A strategy to bridge the gap between hydrocarbon combustion detailed chemistry and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of burners is reported. Significant progress has been made recently in terms of accuracy and robustness in both chemical kinetics and flow computations. However, the highest resolution reached in LES of practical burners does not yet ensure that the response of intermediate radical spe...

Biomass is increasingly being used for power generation; however, assessment of potential occupational health and safety (OH&S) concerns related to usage of biomass fuels in combustion-based generation remains limited. We reviewed the available literature on known and potential OH&S issues associated with biomass-based fuel usage for electricity generation at the utility scale. We considered th...

carbon sequestration potential of three species including agropyron elengatum, stipa barbata and artemisia aucheri was evaluated in parts of a semi-arid rangeland in this study. after determination and selecting key areas as study sites, sampling from vegetation and soil, based on randomized systematic method, was done and 90 plant and 45 soil samples were taken, respectively. shooting and root...

Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis of the thermal flow in the combustion chamber of a solid waste incinerator provides crucial insight into the incinerator's performance. However, the interrelation of the gas flow with the burning waste has not been adequately treated in many CFD models. A strategy for a combined simulation of the waste combustion and the gas flow in the furnace is intr...

A flashlamp-pumped dye laser was modified to produce 80mJ/pulse, narrowband output at 532 nm suitable for pumping of Raman active transitions of the major combustion species CO2, H2O, N2, and O2. Simultaneous measurements of multiple species were obtained in atmospheric pressure methane-air flames, demonstrating absolutely quantitative measurements of species mole-fraction. Comparisons with Q-s...

Computational calculations of combustion problems involving real fuels with chemistry represented by detailed mechanisms are prohibitive, due to the large number of species and reactions involved. We present a new combined dimension reduction and tabulation algorithm for the efficient implementation of combustion chemistry. In this algorithm, the dimension reduction is performed using the rate ...

Since oxy-combustion is a relatively new technology, many problems associated with the behavior of coal in this novel combustion process still need to be solved. In particular, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the behavior of toxic trace elements, and there is a need to determine whether trace element distribution among the by-products and emissions to the environment, is comparable with ...

Spark-ignited internal combustion engines have evolved considerably in recent years in response to increasingly stringent regulations for emissions and fuel economy. One new advanced engine strategy ustilizes high levels of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to reduce combustion temperatures, thereby increasing thermodynamic efficiency and reducing nitrogen oxide emissions. While this strategy can...

The calculation of the heat release from the combustion process of the CH4 is presented of the paper. Correct calculation results of the heat released from combustion is important for design, modelling and testing phenomena in combustion chambers of internal combustion engines. The paper presents results of calculations for the kinetic mechanism of methane combustion GriMech 3 for different the...

agal2o3 nanocomposite were synthesized by solution combustion technique using ammonium carbonate as a new fuel under simultaneous combustion of alumina and silver particles condition. samples prepared with different amount of silver, were characterized by xrd, bet, sem and optical absorption measurements. xrd analysis was used to determine the change in phase and size of the synthesized nanopar...