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Francis Oppong

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The researcher's work spans multiple areas of physical sciences and engineering over a 4-year period (2013-2017), focusing on combustion dynamics, fire effects, thermochemical processes, and applications in energy systems. Their research investigates various aspects of flame behavior, including intrinsic instabilities, cellularization characteristics, hydrogen addition effects, detonation and explosion phenomena, microstructures in aluminum alloys, and biofuels for energy conversion. Additionally, they examine pressure distribution and stress responses in biological systems, as well as thermal engineering applications, making their work comprehensive across multiple disciplines.

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Intrinsic instability of different fuels spherically expanding flames: A review(2022)
Esters as a potential renewable fuel: A review of the combustion characteristics(2022)
Cellularization characteristics of ethyl acetate spherical expanding flame(2021)
Effect of hydrogen addition on the laminar burning velocity of n-decane/air mixtures: Experimental and numerical study(2022)
Investigating the laminar burning velocity of 2-methylfuran(2018)
Laminar flame characteristics of 2-ethylfuran/air mixtures: Experimental and kinetic modelling investigations(2021)
Investigations on laminar premixed flame characteristics of ethyl acetate(2021)
Experimental and theoretical study of 2-ethylfuran spherical expanding flame: Cellularization, intrinsic instability and self-acceleration(2022)
Analysis of methyl pentanoate/air mixtures spherically expanding flame intrinsic instabilities(2023)
Methyl pentanoate laminar burning characteristics: Experimental and numerical analysis(2022)
Pressure fluctuation and cellularization characteristics of 2-ethylfuran spherical expanding flame(2023)
Investigating the laminar burning velocity of NH3/H2/air using the constant volume method: Experimental and numerical analysis(2024)
Experimental and numerical studies of laminar flame characteristics of ethyl acetate with or without hydrogen addition(2020)
Investigations on cellularization instability of 2-ethylfuran(2022)
The effect of intrinsic instability on the surface topography of spherical 2-acetylfuran flame(2022)
Experimental study of the macroscopic characteristics of methanol low‐pressure injection spray(2022)
Comparison of 2-acetylfuran, 2-ethylfuran, and 2-methylfuran spherically expanding flame intrinsic instabilities(2022)
The laminar burning velocity of propyl acetate at high pressures and temperatures(2024)
Investigation on n-decane-hydrogen laminar combustion characteristics using the constant volume combustion method(2023)
An experimental and numerical study of propyl acetate laminar combustion characteristics(2024)
Laminar premixed burning characteristics of methanol/ethanol/air at high temperature and pressure(2023)
Flame topography evolution of ethyl acetate/hydrogen by deep learning(2025)
The explosion characteristics investigations of novel biofuel-propyl acetate(2024)
A study on n-decane/hydrogen premixed flame intrinsic flame instability(2025)
Investigation on hydrogen/ethanol intrinsic flame instability(2022)
Cellularization of 2-methylfuran expanding spherical flame(2019)
Inherent instabilities in ethyl acetate premixed flames(2021)
Laminar combustion characteristics of ethyl acetate/hydrogen/air at elevated pressures(2022)
Hydrogen addition effect on cellularization and intrinsic instability of ethyl acetate spherical expanding flame(2023)
Ammonia/hydrogen spherically expanding flame: Propagation behavior and combustion instability(2025)
Experimental and numerical study on morphological characteristics and intrinsic instability of premixed hydrogen/ethanol flames(2024)
Cellularization and intrinsic instability characteristics of 2-methylfuran spherical expanding flame(2023)
Combustion characteristics of methanol with turbulent jet ignition in a constant volume combustion chamber(2025)
Lightning-Induced Wildfires: An Overview(2024)
Determination of laminar burning characteristics of a surrogate for a pyrolysis fuel using constant volume method(2019)
Laminar burning characteristics of bio-aviation fuel candidate derived from lignocellulosic biomass(2022)
Laminar Burning Characteristics of Two Rice-Husk-Derived Biofuels(2018)
Evaluation of explosion characteristics of 2-methylfuran/air mixture(2019)
Investigations on methyl pentanoate-air mixtures confined explosion and cellularity(2023)
Study of the explosive behaviour of NH3/H2/air mixtures(2024)
Investigating the explosion of ethyl acetate in the presence of hydrogen(2020)
Investigations on explosion characteristics of ethyl acetate(2021)
Investigation of the Effects of Hydrogen Addition on Explosion Characteristics and Pressure Fluctuations of Ethyl Acetate(2024)
Crack formation of camshaft castings: Hot tearing susceptibility and root causes(2023)
A review of ground-source heat pump systems with heat pipes for energy efficiency in buildings(2018)
Performance analysis of a micro pneumatic turbine using actual driving conditions simulation(2024)
Recent developments on ethyl levulinate as a promising bio-based transportation fuel(2025)
Spatiotemporal Evolution of Gas in Transmission Fluid under Acoustic Cavitation Conditions(2024)
Optimization of Temperature Distribution in Continuous Annealing Furnaces Using Cfd and Machine Learning to Achieve a More Uniform Temperature Field(2025)
Optimization of temperature distribution in continuous annealing furnaces using CFD and machine learning to achieve a more uniform temperature field(2025)
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Reduces Dendritic Spine Density across Sensory Cortices(2011)

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