Publications

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Here you will find all scientific publications, reports and news of general interest regarding CESTAP.

Comparing Chemical Reaction Mechanisms for Jet Fuel in Turbulent Premixed Combustion Simulations

Åkerblom A., Zettervall N. & Fureby C; 2025, “Comparing Chemical Reaction Mechanisms for Jet Fue...

Large Eddy Simulations of Alternative Jet Fuel Combustion

Arvid Åkerblom, Lund University, Dept. of Energy Sciences Link to publication: https://portal.resear...

Annual Report 2024

A Comparative Study of Lignin Recovery Conditions Using GVL Organosolv and Lignin Characterization

Hatun Tanis M., Vercoutere E., Galbe M., Al-Rudainy B. & Wallberg W.; 2025, “A Comparative Study...

A Compact Chemical Kinetic Mechanism for Heavy Fuel Surrogates with n-, iso- and Cyclo-Alkanes, and Aromatic Compounds

Zettervall N. & Nilsson, E.J.K. 2025, “A Compact Chemical Kinetic Mechanism for Heavy Fuel Surro...

LES Modeling of the DLR Generic Single-Cup Spray Combustor: Comparison of Exploratory Category C Jet Fuels

Åkerblom A. & Fureby C.; 2025, “LES Modeling of the DLR Generic Single-Cup Spray Combustor: Comp...

Large Eddy Simulations of a Turbulent Premixed Swirling Flame with Finite-Rate Chemistry and Flame-Wrinkling Turbulent Combustion Models

Ercole A., Lörstad D. & Fureby C.; 2025, “Large Eddy Simulations of a Turbulent Premixed Swirlin...

LES Modeling of Sustainable and Conventional Aviation Fuel in the Cambridge Premixed Bluff-body Burner

Åkerblom A. & Fureby C.; 2025, “LES Modeling of Sustainable and Conventional Aviation Fuel in th...

Multidimensional Chemistry Coordinate Mapping for Large Eddy Simulations of a Turbulent Premixed Bluff-Body Burner

Vauquelin P., Zhou Y., Åkerblom A., Fureby C. & Bai X.-S.; 2025, “Multidimensional Chemistry Coo...

Large Eddy Simulation of a Model Jet-Engine Swirl-Stabilized Flame Using Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Vauquelin P., Cakir B.O., Sanned D., Prakash M., Hannappel J.-P., Subash A.A., Richter M., Bai X.-S....

Application and Assessment of Background Oriented Schlieren for Laminar Burning Velocity Measurements

Cakir B., Sanned D., Prakash M., Brackmann, C. Richter M. & Fureby C.; 2025, “Application and As...

Optical Diagnostics with Background Oriented Schlieren – A practical perspective on reactive and non-reactive flow scenarios

Bora O. Cakir, Lund University, Dept. of Energy Sciences Link to publication: https://portal.researc...

Lignin recovery from Norway spruce into value-added components

Hatun Tanis M. Vercoutere E., Al-Rudainy B. & Wallberg O.; 2024, “Lignin recovery from Norway sp...

Numerical Investigation of the Fuel Flexibility of a Typical Aero Engine Swirl Stabilized Flame

Vauquelin P., Cakir B.O., Fureby C., Bai X.-S., Richter M., Subash A.A., Prakash M. & Sanned D.;...

Sensitivity and Resolution Response of Optical Flow based Background Oriented Schlieren to Speckle Patterns

Cakir B.O., Lavagnoli S., Saracoglu B.H. & Fureby C.; 2024, “Sensitivity and Resolution Response...

Lignin recovery from Norway spruce by two-step fractionation

Hatun Tanis M. et al., “Lignin recovery from Norway spruce by two-step fractionation”, 20th Internat...

Turbulent Combustion Model Sensitivity in LES of a Gas Turbine Combustor

Ercole A. Lörstad D. & Fureby C; 2024, “Turbulent Combustion Model Sensitivity in LES of a Gas T...

Experimental and Numerical Investigations of a Swirl Stabilized Jet Engine Combustor

Cakir B.O., Sanned D., Vauquelin P., Prakash M., Hannappel J.-P., Subash A., Richter M., Bai X.-S. &...

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Sustainable Aviation Fuels on a Helicopter Combustion Chamber

Pignatelli F., Subash A.A., Richter M., Sanned D. & Fureby C.; 2024, “Experimental and Numerical...

Sustainable Turbine Fuels for Aviation and Power

Fureby C. & Hedberg M.; 2024, “Sustainable Turbine Fuels for Aviation and Power”, ISABE-2024-072...

LES Spray Combustion Modeling of the DLR Generic Single Cup Combustor

Åkerblom A. & Fureby C.; 2024, “LES Spray Combustion Modeling of the DLR Generic Single Cup Comb...

Numerical Modeling of Chemical Kinetics, Spray Dynamics, and Turbulent Combustion towards Sustainable Aviation

Åkerblom A., Passad M., Ercole A., Zettervall N., Nilsson E. & Fureby C.; 2024, “Numerical Model...

Annual Report 2023: Technical Summary

Here you find a 6-page summary of the advancements made in CESTAP in 2023. For further details we re...

Master thesis WP4: An Early Evaluation Method of the Compatibility of Alternative Jet Fuels with Elastomer Seals

Eriona Dullovi Department of Process and Life Science Engineering, Lund University Supervisor: Docto...

Annual Report 2023

Comparing Chemical Reaction Mechanisms for Jet Fuel Combustion in Simulations of a Turbulent Premixed Bluff-Body Burner

Arvid Åkerblom and Christer FurebyDivision of Heat Transfer, Dept. of Energy Sciences, Lund Universi...

Predictions of Spray Combustion using Conventional Category A Fuels and Exploratory Category C Fuels

F. Pignatelli, A. Åkerblom, E.J.K. Nilsson and C. FurebyLund University, Department of Energy Scienc...

Numerical Simulations of Spray Combustion in Jet Engines

Arvid Åkerblom, Francesco Pignatelli and Christer FurebyDepartment of Energy Sciences, Lund Universi...

Lignin Extraction by Using Two-Step Fractionation: A Review

Medya Hatun Tanis, Ola Wallberg, Mats Galbe and Basel Al-RudainyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, ...

Jet engine is up and running!

Yesterday, December 19th, the sound of an RM 15 engine was finally heard in the jet engine lab! Afte...

Annual Report 2022

The scientific report describing the centre activities in 2022 is now available here.

Assessment and Application of Optical Flow in Background‐oriented Schlieren for Compressible Flows

Cakir B.O., Lavagnoli S., Saracoglu B.H. & Fureby C.; 2023, “Assessment and Application of Optic...

CESTAP Annual Meeting December 6th

On Tuesday the 6th of December all partners in CESTAP meet in Lund to review the progress, listen to...

Inauguration of the Jet Engine Lab in Ljungbyhed September 13th!

Read the news about the lab here (swedish only): https://news.cision.com/se/lunds-universitet/r/fram...

Jet Engine Lab

Save the date: On September 13th the new Jet Engine Lab at Lund University School of Aviation (TFHS)...

We are online!

Web page of CESTAP is officially launched.

Paving the Route Towards Green Aviation with Hydrogen and Biojetfuels – A Numerical Study using OpenFOAM

Fureby C.; 2022, “Paving the Route Towards Green Aviation with Hydrogen and Biojetfuels – A Numerica...

The Impact of Reaction Mechanism Complexity in LES Modeling of Liquid Kerosene Combustion

Åkerblom A.; 2022, “The Impact of Reaction Mechanism Complexity in LES Modeling of Liquid Kerosene C...

Kick-off March 17th

A kick-off was held in Lund at March 17, 2022 with participants attending both physically and digita...

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