Dear Colleagues,

Clean combustion technology is crucial in reducing the negative impact of combustion on the environment and human health, and as a result, it has garnered significant attention from researchers worldwide. Developing advanced technology in clean combustion has become a priority in the research community as it enables the development of more efficient and less polluting combustion systems. While significant progress has been made in developing clean combustion technologies, there is still much room for improvement in terms of reducing emissions and improving energy efficiency. Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue in Fire on “Advanced Technology in Clean Combustion”.

This Special Issue aims to provide insights into the latest progress in advanced technology in clean combustion. This involves exploring new combustion concepts and designs, such as low-emission burners, oxy-fuel combustion, chemical-looping combustion and flameless combustion. Additionally, advanced techniques for measuring and modeling combustion processes, such as laser diagnostics and artificial intelligence, can help researchers gain a deeper understanding of combustion mechanisms and optimize combustion performance. Multi-fuel technologies, such as fossil fuel, spent fuel, biofuels, ammonia, hydrogen and solid waste, can all be explored to determine their potential for clean combustion. Furthermore, advanced combustion control strategies can improve combustion performance and minimize pollutant emissions.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Advanced combustion systems (low-emission burner, oxy-fuel combustion, chemical-looping combustion, flameless combustion and catalytic combustion, etc.);
• Multiple fuels (fossil fuel, spent fuel, biofuels, ammonia, hydrogen and solid waste, etc.);
• Combustion diagnostics (laser diagnostics, flame imaging, etc.);
• Computational modeling (advanced computational fluid dynamics techniques, artificial intelligence, advanced models, etc.);
• Advanced combustion control strategies (model-based predictive control, dynamic optimization, adaptive and learning control, etc.).

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Qingxiang Wang
Dr. Xiao Yang
Dr. Yaojie Tu
Prof. Dr. Feiyang Zhao
Guest Editors

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• cleaner combustion
• flame stability
• emission control
• computational modeling
• MILD combustion
• chemical looping
• oxy-fuel
• laser diagnostics
• artificial intelligence