Overview Soot Formation in Combustion.- A Short Introduction to the Problem - Structure of the Following Parts.- I PAH Formation in Sooting Flames Experimental Investigation and Kinetics.- 1 Investigation of the High Temperature Reaction of Hydrogen Atoms with Phenylacetylene.- 2 Benzene and Higher Hydrocarbon Formation During Allene Pyrolysis.- 3 Formation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Decane and Kerosene Flames at Reduced Pressure.- 4 Growth of Large Ionic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sooting Flames.- 5 Spectroscopic and Chemical Characterization of Soot Inception Processes in Premixed Laminar Flames at Atmospheric Pressure.- 6 General Discussion to Part I.- II PAH Formation in Sooting Flames Global Dependence and Modelling.- 7 Radical Concentration Measurements in Hydrocarbon Diffusion Flames.- 8 Detection of Large Aromatics in Flames by REMPI-MS.- 9 Pressure Dependence of Formation of Soot and PAH in Premixed Flames.- 10 Detailed Mechanism and Modeling of Soot Particle Formation.- 11 General Discussion to Part II.- III Soot in Flames Mass Growth and Related Phenomena.- 12 Soot Mass Growth in Laminar Diffusion Flames-Parametric Modelling.- 13 Concentration and Temperature Effects on Soot Formation in Diffusion Flames.- 14 Mass Growth of Charged Soot Particles in Premixed Flames.- 15 Growth of Soot Particles in Premixed Flames by Surface Reactions.- 16 Active Sites in Soot Growth.- 17 Soot Precursor Particles in Flames.- 18 General Discussion to Part III.- IV Soot in Flames Formation, Dependence, Practical Systems.- 19 Metallic Additives in Soot Formation and Post-Oxidation.- 20 Critical Temperatures of Soot Formation.- 21 Soot Formation in Partially Premixed Diffusion Flames at Atmospheric Pressure.- 22 Experimental Study on the Influence of Pressure on SootFormation in a Shock Tube.- 23 Soot Formation from Hydrocarbons in a Plug Flow Reactor: Influence of Temperature.- 24 Soot Formation and Oxidation in Diesel Engines.- 25 General Discussion to Part IV.- V Models for Soot Formation in Laminar Flames.- 26 Soot Deposition from Ethylene/Air Flames and the Role of Aromatic Intermediates.- 27 Simplified Soot Nucleation and Surface Growth Steps for Non-Premixed Flames.- 28 Successes and Uncertainties in Modelling Soot Formation in Laminar, Premixed Flames.- 29 Comparison of the Ionic Mechanism of Soot Formation with a Free Radical Mechanism.- 30 The Role of Biaryl Reactions in PAH and Soot Formation.- VI Models for Soot Formation in Turbulent Flames.- 31 Application of a Soot Model to a Turbulent Ethylene Diffusion Flame.- 32 Model of Soot Formation: Coupling of Turbulence and Soot Chemistry.- 33 Modelling Soot Formation for Turbulent Flame Prediction.- 34 General Discussion to Part VI.- VII Final Discussion and Perspectives.- 35 Mechanisms and Models of Soot Formation: Final Discussion and Perspectives.- Index of contributors.
