Soot formation mechanism of modern automobile engines and methods of reducing soot emissions: A review

E Jiaqiang, W Xu, Y Ma, D Tan, Q Peng, Y Tan… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the main pollutant emitted by automobile engines, soot particles have brought great harm
to the environment and human health. However, the soot formation process in automobile …

Vapor-phase production of nanomaterials

M Malekzadeh, MT Swihart - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of nanomaterials, with characteristic dimensions of 1 to 100 nm, is a key
component of nanotechnology. Vapor-phase synthesis of nanomaterials has numerous …

On the reactive coagulation of incipient soot nanoparticles

D Hou, L Pascazio, J Martin, Y Zhou, M Kraft… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we studied the coagulation process of two PAH clusters with diameter∼ 2 nm
using reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. To describe the coagulation process …

Coalescence of Al2O3/Al, MgO/Mg, and MgO/Al two nanoparticles during combustion

C She, J Gao, Z Wang, S Jin, M Chen, L Song… - Applied Surface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metal and metal oxide aggregates are easily sintered by migration–diffusion in combustion,
and the aggregates hold a complex morphological and structural variability that increases …

[HTML][HTML] On the fractal dimension of carbon black particles in pyrolysis flow reactors

A Khabazipur, N Eaves - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a numerical approach for simulating the internal morphology of carbon
black particles formed in a pyrolysis reactor. The simulation process involves a two-step …

Impact of the competition between aggregation and surface growth on the morphology of soot particles formed in an ethylene laminar premixed flame

J Morán, A Poux, J Yon - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Soot particle surface growth may have a significant impact on aggregation kinetics, particle
morphology, and both aggregate and monomer size distributions. Particularly, the …

Effects of Iron Addition on the Collision of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Clusters: A Molecular Dynamics Study

Y Zhou, D Hou, X You - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, soot particle size distributions in iron-doped premixed ethylene flames are
examined using scanning mobility particle sizer measurements. It is found that iron addition …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetic modeling of carbonaceous particle morphology, polydispersity and nanostructure through the discrete sectional approach

A Nobili, N Fanari, T Dinelli, E Cipriano, A Cuoci… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon nanoparticle (CNP) formation from hydrocarbons combustion is of high interest not
only for the study of pollutant (soot) emissions, but, above all, in the area of advanced …

Atomic insights into the sintering process of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon clusters

D Hou, Q Chu, D Chen, L Pascazio, M Kraft… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we studied the sintering process of two homogeneous polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon (PAH) clusters with diameters in the range of 3–6 nm using molecular …

Soot formation in asymmetrical ethylene jet flame-wall interactions

M Luo, H Ren, C Chen, D Liu - Journal of the Energy Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Soot from asymmetrical flame-wall interactions in inclined ethylene jet diffusion impinging
flames was studied. The soot morphology, nanostructure and oxidation reactivity were …