Recent progress on laser absorption spectroscopy for determination of gaseous chemical species

B Fu, C Zhang, W Lyu, J Sun, C Shang… - Applied spectroscopy …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Laser absorption spectroscopy combined with spectral analysis has been extensively
investigated in detection and measurements of gas samples because of their broad …

Understanding cool flames and warm flames

Y Ju - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-temperature flames such as cool flames, warm flames, double flames, and auto-ignition
assisted flames play a critical role in the performance of advanced engines and fuel design …

Towards drop-in sustainable aviation fuels in aero engine combustors: Fuel effects on combustion performance

C Ruan, L Yu, X Lu - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) in aviation industry has emerged as a
key strategy for reducing the net carbon oxide (CO 2) emissions while minimizing …

Retrieval of gas concentrations in optical spectroscopy with deep learning

L Tian, J Sun, J Chang, J Xia, Z Zhang, AA Kolomenskii… - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel direct absorption spectroscopy gas sensing system based on end-to-end deep
neural networks was proposed for measurements of gas concentration. One-dimensional …

Experimental study on knock suppression of spark-ignition engine fuelled with kerosene via water injection

C Wang, F Zhang, E Wang, C Yu, H Gao, B Liu, Z Zhao… - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The four-stroke spark-ignition (SI) internal combustion engine has good fuel economy and
high power/weight ratio, making it very suitable for small aircraft. Normally, four-stroke …

Shock tube study of ethanol pyrolysis I: Multi-species time-history measurements

R Choudhary, V Boddapati, S Clees, JJ Girard… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Time-histories of the concentration of major products of ethanol pyrolysis at 1 atm and 10
atm in the temperature range of 1200–1600 K were measured behind reflected shock waves …

The effect of poly (oxymethylene) dimethyl ethers (PODE3) on soot formation in ethylene/PODE3 laminar coflow diffusion flames

YR Tan, M Salamanca, L Pascazio, J Akroyd, M Kraft - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of poly (oxymethylene) dimethyl ether (PODE 3) on soot
formation in ethylene/PODE 3 laminar coflow diffusion flames. The flames were fuelled using …

Shock-induced ignition and pyrolysis of high-pressure methane and natural gas mixtures

J Shao, AM Ferris, R Choudhary, SJ Cassady… - Combustion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A high-pressure shock tube was used to study ignition delay times (IDT) of CH 4/O 2/Ar and
natural gas/O 2/Ar mixtures behind reflected shock waves. Reaction progress was monitored …

A shock tube study of ignition delay times in diluted methane, ethylene, propene and their blends at elevated pressures

J Shao, DF Davidson, RK Hanson - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Ignition delay times (IDT) of small hydrocarbons at elevated pressures provide a valuable
constraint for the refinement of the core small-hydrocarbon sub-mechanisms used in all …

A functional-group-based approach to modeling real-fuel combustion chemistry–I: Prediction of stoichiometric parameters for lumped pyrolysis reactions

X Zhang, KK Yalamanchi, SM Sarathy - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
Real fuels are complex mixtures of hundreds of molecules, which makes it challenging to
unravel their combustion chemistry. Several approaches in the literature have helped to …