A fuel-focused review of pre-chamber initiated combustion

G Trombley, E Toulson - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This review covers efforts to optimize combustion in spark ignition and compression ignition
engines using pre-chamber ignition systems, with a focus on the fuel used in the pre …

Optimized synthetic data and semi-supervised learning for Derived Cetane Number prediction

M Sheyyab, PT Lynch, EK Mayhew, K Brezinsky - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Derived Cetane Number (DCN) serves as a critical indicator for assessing the
ignition quality of fuels in diesel engines. Training generalized regression models for DCN is …

Thermal cyclodimerization of isoprene for the production of high-performance sustainable aviation fuel

JD Woodroffe, BG Harvey - Energy Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Isoprene was converted to a jet fuel blendstock through thermal cyclodimerization followed
by hydrogenation. The dimerization was performed at moderate temperature (200° C) and …

Soot particles undergo in-cylinder oxidation again via EGR recirculated gas: Analysis of exhaust soot particle characteristics

B Zhao, X Liang, K Wang, X Lv, Y Wang - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is one of the effective methods to control NOx emission from
diesel engine. The present study focused on the amount of soot particles that are back into …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion and hygroscopicity of particles from diesel and biodiesel combustion in an environmental chamber

P Ni, Z Zhang, H Xu, X Wang, Q Xia - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
High humidity promotes the growth and agglomeration of particles, which accelerates
particle deposition. The particles emitted from the natural combustion of diesel (B0), palm oil …

The flame length measurements of oxygen-enriched carbon dioxide-diluted methane inverse diffusion flames

C Chu, P Liu, I Alsheikh, F Aydin… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Autothermal reforming (ATR), which uses the inverse diffusion flame (IDF) configuration, is a
promising technology to economically mass-produce hydrogen, which is seen as a key …

In-flame soot structure of a jet fuel with 24% aromatics in a small-bore optical compression-ignition engine

R Tian, S Kook, K Iljima, T Aizawa, KS Kim… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study applies a multi-location soot sampling method in a small-bore optical
compression ignition engine to show in-flame particle evolution of a surrogate jet fuel with …

Development of two diesel surrogates focusing on the soot emission under engine-like conditions

S Zhu, W Shen, Z Liu, X Liang, Q Wu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Threshold sooting index (TSI) is one of the critical properties related to the soot emission of
diesel. Investigating the effects of TSI on the prediction of soot emission and the response of …

Effect of Temperature on Morphologies and Microstructures of Soot Particles in the Diesel Exhaust Pipe

H Ju, F Bian, M Wei, Y Zhang - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Insulating cotton was used to change the airflow temperature in the exhaust pipe of a diesel
engine, and soot particles at different positions in the exhaust pipe under different operating …

Introduction to Renewable Fuels for Sustainable Mobility

PC Shukla, G Belgiorno, G Di Blasio… - Renewable Fuels for …, 2023 - Springer
Transportation sector is facing new challenges in terms of stringent vehicle tailpipe
emissions and CO2 emission reduction, moving the sector towards decarbonisation. In this …