Fuel for thought: Improving combustion for a cleaner future
Dec 23, 2014
KAUST’s Clean Combustion Research Center aims to develop technologies for future fuel formulations, more efficient engines, and new methods for power generation.
Dec 23, 2014
KAUST’s Clean Combustion Research Center aims to develop technologies for future fuel formulations, more efficient engines, and new methods for power generation.
Feb 27, 2016
Precise rate constants could provide high-fidelity combustion models for cleaner and more efficient fuels.
Mar 26, 2016
A complex computational model provides a more accurate description of soot formation.
Apr 16, 2016
A better understanding of fuel ignition processes in internal combustion engines could help break new barriers in fuel efficiency and emission reductions.
Jul 9, 2016
A clearer understanding of how flame is affected by electric fields paves the way for advanced electrically assisted combustion technology.
Nov 26, 2016
New technique lays the foundation for greener transport fuels and next-generation engines.
Dec 3, 2016
The characterization of compounds produced in combustion could lead to cleaner, more efficient power stations.
May 27, 2017
Car manufacturers could clean up vehicle exhausts using a new model of gasoline combustion developed using experimental data.
Sep 10, 2017
New 3D visualizations that reveal how flames respond to electric fields could help improve combustion efficiency and reduce pollution.
Sep 17, 2017
Insight into the thermal decomposition of a potential fuel additive shows it could promote cleaner and more efficient combustion.
Nov 26, 2017
Simple two-component mixtures are good surrogates for studying the ignition properties of next-generation gasolines.
Jan 1, 2018
Synchrotron study reveals oxygen’s influence on the chemistry that surrounds us.
Jan 10, 2018
The transition to renewables will take decades, so we must rush to clean up conventional fuel combustion, says Mani Sarathy.
Jun 17, 2018
A new conceptual model for describing a fuel’s composition can accelerate and simplify combustion simulations.
Jul 8, 2018
Understanding the response of gas flames to acoustic perturbations at high pressure should make next-generation turbines safer and more efficient.
Aug 5, 2018
Ethanol and related gasoline replacement fuels produce fewer smog-causing chemicals.
Aug 12, 2018
Computer analysis aids the formulation of methanol-based renewable fuels that can operate under compression ignition conditions.
Mar 27, 2019
Predicting capricious pre-ignition combustion events could enable automakers to build powerful yet more efficient engines.
Dec 9, 2019
Studying the wake of reflected shockwaves reveals the cascade of chemical reactions involved in combustion processes.
Mar 31, 2020
Advanced modes of combustion that are controlled by plasma discharges could become key components of the circular carbon economy.
May 20, 2020
Predictions reveal how pressure and temperature fluctuations in engine cylinders can suppress damaging fuel combustion events.
Jun 4, 2020
A more sensitive technique shows a cigarette alternative seems to emit more chemicals than manufacturer testing had found.
Aug 24, 2020
Machine learning models can rapidly and accurately estimate key chemical parameters related to molecular reactivity.
Feb 18, 2021
Volatile alkanes can rapidly acquire oxygen atoms in a free radical chain reaction, a process significant for fuel combustion and air pollution.
Oct 20, 2021
Unusual reaction pathways to hydrocarbon clusters could bring a paradigm shift to the understanding of soot and interstellar chemistry.
Apr 5, 2022
Clean and sustainable fuels could be derived by combining ammonia with complementary combustion-modifying additives.
May 11, 2022
A universal mechanism could explain the formation of carbon nanoparticles in interstellar and terrestrial environments.
Jun 5, 2022
Systematic study resolves a debate on the best combination of metals to catalytically clean NOx from vehicle emissions.
Oct 30, 2022
Machine learning could fast-track the formulation of tailor-made mixtures, including “greener” fuels.
Dec 27, 2022
Using ammonia as a hydrogen-rich energy source requires technology that can spot pollutants in flames.