Characterization by laser diagnostics of the sooting propensity of biomass-derived fuels intended to be used as environmentally-friendly substitutes to fossil fuels

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This program aims at improving the understanding of the sooting behavior of different biomass-derived fuels to support the development of cleaner energy carriers. Actually, soot is one of the major pollutants generated in combustion processes and one of the main contributors to anthropogenic aerosols. To limit its production with the view to meet actual and future regulations, source reduction remains a key option particularly considered by engine manufacturers. A thorough understanding of the physicochemical mechanisms involved in the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and soot is still required however (especially in the case of biofuels) to improve the predictive character of the computational codes used to design combustion devices. The purpose of the present program is therefore to provide insightful findings regarding the ability of different molecules to act as soot suppressors with the view to identify the must-have fuel properties necessary for the mid- to long-term commercialization of environmentally-friendly substitutes to petroleum-derived fuels. To do so, the present proposal which associates laboratory scale experiments and engine tests is composed of 3 main objectives summarized as follows: