Experimental and Numerical Study of Flame Propagation of Biofuels/Oxidizers/Inert Mixtures (Volume II)

Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to contribute to a Special Issue of Processes on “Experimental and Numerical Study of Flame Propagation of Biofuels/Oxidizers/Inert Mixtures”. Biofuels have recently attracted increased attention for applications in energy generation and transportation.

The flame propagation of fuels/oxidizers/inert mixtures is studied in order to estimate their normal burning velocity, which is considered to be a fundamental property of a fuels/oxidizers/inert mixtures, depending on the fuel type, oxidizer type, equivalence ratio, pressure, temperature and mass fraction of any gases, with a significant impact on many aspects of combustion. The laminar burning velocity is a key property of flammable gaseous mixtures characterizing the fuel reactivity in the presence of an oxidizer, which provides meaningful information regarding the reactivity and the exothermicity of the system. It is a most useful parameter for the safe design of equipment and processes. The normal burning velocities are also used for predicting the emissions and performance of internal and external combustion systems. In basic research, the laminar burning velocity is a key parameter for validating models of combustion wave propagation, which take detailed chemical kinetics into account.

This Special Issue aims to present high-quality research studies addressing challenges in the broad area of the flame propagation of biofuels/oxidizers/inert mixtures. Recent research involving experimental and numerical studies of the burning velocities of biofuels/oxidizers/inert mixtures is highly encouraged, but other relevant topics are also of interest.

Dr. Maria Mitu
Guest Editor

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