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 …

Spark ignition transitions in premixed turbulent combustion

SS Shy - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent discoveries and developments on the dynamic process of premixed turbulent spark
ignition are reviewed. The focus here is on the variation of turbulent minimum ignition …

On the flow-facilitated ignition in a mixture with low Lewis number

X Chen, H Böttler, S Xie, A Scholtissek, W Han… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The imposed laminar flow has been shown to facilitate ignition under certain conditions in
our previous work (Chen et al. 2023). Such flow-facilitated ignition (FFI) was observed only …

Roles of fuel composition on the ignition process of endothermic hydrocarbons

H Liu, S Zheng, X Chen, T Wang, R Sui, Q Lu - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the characteristics of heat absorption and decomposition, endothermic hydrocarbon
fuels (EHFs) have been widely used in scramjets for thermal protection and heat …

Forced ignition of premixed cool and hot DME/air flames in a laminar counterflow

Y Wang, S Xie, H Böttler, Y Wang, X Chen… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, low-temperature chemistry (LTC) and LTC-induced cool flames have attracted
extensive interest since they can substantially influence the ignition process and accelerate …

Effects of partial fuel cracking on the forced ignition and spherical flame propagation in ammonia/air mixtures

Z Qu, Y Wang, X Chen, Z Chen - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
As a zero-carbon fuel, ammonia has promising applications and thereby has received great
attention recently. However, compared to traditional hydrocarbon fuels, ammonia has very …

Analysis on ignition kernel formation in a quiescent mixture: Different characteristic time scales and critical heating powers

D Yu, X Chen, Z Chen - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Flame ignition is one of the most fundamental and ubiquitous problems in the field of
combustion. Flame ignition in a quiescent flammable mixture consists of two phases: ignition …

Initial flame propagation characteristics of the hydrogen spherical premixed flame

P Chen, T Shen, Y Xie, X Su - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen energy is considered as one of the most recognized future energy systems by
most of countries. Much hydrogen related technologies have been developed such as H 2 …

Propagation and self-acceleration of circular expanding hydrogen/air flames at cryogenic temperature

L Yang, Y Wang, Z Chen - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is an attractive alternative fuel which may play an important role in the reduction of
carbon dioxide emission. The widespread use of hydrogen raises concerns on safety issues …

An experimental investigation on a flow-facilitated ignition at reduced and normal pressures for small, near-unity and large Lewis number of hydrogen/air and …

SS Shy - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
At sufficiently small spark gap (d gap= 0.64 mm) and at sub-atmospheric pressure (p= 0.3
atm), a numerical simulation by Chen et al.(2023) reported a flow-facilitated ignition (FFI) …