Combustion Chemistry and the Carbon Neutral Future
What will the Next 25 Years of Research Require?
- 1st Edition - February 16, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Kenneth Brezinsky
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 2 1 3 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 3 1 0 - 4
As the demands for cleaner, more efficient, reduced and zero carbon emitting transportation increase, the traditional focus of Combustion Chemistry research is stretching and ad… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAs the demands for cleaner, more efficient, reduced and zero carbon emitting transportation increase, the traditional focus of Combustion Chemistry research is stretching and adapting to help provide solutions to these contemporary issues. Combustion Chemistry and the Carbon Neutral Future: What will the Next 25 Years of Research Require? presents a guide to current research in the field and an exploration of possible future steps as we move towards cleaner, greener and reduced carbon combustion chemistry.
Beginning with a discussion of engine emissions and soot, the book goes on to discuss a range of alternative fuels, including hydrogen, ammonia, small alcohols and other bio-oxygenates, natural gas, syngas and synthesized hydrocarbon fuels. Methods for predicting and improving efficiency and sustainability, such as low temperature and catalytic combustion, chemical looping, supercritical fluid combustion, and diagnostic monitoring even at high pressure, are then explored. Some novel aspects of biomass derived aviation fuels and combustion synthesis are also covered.
Combining the knowledge and experience of an interdisciplinary team of experts in the field, Combustion Chemistry and the Carbon Neutral Future: What will the Next 25 Years of Research Require? is an insightful guide to current and future focus areas for combustion chemistry researchers in line with the transition to greener, cleaner technologies.
- Provides insight on current developments in combustion chemistry as a tool for supporting a reduced-carbon future
- Reviews modeling and diagnostic tools, in addition to key approaches and alternative fuels
- Includes projections for the future from leaders in the field, pointing current and prospective researchers to potentially fruitful areas for exploration
Students and active combustion researchers in both academia and industry. Researchers in related areas attracted to the thermal/fluid sciences.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Introduction
- References
- Chapter 1: Combustion emissions, internal combustion engines and greenhouse gases
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Transportation energy requirements
- 3: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from internal combustion engines
- 4: Conclusions and future directions
- References
- Chapter 2: Soot research: Relevance and priorities by mid-century
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Will soot research be relevant in the next few decades?
- 2: The lingering challenge of soot nucleation
- 3: Laminar flames as the preferred setting for soot studies
- 4: Diagnostics
- 5: Flame selection criteria
- 6: Exemplars of tracking soot nucleation in flames
- 7: Computational modeling
- 8: Summary and research needs in the next few decades
- References
- Chapter 3: Natural gas for combustion systems
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sources of natural gas
- 3: Relevant research
- 4: Research synopsis—What will the next 25 years of research require?
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Sustainable bio-oxygenate fuels
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: A possible solution, bio-oxygenate fuels produced from plant material
- 3: Basics of fuel chemical kinetics
- 4: Fuels from biomass
- 5: Early kinetic modeling
- 6: Small alcohols, methanol and ethanol
- 7: Larger alcohols
- 8: Accidental discovery of O atoms in the fuel as an inhibitor of sooting
- 9: Introduction of methyl and ethyl esters as fuels
- 10: Epilog and conclusions
- 11: What’s next?
- References
- Chapter 5: A comprehensive perspective on a promising fuel for thermal engines: Syngas and its surrogates
- Abstract
- Conflict of interest
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Syngas: An alternative fuel for thermal engines
- 3: The performance and efficiency of syngas-fueled engines
- 4: The pollutants formation and emissions of syngas fueled-engines
- 5: Concluding remarks and future research
- References
- Chapter 6: Hydrogen, the zero carbon fuel
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Hydrogen internal combustion engines for road transportation
- 3: Propagation of hydrogen flames
- 4: Hydrogen-oxygen combustion mechanism overview
- 5: Another type of practical engine: The detonation engine
- 6: A potential alternative to combustion engines: Hydrogen fuel cells
- 7: A very practical consideration: Hydrogen storage
- 8: Conclusions and directions for research in the next 25 years (or sooner)
- References
- Chapter 7: Ammonia as an alternative
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Ammonia market
- 3: Ammonia as an ICE fuel
- 4: Ammonia as a power vector
- 5: Economic analysis
- 6: Environmental analysis
- 7: Conclusions and future research
- References
- Chapter 8: Small alcohols as biofuels: Status and needs for experimental data, theoretical calculations, and chemical kinetic modeling
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Small alcohol fuels
- 3: Recommendations for future work and future directions
- 4: Summary and recommendations
- References
- Chapter 9: Fischer-Tropsch and other synthesized hydrocarbon fuels
- Abstract
- 1: Background
- 2: Survey of engine performance and emissions impacts of F-T fuels
- 3: Diesel combustion studies of F-T fuels and impacts on soot characteristics
- 4: F-T fuel impacts on advanced diesel combustion processes
- 5: Concluding remarks and future directions
- References
- Chapter 10: Low temperature combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Dynamics of low temperature flames
- 3: Low temperature combustion chemistry at high pressure
- 4: Summary and future research
- References
- Chapter 11: Supercritical CO2 fluid combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Modeling consideration
- 3: Experimental validations
- 4: Research outlook
- References
- Chapter 12: Catalytic combustion for cleaner burning: Innovative catalysts for low temperature diesel soot abatement
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Recent advances in catalysts for soot oxidation
- 3: Reactor configurations for soot removal with catalytic “NTP”
- 4: Catalytic species typically proposed for the abatement of soot in NTP reactors
- 5: Soot removal efficiency in the NTP catalytic reactor
- 6: Conclusions and future directions
- References
- Chapter 13: Advances in chemical looping combustion technology
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: An overview of the latest chemical looping platforms
- 3: Material development
- 4: Process intensification
- 5: Conclusions and future research
- References
- Chapter 14: Chemistry diagnostics for monitoring
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction: Only 25 years
- 2: Methodology: Teaming up
- 3: Results: 1+13 visions
- 4: Conclusions: The clock is ticking
- References
- Chapter 15: High-pressure spectroscopy and sensors for combustion
- Abstract
- 1: Motivation for high-pressure combustion and its role in pathway to carbon neutrality
- 2: Challenges for high-pressure spectroscopy and sensing
- 3: Laser absorption strategies for high-pressure sensing
- References
- Chapter 16: Bio-derived sustainable aviation fuels—On the verge of powering our future
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Overview
- 2: Why bio-fuels?
- 3: Overview of bio-derived jet fuels
- 4: Limitations and challenges for the bio-jet fuels
- 5: Bio-derived sustainable aviation fuels: Current trends and future opportunities
- 6: Summary and concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 17: Using combustion synthesis to convert emissions into useful solid materials
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Results and discussion
- 3: Conclusions and future directions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 16, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 660
- No. of pages (eBook): 660
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323992138
- eBook ISBN: 9780323993104
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Kenneth Brezinsky
Dr. Brezinsky received his B.S. degree from the City College of New York with Honors in Chemistry. After devoting a few years to teaching science at the secondary school level he returned to the City University of New York to pursue graduate studies where he received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry. At the completion of his graduate work, Dr. Brezinsky joined the Chemistry Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Subsequently, he went to the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of Princeton University to join the Fuels Research Laboratory of Professor I. Glassman as a Professional Research Staff member. Dr. Brezinsky was promoted to Research Scientist and then Senior Research Scientist. In 1996, Dr. Brezinsky was appointed Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and in 2003 assumed his current position as Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr. Brezinsky has published over two hundred publications and made more than one hundred seventy scientific presentations. He is the former Associate and Deputy Editor of the journal Combustion Science and Technology (1986-1996), and has been recognized for his contribution to combustion science by his designation as an Inaugural Fellow of the Combustion Institute.
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