Hydrogen, presently, finds application as a chemical rather than a fuel in commercial operations. However, being a non-polluting source of energy, hydrogen is predicted to be the ‘‘fuel of the future’’. One of the most potential applications for hydrogen is to power fuel cells. Major automobile manufacturers are currently working towards developing fuel cell vehicles; such vehicles are expected...

Mechanical fuels treatments are being used in fire-prone ecosystems where fuel loading poses a hazard, yet little research elucidating subsequent fire behaviour exists, especially in litter-dominated fuelbeds. To address this deficiency, we burned constructed fuelbeds from masticated sites in pine flatwoods forests in northern Florida with palmetto-dominated understoreys and examined the effect...

nuclear cross sections that determine core multiplication strongly depend on core temperature (e.g., the doppler, moderator density effects etc). on the other hand, since this heat is generated by the neutron flux in the reactor core, the temperature distribution in the core will depend heavily on its neutronic behavior. fuel centerline temperature could be the limiting constraint on reactor po...

High-power-density alcohol fuel cells can relieve many of the daunting challenges facing a hydrogen energy economy. Here, such fuel cells are achieved using CsH2PO4 as the electrolyte and integrating into the anode chamber a Cu-ZnO/Al2O3 methanol steam-reforming catalyst. The temperature of operation, 250°C, is matched both to the optimal value for fuel cell power output and for reforming. Peak...

These investigations aim to validate the applicability of a concept for fuel-air-ratio measurements by laser-induced fluorescence (FARLIF) at elevated temperatures. For the commonly used model fuel isooctane with the fluorescence tracer toluene the FARLIF applicability was confirmed with an excitation wavelength of 266 nm for fuel-air mixtures with λ ≥ 0.2 at pressures above 1.5 bar and tempera...

Heavy-duty over-the-road trucks require periodic active diesel particulate filter regeneration to clean the filter of stored particulate matter. These events require sustained temperatures between 500 and 600°C to complete the regeneration process. Engine operation during typical 65mile/h highway cruise conditions (1200 rpm/7.6 bar) results in temperatures of approximately 350°C, and can reach ...

Peatlands represent a globally important carbon store; however, the human exploitation of this ecosystem is increasing both the frequency and severity of fires on drained peatlands. Yet, the interactions between the hydrological conditions (ecotopes), the fuel types being burned, the burn severity, and the charring temperatures (pyrolysis intensity) remain poorly understood. Here we present a p...