................................................................................................. i Sammanfattning ..................................................................................... ii List of Papers ......................................................................................... iii Statement of contribution .............................................................

The brominated flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) is extensively used in Europe, but data on the environmental concentrations of this chemical are scarce. A first screening has been performed concerning the environmental occurrence of HBCD in Sweden, a country where the chemical is not produced and the current industrial use is very limited. Possible emission sources were identified ...

-The role which low-temperature catalytic combustion should play in the future hydrogen energy system is discussed in comparison with those of conventional flame-type combustion and fuel cells. A hybrid of catalytic and flame combustion is also referred to in the comparison. Screening of catalyst materials proved that several inexpensive oxides of the 3d transition metals were active at interme...

The small radiant heaters that burn hydrocarbon fuels propane, butane, methane/natural gas and liquid hydrocarbon fuels are used widely because of their simple design, their portability, and the ready availability of fuels. The open flame heater presents obvious disadvantages as follows. An upset heater is a grave fire risk where the surroundings are flammable and this restricts usage in, for e...

Flame synthesis is one of the most versatile and promising technologies for large-scale production of nanoscale materials. Pyrolysis has recently been shown to be a useful route for the production of single-walled nanotubes, quantum dots and a wide variety of nanostructured ceramic oxides for catalysis and electrochemical applications. An understanding of the mechanisms of nanostructural growth...

Monocrystalline cubic and/or monoclinic Y2O3:Eu nanoparticles (10-50 nm) were synthesized continuously without post-processing by single-step flame spray pyrolysis (FSP). These particles were characterized by Xray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption (BET) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Photoluminescence (PL) emission was measured as well as the time-resolved PL-intensity decay. ...

This research addresses the flame structure of single aluminum particles burning in air with the emphasis on the transition from spherically symmetric to non-symmetric combustion regime. The unique feature of this work is that free motionless aluminum particles were produced and ignited in both normal and microgravity environments. That allowed us to observe whether the particle flame non-symme...

This paper examines the use of plasma discharges in flame stabilization. Three different types of plasma discharges are applied to a lifted jet diffusion flame in a coflow configuration, and evaluated for their abilities to enhance flame stabilization. A single electrode corona discharge (SECD) between a platinum electrode and the flame base is found to maintain the flame at a 20% higher coflow...

An atmospheric high-Q re-entrant cavity applicator is used to couple microwave (2.45 GHz) electromagnetic energy directly into the reaction zone of a premixed laminar methane–oxygen flame for flame enhancement. As microwave energy increases, a transition from electric field enhancement to microwave plasma discharge is observed. At low microwave powers (1–5 W), the flame is influenced by an elec...