The analysis of soot formation and oxidation is essential for Diesel engine development to meet future pollutant emission reduction requirements. In recent years laser-induced incandescence (LII) has developed to a powerful tool for soot diagnostics in flames, even in the challenging environment of Diesel combustion. This work presents some recent applications of LII for soot particle sizing in...

Combustion behavior (swelling during combustion and combustion time) of the kraft black liquors varies significantly between pulp mills and also time-dependent variations within a mill occur. In addition, due to the different raw materials and pulping conditions, some further variations in these combustion properties are typically observed. Therefore, by means of the proper process control and ...

The calculation of the changing of the combustion mixture composition during the combustion process of the CH4 is presented of the paper. Correct calculation results of the mixture composition during the combustion process in combustion chambers of internal combustion engines is important to define the heat release calculation, modeling and simulation of the combustion phenomena. The paper pres...

Nanocrystalline complex oxides have been synthesized by combination of sol–gel auto combustion and ultrasonic irradiation techniques using copper nitrate, zinc nitrate as metallic nitrates and glycine, urea and thiourea as fuels. Sol-gel combustion (combination of the chemical sol–gel process and the combustion process) as a proper synthesized technique is used to synthesize ZnO/CuO nanocomposi...

Motivation Fuel lean combustion is often employed to reduce pollutant emissions (CO, NOx,...) and increase gas turbine lifetime via reduced temperature. However, lean combustion is susceptible to thermoacoustic instabilities and lean blowout (LBO). Thermoacoustic instabilities are due to the coupling of heat release to acoustic oscillations, and lead to reduced combustion efficiency and increas...

The thermal characteristics and kinetics of coal, biomass (pine sawdust) and their blends were evaluated under combustion conditions using a non-isothermal thermogravimetric method (TGA). Biomass was blended with coal in the range of 5-80 wt.% to evaluate their co-combustion behaviour. No significant interactions were detected between the coal and biomass, since no deviations from their expecte...

The combustion mechanisms of clouds of metal particles are addressed in this research. A microgravity environment was used to create a “stationary model aerosol” consisting of relatively large (100–300 mm diameter), initially motionless particles. The development of individual particle flames, motion of individual particles, and overall aerosol combustion process could be observed simultaneousl...

BACKGROUND For more than 1500 years, the status of knowledge concerning the physiology of human respiration has remained almost unchanged. In the 18th century, the French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier conducted breathing experiments on human and animal respiration. METHODS The main bibliographic sources concerning Lavoisier's life and work on respiration have been investigated and anal...

This paper presents calculations of a pulverized coal flame and a coal-fired utility boiler with advanced combustion technologies. A combustion model based on an extended Eddy Dissipation Concept (EDC) combined with finite rate chemistry is described and some applications are shown. This model can be regarded as an extension of the previously used Eddy Breakup model (EBU) where infinite fast ch...

The effect of combustion dynamic pressure oscillations on the structural integrity of the MS 700IF dry low NOX 2 (DLN 2) combustion system has been evaluated using ANSYS [ref. I) finite clement analyses and high cycle fatigue material data. Analytical results were validated with laboratory measurements on the combustion system subjected to combustion dynamic pressure at actual gas turbine tempe...