This review encompasses the available practical and experimental data on the ignition of solid wood. Only solid, natural wood is considered, not sawdust, chips, or products that have been treated with fire retardants or other substances, nor is the ignition of living trees. Panel products such as plywood or particleboard have ignition properties very similar to solid wood, so the solid-wood res...

Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is used to compute the spark ignition in a turbulent methane jet flowing into air. Full ignition sequences are calculated for a series of ignition locations using a one-step chemical scheme for methane combustion coupled with the thickened flame model. The spark ignition is modeled in the LES as an energy deposition term added to the energy equation. Flame kernel for...

Chemical kinetic factors of hydrocarbon oxidation are examined in a variety of ignition problems. Ignition is related to the presence of a dominant chain branching reaction mechanism that can drive a chemical system to completion in a very short period of time. Ignitio n in laboratory environments is studied for problems including shock tubes and rapid compression machines. Modeling of the labo...

Shock ignition is a scheme for direct drive inertial confinement fusion that offers the potential high gain with current generation of laser facility; however, benefits are thought to be dependent on use low adiabat implosions without laser–plasma instabilities reducing and generating hot electrons. A National Ignition Facility solid target experiment was used calibrate 3D Monte Carlo hot-elect...

Catalytic ignition of CH4, CO, and H2 oxidation on platinum and palladium at atmospheric pressure is studied numerically. Two simple configurations are simulated: the stagnation flow field over a catalytically active foil and a chemical reactor with a catalytically active wire inside. The simulation includes detailed reaction mechanisms for the gas phase and for the surface. The gas-phase trans...

Humans have a profound effect on fire regimes by increasing the frequency of ignitions. Although ignition is an integral component of understanding and predicting fire, to date fire models have not been able to isolate the ignition location, leading to inconsistent use of anthropogenic ignition proxies. Here, we identified fire ignitions from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS)...

The effects of NO and NO2 produced by using a plasma jet (PJ) of a N2/O2 mixture on ignition of hydrogen, methane, and ethylene in a supersonic airflow were experimentally and numerically investigated. Numerical analysis of ignition delay time showed that the addition of a small amount of NO or NO2 drastically reduced ignition delay times of hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels at a relatively low in...

The impacts of different fuel injection timings (base (15BTDC) and retarded (12BTDC)) on a single cylinder common rail direct (CRDI) compression ignition (CI) engine under dual mode (DME-diesel) was examined at the maximum torque with speed 2200 rpm. diesel (liquid) directly injected into engine’s end stroke Dimethyl ether (gas) intake system during suction stroke. DME energy share (DME ES) b...

Piezoelectric initiators are a unique form of ignition for energetic material because the current and voltage are tied together by impact loading on the crystal. This study examines the ignition response of an energetic composite composed of aluminum (Al) and molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) nano-powders to the arc generated from a lead zirconate and lead titanate (PZT) piezocrystal. The mechanical s...

In recent years, the industry has shifted toward down-sizing and turbo-charging spark ignition (SI) engines in an effort to increase fuel conversion efficiency. However, this has given rise to a destructive phenomenon known as sporadic pre-ignition (SPI). At low cranking speeds and high loads, engines have been observed to knock violently for brief and infrequent intervals. If allowed to contin...