Formation of nascent soot and other condensed-phase materials in flames

• Published in: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 41 - 67
• Main Author: Wang, Hai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 2011
• Subjects: Aliphatic compounds; biofuels (including algae and biomass), hydrogen and fuel cells, combustion, carbon capture; Combustion; Energy; Flame; Free radicals; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Kinetics; Mathematical models; Nanoparticle; Nucleation; Premixed flames; Soot; Titanium dioxide; Kinetics; Energy; Nanoparticle; Soot; Flame

Over the last two decades, our understanding of soot formation has evolved from an empirical, phenomenological description to an age of quantitative modeling for at least small fuel compounds. In this paper, we review the current state of knowledge of the fundamental sooting processes, including the...