Liquid Fuel Atomization and Combustion

Call for Papers

Liquid fuels are of utmost importance in various applications, particularly related to transportation and power generation, because of their high-power density and comparatively safe handling. In all these applications, the fuel is first atomized and then burned for the release of stored energy. Due to the limited reserve of conventional petroleum-based liquid fuel and the emission of pollutants from their burning, research on efficient, and environment-friendly combustion processes has received wide attention in all spheres. Key requirements are better atomization, good mixing, and finally stable and efficient combustion with minimum emission of pollutants. Apart from the combustion of fossil fuels, research is also focused nowadays on the use of alternative liquid fuels, from biomass and waste materials. The variation in physical properties of these nonconventional fuels causes different atomization and combustion characteristics for them. Therefore, successful applications of alternative liquid fuels require in depth studies on optimizing their atomization and combustion performance.

This special issue focuses on the latest developments on atomization and combustion characteristics of all types of conventional and nonconventional liquid fuels. We invite manuscripts as original research articles and well-documented reviews in both fundamental and applied areas. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Internal flow and performance characteristics of atomizers
• Breakup of liquid sheets and jets
• Modeling of primary and secondary atomization
• Design and development of novel atomizers
• Droplet/spray evaporation and combustion
• Transcritical gasification processes and supercritical heat and mass transfer
• Cavitation in atomizers
• Modeling and simulation of sprays and spray combustion
• Diagnostics of sprays and spray combustion
• Spray acoustic interaction
• Mixing of liquid, vapor from sprays, and air
• Fuel injection processes in engines and combustors
• Spray systems related to energy conversion devices
• Performance of spray combustion in engines, turbines, rockets, and furnaces
• Characterization of biofuel sprays
• Performance of biodiesel and alternative liquid fuel combustion
• Spray-surface interaction
• Emissions from spray combustion

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Lead Guest Editor

• Amitava Datta, Department of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, Salt Lake Campus, Kolkata 700098, India

Guest Editors

• Michael Wensing, Department of Engineering Thermodynamics, FAU University of Erlangen- Nuremberg, Am Weichselgarten 8, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
• Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
• Frank Beyrau, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London SW7 2AZ, UK