Ignition Mechanism and Advanced Combustion Technology

Dear Colleagues,

Carbon reduction has become a global consensus, and the clean and efficient utilization (EEU) of carbon-containing fuels (coal/biomass) has received widespread attention. There are two main ways to achieve EEU of coal/biomass: 1. Prevention of coal/biomass spontaneous combustion in mining, transportation and storage processes, which needs a comprehensive understanding of the ignition mechanism. Although the ignition mechanism has been extensively studied through experimental or simulation methods, some problems remain to be solved. For example, how to measure the ignition temperature by ignition theory but not by the experience of the data analyzer such as the traditional TG-DTG tangent method. What is the correlation between the ignition temperature of coal/biomass and its reactivity, such as activation energy and physico-chemical structure? Is the activation energy a constant value or varies with the conversion ratio? How can we achieve unity between the above two methods? 2. Clean and efficient combustion of coal/biomass in boilers, which needs to develop advanced combustion technologies. For example, to cope with the consumption of renewable energies, coal-fired power units must have flexible and deep peak regulation capabilities, and smart power generation research needs to be carried out including ignition characteristics, reaction kinetics, and NO_x emissions under ultra low load conditions obtained by traditional mechanism analysis based on experiments and modeling or artificial intelligence technology based on big data; advanced ignition technologies such as plasma enhanced ignition and high-temperature preheating combustion; advanced combustion diagnoses technologies such as laser diagnosis, optic emission spectrum monitoring, and flame-image processing technique. The blending technology, such as co-firing of coal with coal, biomass, or ammonia, is also a worthwhile research direction. Solving the aforementioned research problems or new theoretical and technical issues is beneficial for promoting EEU of carbon-containing fuels. Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue in Fire on “Ignition Mechanism and Advanced Combustion Technology”.

This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers to share their latest findings on the ignition mechanism and advanced combustion technology. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Mechanism, prevention and control technology of coal/biomass spontaneous combustion;
2. Ignition characteristics, physico-chemical structure and reaction kinetics of coal/biomass conversion in self-heating conditions or in boilers;
3. Prediction of coal/biomass ignition/combustion behavior or pollutant emission behavior by mechanism modeling or artificial intelligence technology;
4. Advanced ignition technologies including plasma-enhanced ignition, and high-temperature preheating combustion, etc.;
5. Advanced combustion diagnosis technologies including laser diagnosis, optic emission spectrum monitoring and flame-image processing technique, etc.;
6. Blenging technology including co-firing of coal with coal, biomass or ammonia, etc...
7. Rapid load lifting technology, deep peak regulation technology, and intelligent control technology of coal-fired power units.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Guest Editors

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• ignition mechanism
• coal/biomass spontaneous combustion
• reaction kinetics
• mechanism modeling
• artificial intelligence technology
• pollutant emission behavior
• ignition technology
• combustion diagnostics
• flexible and intelligent power generation technology.