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Promoted stable combustion of alcohol-based fuel accompanied by inhibition of Leidenfrost effect in a wide temperature range

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  • Zhao, Zhengchuang
  • Huang, Xiaobin
  • Sheng, Haoqiang
  • Chen, Zhijia
  • Liu, Hong

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Combustion of bio-alcohols helps alleviate energy crisis and environmental pollution. However, the Leidenfrost effect (LE) of alcohols triggered by the adiabatic vapor layer greatly reduces the heat transfer efficiency, which makes alcohols exhibit a long ignition delay time (IDT) at low temperatures, hindering energy efficiency and clean combustion. Here, we first develop a scalable strategy to inhibit LE via self-propagating oxidation heat release and concomitant in-situ active radical generation. Reliable ignition and stable combustion of alcohol-based fuels are achieved in a wide temperature range by using a reactive organometallic compound methoxydiethylborane (MDEB). The theoretically released heat of MDEB self-oxidation is two orders of magnitude greater than the evaporation latent heat of ethanol or n-decane by thermodynamic calculation. Experiments show that the flammable temperature limits of MDEB/ethanol and MDEB/ethanol/n-decane are extended to 225 and 125 °C, which dropped by 370 and 465 °C, respectively. Moreover, the IDT of MDEB/ethanol/n-decane hybrid fuel significantly decreases to 27 ms. The 100% ignition achievement and disappearance of negative temperature behavior highlight the reliable start-up in the Liedenfrost region. This work thus provides a promising tool for promoting the ignition reliability and combustion stability of alcohols for ICEs at low temperatures, as well as pollutant control.

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  • Zhao, Zhengchuang & Huang, Xiaobin & Sheng, Haoqiang & Chen, Zhijia & Liu, Hong, 2021. "Promoted stable combustion of alcohol-based fuel accompanied by inhibition of Leidenfrost effect in a wide temperature range," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:234:y:2021:i:c:s0360544221014961
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.121248
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