Research challenges in combustion and gasification arising from emerging technologies employing directly irradiated concentrating solar thermal radiation

GJ Nathan, BB Dally, ZT Alwahabi, PJ Van Eyk… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
We review the distinctive combustion-related research challenges that arise from new
technologies under development to integrate combustion, gasification and pyrolysis …

Experimental investigation on the behaviors and temperature distribution of cryogenic hydrogen jet flames

L Gong, T Mo, Y Han, X Zheng, S Yang, Y Yao… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The jet flame resulting from the ignition of released cryogenic hydrogen is a threat to the
surrounding people and facilities. However, the behaviors and temperature distribution of …

Soot formation in turbulent flames of ethylene/hydrogen/ammonia

WR Boyette, SA Steinmetz, TF Guiberti, MJ Dunn… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study of turbulent non-premixed jet flames of
ethylene/nitrogen where the nitrogen is substituted with different proportions of hydrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of turbulent non-premixed hydrogen-blended flames in a scaled industrial low-swirl burner

AJ Gee, N Smith, A Chinnici, PR Medwell - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The performance of a scaled industrial, non-premixed, low-swirl burner design was
experimentally investigated for hydrogen addition to natural gas. Two strategies for …

Fundamental insights into the effect of blending hydrogen flames with sooting biofuels

Y Yin, PR Medwell, AJ Gee, KK Foo, BB Dally - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
A major challenge to using hydrogen as a carbon-free energy carrier to replace fossil fuels
in high-temperature practical processes is the reduced thermal radiative transfer of …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen addition to a commercial self-aspirating burner and assessment of a practical burner modification strategy to improve performance

AJ Gee, DB Proud, N Smith, A Chinnici… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ability for existing burners to operate safely and efficiently on hydrogen-blended fuels is
a primary concern for the many industries looking to adopt hydrogen as an alternative fuel …

Toluene addition to turbulent H2/natural gas flames in bluff-body burners

AJ Gee, Y Yin, KK Foo, A Chinnici, N Smith… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A key challenge in the transition towards using hydrogen as an alternative carbon-free fuel
is the reduced thermal radiation due to the absence of soot. A novel solution to this may be …

The effect of exit strain rate on soot volume fraction in turbulent non-premixed jet flames

SM Mahmoud, GJ Nathan, ZT Alwahabi, ZW Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Laser-Induced Incandescence (LII) measurements from soot were used to
determine the soot volume fraction (SVF) in three attached turbulent non-premixed jet …

Projection-based reduced order modeling of multi-species mixing and combustion

C Ni, S Ding, J Li, X Chu, Z Ren, X Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
High-fidelity simulations of mixing and combustion processes are computationally
demanding and time-consuming, hindering their wide application in industrial design and …

Experimental study of the thermal and burning characteristics of 15 cm pool fires fueled by heptane-toluene mixtures

RM da Silva, R Lang, S Thion, F Nmira… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article presents an experimental investigation of the effects of the fuel sooting
propensity on the thermal and burning characteristics of 15 cm diameter pool fires burning in …