Modeling soot formation in flames and reactors: Recent progress and current challenges

MJ Thomson - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
The study of soot has long been motivated by its adverse impacts on health and the
environment. However, this combustion knowledge is also relevant to the production of …

Morphological characterization of aggregates and agglomerates by image analysis: A systematic literature review

L Théodon, J Debayle, C Coufort-Saudejaud - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The morphological characterization of aggregates or agglomerates using image analysis is
an increasingly active area of research, whether in the chemical, environmental or civil …

Enhanced light absorption and radiative forcing by black carbon agglomerates

GA Kelesidis, D Neubauer, LS Fan… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The climate models of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change list black carbon
(BC) as an important contributor to global warming based on its radiative forcing (RF) …

Toward elimination of soot emissions from jet fuel combustion

GA Kelesidis, A Nagarkar, U Trivanovic… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Soot from jet fuel combustion in aircraft engines contributes to global warming through the
formation of contrail cirrus clouds that make up to 56% of the total radiative forcing from …

[HTML][HTML] Process design for carbon black size and morphology

GA Kelesidis, S Benz, SE Pratsinis - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
The structure (size and morphology) of carbon black (CB) largely determines its
performance in tires, inks, batteries etc. Here, the impact of CB process synthesis variables …

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 …

A perspective on gas-phase synthesis of nanomaterials: Process design, impact and outlook

GA Kelesidis, SE Pratsinis - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
For over a century, gas-phase (aerosol) technology has enabled manufacture of
nanostructured commodities (ie carbon black, fumed oxides and metals) at high …

Size-dependent mass absorption cross-section of soot particles from various sources

JC Corbin, TJ Johnson, F Liu, TA Sipkens, MP Johnson… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
The mass absorption cross-section (MAC) of combustion-generated soot is used in pollution
and emissions measurements to quantify the mass concentration of soot and in atmospheric …

Modelling of soot coalescence and aggregation with a two-population balance equation model and a conservative finite volume method

B Sun, S Rigopoulos, A Liu - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of the present paper is to develop a population balance approach for
modelling soot formation that distinguishes between coalescence and aggregation and …

Soot formation from n-heptane counterflow diffusion flames: Two-dimensional and oxygen effects

D Zheng, A Nobili, A Cuoci, M Pelucchi, X Hui… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soot formation of n-heptane is experimentally and numerically studied in low-strain rate (K=
50 s− 1) counterflow soot formation (SF) flames. Flame temperatures and soot volume …