Influence of fuel-oxygen content on morphology and nanostructure of soot particles

P Verma, E Pickering, M Jafari, Y Guo… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The share of biofuels in the fuel market has increased over the last several decades. This is
related to their potential to reduce the emissions including particulate matter. It has been …

Comparison of manual and automatic approaches for characterisation of morphology and nanostructure of soot particles

P Verma, E Pickering, N Savic, A Zare, R Brown… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study is an attempt to compare the manual and automatic approaches for analysis of
the morphology and nanostructure of soot particles. The automated methodology is …

Effect of jet fuel aromatics on in-flame soot distribution and particle morphology in a small-bore compression ignition engine

R Tian, Y Zhang, S Kook, KS Kim, CB Kweon - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reports the effect of fuel aromatic content on soot particle development inside the
cylinder of an optically accessible engine. A custom-made set of fuels of 4%, 14% and 24 …

Flame image velocimetry analysis of reacting jet flow fields with a variation of injection pressure in a small-bore diesel engine

J Yang, L Rao, Y Zhang, C de Silva… - International Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study measures in-flame flow fields in a single-cylinder small-bore optical diesel engine
using Flame Image Velocimetry (FIV) applied to high-speed soot luminosity movies. Three …

Experimental investigation on the effect of injector hole number on engine performance and particle number emissions in a light-duty diesel engine

K Mohiuddin, H Kwon, M Choi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Particle number emissions need to be monitored and controlled in order to comply with the
latest emission legislations for gasoline and diesel engines. This research focuses on …

The influence of inter-jet spacing and jet-swirl interaction on flame image velocimetry (FIV) derived flow fields in a small-bore diesel engine

J Yang, L Rao, C de Silva… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study applies Flame Image Velocimetry (FIV) to show the in-flame flow field
development with an emphasis on the jet-jet interaction and jet-swirl interaction phenomena …

Optimisation of image processing parameters for flame image velocimetry (FIV) measurement in a single-cylinder, small-bore optical diesel engine

L Rao, S Kook - SAE International Journal of Advances and Current …, 2019 - sae.org
High-speed soot luminosity movies are widely used to visualise flame development in
optical diesel engines thanks to its simple setup and relatively low cost. Recent studies …

Morphology and internal structure of soot particles under the influence of jet–swirl and jet–jet interactions in a diesel combustion environment

L Rao, Y Zhang, S Kook, KS Kim, CB Kweon - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
A new multi-location soot sampling method is used to enhance the knowledge about the
structural evolution of in-flame particles in a light-duty optical diesel engine. Through …

Study of Scavenging and Combustion Processes for Small Two-Stroke Aviation Heavy Fuel Direct Injection Engines

L Shao, Y Zhou, S Zhao, T Yu, K Zhu, S Ding, Z Xu - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heavy-fuel aviation piston engines (HF-APEs) are widely used in general aviation and
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) due to their safety and fuel economy. This paper describes a …

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 …