Internal Combustion Engines and Clean Combustion with Carbon-Neutral Fuels

Dear Colleagues,

The use of carbon-neutral fuels (such as natural gas, methanol, hydrogen, and ammonia) can help achieve the carbon-neutral goals of ICEs. The physical and chemical properties of carbon-neutral fuel are significantly different from gasoline and diesel. The strong cavitation, flash boiling and trans-critical atomization in the nozzle during liquid ammonia injection, and ammonia’s difficulty in igniting and its slow flame propagation make achieving stable combustion challenging. Methanol’s high vaporization latent heat leads to cold start difficulties, and the emission control of methanol and formaldehyde becomes a critical issue. Hydrogen’s low ignition energy can easily cause backfire and pre-ignition.

In this Special Issue on “Internal Combustion Engine and Clean Combustion with Carbon-Neutral Fuels”, we are aiming to include all the aspects of new mixing and combustion technologies, including but not limited to flash boiling and trans-critical atomization, fuel blend mixing, pre-chamber jet ignition, hydrogen–ammonia combined combustion, diesel-induced methanol/ammonia combustion, partially premixed combustion, and so on. If you are interested in the above topics and would like to submit your work to this Special Issue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Dr. Yanzhao An
Prof. Dr. Han Wu
Prof. Dr. Zhixia He
Guest Editors

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