Bockhorn… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of chemical reactions at low-temperature (ie, low-temperature chemistry, LTC)
and LTC-induced cool flames on autoignition and premixed flame propagation has been …

Dynamics of premixed hydrogen/air flames in unsteady flow

F Zhang, T Zirwes, Y Wang, Z Chen, H Bockhorn… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Fully resolved numerical simulations with finite rate chemical reactions and detailed
molecular diffusion have been conducted for a series of laminar premixed hydrogen–air …

Heat Release Rate Markers for Highly Stretched Premixed CH4/Air and CH4/H2/Air Flames

X Chen, Y Wang, T Zirwes, F Zhang, H Bockhorn… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Accurate quantification of heat release rate (HRR) profiles is useful for identifying important
combustion processes in practical engines. This study aims to show whether the …

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 …

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 …