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 …

Self-similar propagation and turbulent burning velocity of CH4/H2/air expanding flames: Effect of Lewis number

X Cai, J Wang, Z Bian, H Zhao, M Zhang… - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study we clarify the role of differential diffusion characterized by effective Lewis
number, Le eff, on the self-similar accelerative propagation and the associated turbulent …

Spark ignition probability and minimum ignition energy transition of the lean iso-octane/air mixture in premixed turbulent combustion

LJ Jiang, SS Shy, MT Nguyen, SY Huang - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper measures turbulent spark ignition probability and minimum ignition energy (MIE)
of the pre-vaporized iso-octane/air mixture at an equivalence ratio ϕ= 0.8 at 373 K with Le≈ …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional spark versus nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge for a turbulence facilitated ignition phenomenon

MT Nguyen, SS Shy, YR Chen, BL Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work applies both conventional-single-spark-discharge (CSSD) at 500-µs pulse
duration time and nanosecond-repetitively-pulsed-discharge (NRPD) at various pulsed …

Flamelet modeling of forced ignition and flame propagation in hydrogen-air mixtures

H Böttler, X Chen, S Xie, A Scholtissek, Z Chen… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modeling hydrogen-air flames is challenging for several reasons. Due to its high diffusivity
and reactivity, the combustion properties of hydrogen are substantially different from …

Effects of electrodes and imposed flow on forced ignition in laminar premixed hydrogen/air mixtures with large Lewis number

X Chen, S Xie, H Böttler, A Scholtissek, W Han… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Compared to quiescent premixed reactants, forced ignition of flowing/turbulent premixed
reactants is expected to be more difficult because of increased dissipation of the deposited …

Laser ignition energy for turbulent premixed hydrogen air jets

S Jo, JP Gore - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
New measurements of laser ignition energy in flowing turbulent hydrogen air mixture jets are
reported. Successful ignition occurs if the input by the ignition laser within the volume of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in combustion science related to hydrogen safety

JX Wen, ES Hecht, R Mevel - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a key pillar in the global Net Zero strategy. Rapid scaling up of hydrogen
production, transport, distribution and utilization is expected. This entails that hydrogen …