Spray, droplet evaporation, combustion, and emission characteristics of future transport fuels for compression-ignition engines: A review

SK Leang, N Hashimoto, O Fujita - Journal of Traffic and Transportation …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review examines the potential of hydrogen, ammonia, and biodiesel as alternative
fuels, focusing on spray dynamics, droplet evaporation, combustion, and emissions …

Experimental and numerical study on direct injection of liquid ammonia and its injection timing in an ammonia-biodiesel dual injection engine

E Nadimi, G Przybyła, T Løvås, G Peczkis, W Adamczyk - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia is an alternative carbon-free fuel that can be easily stored in a liquid phase, unlike
hydrogen, and then directly utilized in diesel engines. Hence, a single-cylinder diesel …

Numerical study on the phase change and spray characteristics of liquid ammonia flash spray

Z An, J Xing, R Kurose - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia is regarded as one of the carbon-free alternative fuels for energy systems. The
direct utilization of liquid ammonia in gas turbines can reduce the complexity and start-up …

Experimental investigation of high-pressure liquid ammonia injection under non-flash boiling and flash boiling conditions

Y Fang, X Ma, Y Zhang, Y Li, K Zhang, C Jiang, Z Wang… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Liquid ammonia is an ideal zero-carbon fuel for internal combustion engines. High-pressure
injection is a key technology in organizing ammonia combustion. Characteristics of high …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progresses in research on liquid ammonia spray and combustion: A review

Z An, J Xing, R Kurose - Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2024 - Elsevier
As climate change intensifies, the global push for de-carbonization highlights the urgent
need for carbon-free fuels. Ammonia (NH 3), with zero carbon emissions and a notable …

Numerical simulation and spray model development of liquid ammonia injection under diesel-engine conditions

J Zhang, D Chen, S Lai, J Li, H Huang, N Kobayashi - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Ammonia is regarded as a promising alternative fuel in internal combustion engine for its
potential to reduce carbon emissions. Injection process of liquid ammonia will affect air-fuel …

Molecular dynamics study on phase change characteristics of liquid ammonia in hydrogen-rich environments

F Chen, Y Zhang, P Yi, M Jia, H Duan - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study employs molecular dynamics simulations to study the phase change behavior of
liquid ammonia within a hydrogen-rich environment under varying ambient pressure …

Analysis of group evaporation characteristics of droplet clusters in an evaporating spray

N Pandurangan, S Sahu - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Droplet clustering in sprays refers to the dynamic evolution of highly concentrated regions
due to the preferential accumulation of the polydisperse droplets in the turbulent airflow …

Effect of preheated air temperature on a liquid ammonia flash spray in a swirl combustor

J Liu, M Zhang, Z An, J Wang, Z Huang - Droplet, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia is a suitable carbon‐free alternative fuel for power equipment. Direct combustion
of liquid ammonia has the potential to reduce system costs and heat loss of gas turbine (GT) …

A novel concept of pre-chamber turbulent jet ignition-induced liquid ammonia spray flame

L Zhong, W Zhao, H Wei, G Shu, L Zhou - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Ammonia is one of the most promising alternative fuels owing to its nature of zero-carbon
emission. However, the weak ignition characteristic of ammonia imposes a great hindrance …