Advanced Laser Diagnostics in Combustion

A special issue of Fuels (ISSN 2673-3994).

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School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
Interests: laser-based diagnostics; combustion dynamics; gas turbine combustion; alternative fuels combustion; alternative fuels spray

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Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley Campus, Oxford OX33 1HX, UK
Interests: IC engine; combustion; alternative fuels; Gasoline; Diese

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Dear Colleagues,

Combustion is essential for power generation, thrust in engines, general heating, heat sources for chemical processing and drying operations. Pollutants and greenhouse gases are produced during the combustion process as well as waste heat and unwanted explosions and fires. It is important to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases to reduce the impact on air quality and tackle climate change. Laser diagnostics has been applied to combustion research to provide a non-intrusive, non-perturbing and multi-dimensional measurement of many quantities of interest over the last several decades.

This Special Issue will be dedicated to state-of-the-art progress in laser diagnostics in combustion towards various applications, including premixed and non-premixed flames, fuel sprays and combustion in automotive engines, gas turbines and industrial burners in the use of conventional and alternative fuels. It will also provide a forum for sharing new technologies developed for combustion research.

Dr. Seong-Ho Jin
Dr. Changho Yang
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Keywords

  • Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF)
  • Laser-induced incandescence (LII)
  • Laser-induced phosphorescence (LIP)
  • Laser absorption spectroscopy
  • Rayleigh scattering
  • Raman scattering
  • Mie scattering
  • Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
  • Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS)
  • Particle image velocimetry (PIV)
  • Phase Doppler particle analyzer (PDPA)
  • Degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM)
  • Laser-induced grating spectroscopy

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Spray Characteristics of Bioethanol-Blended Fuel under Various Temperature Conditions Using Laser Mie Scattering and Optical Illumination
by Seong-Ho Jin
Fuels 2022, 3(2), 207-216; https://doi.org/10.3390/fuels3020013 - 2 Apr 2022
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Abstract
Bioethanol has great potential to reduce emissions from transportation while improving energy security and developing the economy. Bioethanol has a higher octane-number and a higher enthalpy of vaporisation than gasoline (resulting in charge cooling)—properties that have been used to extend knocking limits. Therefore, [...] Read more.
Bioethanol has great potential to reduce emissions from transportation while improving energy security and developing the economy. Bioethanol has a higher octane-number and a higher enthalpy of vaporisation than gasoline (resulting in charge cooling)—properties that have been used to extend knocking limits. Therefore, bioethanol can be used to substitute gasoline in automotive engine applications. The characteristics of bioethanol spray, such as hydrous bioethanol fuel which consists of 93% bioethanol and 7% water, were investigated under various temperature conditions from sub-zero (−15 °C) to room temperature (17 °C) by means of high-speed direct photography and laser Mie scattering techniques without any seeding materials. The experimental results show that the spray patterns are not significantly changed. In the case of the sub-zero temperature condition, the spray tip penetration decreases while the spray angle keeps almost constant once the spray becomes fully developed. The results show that scaling of the spray tip penetration rate achieves a reasonable collapse of the experimental results. The normalised droplet diameter was also obtained and shows that larger droplets are formed at the sub-zero temperature condition. Full article
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