Progress in Advanced Combustion and Reactive Flows Related to Clean Technologies and Alternative Fuels
A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 646
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical looping; CFD; clean combustion; multiphase flow; carbon capture
Interests: computational fluid dynamics (CFD); computational magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); electromagnetics; computational aeroacoustics; multidisciplinary design and optimization; rarefied gas dynamics and hypersonic flows; bio-fluid dynamics; flow and flight control
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue titled “Progress in Advanced Combustion and Reactive Flows Related to Clean Technologies and Alternative Fuels”. With increasing environmental concerns and the need to reduce emissions, the field of combustion science is evolving rapidly. Clean combustion technologies, such as chemical looping combustion, oxy-fuel combustion, and flameless combustion, aim to maximize efficiency while minimizing pollutants like CO2 and NOx. Additionally, the use of alternative fuels, including biofuels, hydrogen, and ammonia, holds promise for reducing reliance on conventional fossil fuels. However, to fully realize the potential of these fuels, a deeper understanding of their combustion kinetics and mechanisms is required. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods, including large eddy simulation (LES), direct numerical simulation (DNS), and Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS), play a vital role in modeling and optimizing the combustion systems for both clean technologies and alternative fuels.
This Special Issue aims to present the latest research on clean combustion technologies and the integration of alternative fuels, emphasizing experimental and computational approaches. We invite contributions that focus on the design and optimization of combustors, advanced CFD modeling of turbulent combustion, and insights into the combustion kinetics of alternative fuels.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Clean combustion technologies (chemical looping combustion, oxy-fuel combustion, flameless combustion, and other low-emission combustion techniques);
- Combustor design and optimization (burner configurations, thermal management strategies, and optimization for various fuel types, from conventional to alternative fuels);
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to model turbulent combustion and improve the design of clean combustion systems (large eddy simulation, direct numerical simulation, and Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes approaches, etc.);
- Biofuels and alternative fuel combustion (biofuels, hydrogen, ammonia, and other renewable energy carriers);
- Combustion kinetic and mechanisms in clean combustion and alternative fuel systems (combustion chemistry, reaction pathways, intermediate species formation).
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yali Shao
Prof. Dr. Ramesh Agarwal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- clean combustion
- alternative fuels
- chemical looping combustion
- oxy-fuel combustion
- combustor design
- computational fluid dynamics simulation
- hydrogen
- ammonia
- reaction mechnisms
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