Progress in Combustion Diagnostics, Science and Technology
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School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(5), 1586; https://doi.org/10.3390/app10051586
Submission received: 19 February 2020
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Accepted: 24 February 2020
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Published: 27 February 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress in Combustion Diagnostics, Science and Technology)
The role that combustion plays in energy systems remains crucial in supplying the world’s ever-increasing power demands. In the never-ending quest for improving efficiency, additional knowledge is essential to develop new combustion technologies and appliances. Increasingly, there is more focus on the conservation of energy and on addressing environmental concerns, which together, necessitate cleaner and more efficient combustion processes using a range of fuel sources. This is essential to respond to global challenges in energy supplies and to continue to address issues of the decarbonization of the sector. In addition to power production, understanding combustion also plays a critical role in both managing fires and in the material synthesis sectors. To meet the objectives of evolution and innovation in combustion science, new experimental measurements are needed and complemented by computational approaches.
This book includes a series of seventeen research studies that reveal new knowledge about combustion and its application. The topics covered span many diverse areas associated with combustion including: fires [1,2,3], engines and applications [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15], and acoustics [16,17].
In combination, these complementary contributions provide a substantial body of knowledge in the field of Progress in Combustion Diagnostics, Science and Technology, hence the apt name of this exciting publication.
Author Contributions
All authors contributed equally to the preparation of this manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
The financial support from the Australian Research Council through numerous grants and fellowships as part of the Discovery and Linkage programs is gratefully acknowledged.
Acknowledgments
This publication was only possible with the invaluable contributions from the authors, reviewers, and the editorial team of Applied Sciences.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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