Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
Volume 32, Issue -, Pages 593-613Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2008.09.005
Keywords
Nanoparticles; Flames; Diagnostic; Modeling
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The processes by which carbonaceous nanoparticles are produced from combustion of liquid and gaseous fuels are reviewed. The focus of the paper is on the formation and properties of nanoparticles in laboratory laminar, premixed and diffusion flames and on the most popular methods of sampling and detection of these particles. Particle chemical nature is analyzed from data obtained by several measurement techniques. Measurements characterizing nanoparticles in the exhausts of practical combustion systems such as engines and commercial burners are also reported. Two classes of carbonaceous material are mainly formed in combustion: nanoparticles with sizes in the range 1-5 nm, and soot particles, with sizes from 10 to 100 nm. Nanoparticles show unique chemical composition and morphology; they maintain molecular characteristics in terms of chemical reactivity, but at the same time exhibit transport and surface related phenomena typical of particles. The emission of these particles contributes to atmospheric pollution and constitutes a serious health concern. A simplified modeling analysis is used to show how the growth of aromatics and the chemical nature of the particles depend on temperature and radical concentration distributions encountered in flames. (c) 2009 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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