Advanced Low-Emission Combustion Technologies
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1421
Special Issue Editors
Interests: low-emission combustion technologies; turbulent combustion modeling; heat transfer modeling; CFD of reactive flows; optical diagnostics; spray atomization
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Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable combustion technologies are key processes for decarbonizing the energy and mobility sectors in the framework of energy transition. Alternative energy carriers with carbon-free or carbon-neutral fuels from renewable sources, such as H2, NH3, methanol and biofuels, are drawing increasing attention due to their features related to net-zero CO2 emissions. The combustion behaviors of these new alternative energy carriers are different from conventional fuels, especially in relation to their ignition/oxidation times, flame stability, pollutant emissions, etc. Several drawbacks related to the utilization of alternative fuels can be solved with advanced combustion technologies. Advanced low-emission combustion technologies including MILD combustion, oxy-fuel combustion, sequential combustion for GT applications, NOx and SOx reduction, catalytic combustion and chemical looping for new alternative fuels are promising methods.
This Special Issue aims to report on the latest technological advances in low-emission combustion technologies for alternative energy carriers (such as H2, NH3, methanol, biofuels and metals) and serves as a platform for experimental and modeling analyses of advanced combustion technologies for low-carbon emissions.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
• Low-emission combustion technologies, including low-carbon and hydrogen-based fuels, MILD combustion, oxy-fuel combustion, chemical looping, and NOx and SOx reduction;
• Reaction kinetics, including the kinetics of hydrocarbons, oxygenated fuels and alternative energy carriers, the formation of pollutants, elementary reactions, and mechanism generation and reduction;
• Laminar and turbulent flames, including experiments, theories and modeling applied to ignition, propagation, extinction/stabilization and instabilities;
• Solid fuel combustion, including fundamental aspects related to pyrolysis, oxidation, gasification and ash formation from coal, biomass and wastes, as well as the combustion of propellants and metals;
• Pollutant emission treatment and abatement;
• Diagnostic technologies, including flow velocity, species and temperature measurements, etc.
Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Sorrentino
Dr. Maria Virginia Manna
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced combustion technologies
- MILD combustion
- chemical looping
- oxy-fuel combustion
- net-zero emissions
- alternative energy carriers
- diagnostic techniques
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