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 …

Zeolitic imidazolate framework as humidity-resistant solid state-chemiresistive gas sensors: A review

M Lesego, DT Ndinteh, P Ndungu, MA Mamo - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
With significant technological advances, solid-state gas sensors have been extensively
applied to detect toxic gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in confined areas such …

The impact of organic carbon on soot light absorption

GA Kelesidis, CA Bruun, SE Pratsinis - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
The impact of organic carbon (OC) on the light absorption of soot is determined by discrete
element modeling coupled with the discrete dipole approximation for computing the …

Hydrogen, sp2 Carbon Hybridization, and sp2 Clustering as Pieces of the Puzzling Nanostructure of Soot: A Closer Look

C Russo, B Apicella, A Ciajolo - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
This paper reviews recent results concerning specific structure-sensitive parameters of soot
such as the content of hydrogen and the size and shape of sp2-hybridized carbon featuring …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of alcohol, carbonate and polyethers as oxygenated fuels on the soot characteristics from a CI engine

YR Tan, Q Zhu, Y Zong, J Lai, M Salamanca, J Akroyd… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Dimethyl carbonate (DMC), ethanol (EtOH), polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether 1
(PODE1) and polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether 4 (PODE4) were blended with Jet A1 into …

Fluorescent carbon dots synthesis in premixed flames: Influence of the equivalence ratio

C Russo, B Apicella, A La Rocca, M Sirignano - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Flame synthesis could represent a controllable method for production of carbon dots (CDs)
with tunable emission properties, alternative to process involving oxidation agents and wet …

Determination of the volume fraction of soot accounting for its composition and morphology

GA Kelesidis, SE Pratsinis - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
The soot volume fraction, fv, is essential for combustion engineering, air quality and climate
modeling. It is commonly obtained from mobility or optical data assuming soot spheres of …

Inhibition of electric field on inception soot formation: A ReaxFF MD and DFT study

W Zhou, X Pan, MH Wai, Z Jia, W Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The attenuation of soot formation from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during the fuel
combustion process is important to human health and environmental pollution. This work …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon nanostructure and reactivity of soot particles from non-intrusive methods based on UV-VIS spectroscopy and time-resolved laser-induced …

FP Hagen, D Kretzler, T Häber, H Bockhorn, R Suntz… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to derive morphological and nanostructural properties of soot
as well as the reactivity against low-temperature oxidation by O 2 from easily measurable …

[HTML][HTML] Separation and online optical characterization of fluorescent components of pyrogenic carbons for carbon dots identification

C Russo, A Ciajolo, F Stanzione, A Tregrossi… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Optical features of fluorescent components of pyrogenic carbons as flame-formed carbon
particulate matter (PM) were studied by setting up a facile and fast method (SEC-Abs/Fluo) …