ZnFe2O4 mixed spinel ferrite nanoparticles obtained through a citrate-nitrate combustion method. Ignited products calcined at different temperatures in 600-900ºC range and effect of calcination treatment temperature investigated. Final Products characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). The a...

A higher-order, embedded boundary projection method for axisymmetric, unsteady, low-Mach number combustion is used to model a natural gas ame from a 300kW IFRF burner in the Burner Engineering Research Laboratory (BERL) at Sandia National Laboratory under hot wall conditions. The numerical predictions presented are the late simulated-time results of a computation of unsteady ow in the furnace. ...

The goal of this project is to provide a compact and efficient fluid power source for mobile applications (10 kW-500 kW), including on-road vehicles and off-road heavy machineries. This is achieved through the development of a hydraulic free-piston engine (HFPE). Previously, a virtual crankshaft mechanism is proposed by the authors which regulates the pistons to follow any reference trajectorie...

The formation of PCDD/Fs (dioxins/furans) due to incomplete combustion in solid waste incinerators has caused tremendous public concern. Consequently, more stringent standards for combustion and emission control have been implemented in order to mitigate the formation of these substances. This change in regulations will inevitably result in shutting down many small-scale incinerators because of...

We study a mathematical model for high Lewis number combustion processes with the reaction rate of the form of an Arrhenius aw with or without an ignition cut-off. An efficient method for the proof of the existence and uniqueness of combustion fronts is rovided by geometric singular perturbation theory. The fronts supported by the model with very large Lewis numbers are small erturbations of th...

The paper presents a method for processing acoustic signals which allows the extraction, from a very noisy signal, of components which contain diagnostically useful information on the increased valve clearance of a combustion engine. This method used two-stage denoising of the acoustic signal performed by means of a discrete wavelet transform. Afterwards, based on the signal cleaned-up in this ...

Ni-based catalysts with different amounts of Na as promoter from 2 to 6 wt % were prepared by solution combustion method. The catalytic activity was investigated in syngas methanation reaction. Carbon oxides conversion and methane selectivity are greatly influenced by sodium loading. Adding 2 wt% Na remarkably improves catalytic activity and long-term stability, attributed to its smaller mean N...

The measurement of the heats of formation of organo-metallic compounds presents, usually, a difficult task to the experimental thermochemist. Thus the method of combustion in a conventional bomb-calorimeter, although it has been applied to a number of metallic alkyls in recent years! and yielded valuable results, is nevertheless not entirely satisfactory. The difficulty is that complete oxidati...

E. L. Resler, Jr. Sibley School ol Mechanica l and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 The wa~•e roror is a promising means of pressure-gain for gas turbine engines. This paper examines novel wave rotor topping cycles that incorporate low-NO,, combustion straregies. This approach combines two-s rage ''rich-quench-lean'· ( RQL) combustion with inrermediate expansion in th...