A review on ignition in expanding gaseous media

Y Tan, R Mével, YC Liu - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023 - Elsevier
Fundamental research on detonation is relevant to industrial safety issues, propulsion and
energy production applications, and internal combustion engines. Detonation waves are …

The mechanism of detonation attenuation by a porous medium and its subsequent re-initiation

MI Radulescu, BMN Maxwell - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2011 - cambridge.org
The attenuation and re-initiation mechanism of detonations transmitted through a porous
section consisting of a two-dimensional array of staggered cylinders was investigated …

Spherically expanding flame simulations using Cantera coupled to an unsteady Lagrangian formulation

B Maxwell, R Mével, J Melguizo-Gavilanes - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A Lagrangian-based one-dimensional approach has been applied, using Cantera libraries,
to study the dynamics of spherically expanding flames. Detailed reaction models have been …

Ignition limits of rapidly expanding diffusion layers: Application to unsteady hydrogen jets

BM Maxwell, MI Radulescu - Combustion and flame, 2011 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses the ignition problem of a one-dimensional unsteady diffusion
layer of fuel and oxidizer, undergoing volumetric expansion. The problem is applied to shock …

Real gas effects on the dynamics of a reactive diffusion layer: Application to the study of spontaneous ignition limit of pressurized hydrogen jet

Z Weng, Y Tan, BM Maxwell, R Mével - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2024 - Elsevier
The spontaneous ignition of hydrogen accidentally released from pressurized equipment
poses safety risk to the utilization of hydrogen as an energy carrier. This work aims at …

The effect of finite molecular volume on the propagation of unsteady spherical flame front

Z Weng, Y Zhang, BMN Maxwell, R Mével - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
An asymptotic analysis on the dynamics of adiabatic and nonadiabatic spherically
expanding laminar flame was performed for real gas described by the Noble-Abel equation …

Critical ignition in rapidly expanding self-similar flows

MI Radulescu, BM Maxwell - Physics of Fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The generic problem of ignition of a particle undergoing an expansion given by a power law
rate of decay behind a decaying shock is addressed in the present study. It is demonstrated …

[PDF][PDF] Real gas effects on the spontaneous ignition limit of pressurized hydrogen jet

Z Weng, Y Tan, BM Maxwell, R Mevel - researchgate.net
The spontaneous ignition of hydrogen accidentally released from pressurized equipment
poses safety risk to the utilization of hydrogen as an energy carrier. From the safety point of …

On the Effect of Variable Opening Geometries, and Operating Conditions on High Pressure Hydrogen Releases: Ignition Risks

W Nakhle - 2013 - spectrum.library.concordia.ca
Understanding and predicting the behavior of pressurized hydrogen when released into air
is needed for the safe utilization of hydrogen. Analysis based on Computational Fluid …