1. Introduction2. Development History and Basics of Aerospace Fuels2.1 Introduction2.2 General Properties and Requirements of Aerospace Fuels2.3 Development of Aerospace Fuels2.4 High-Energy-Density Fuels2.5 Non-Petroleum Fuels3. Design and Synthesis of High-Density Polycyoalkane Fuels3.1 Introduction3.2 Cycloaddition3.3 Hydrogenation3.4 Isomerization3.5 Other Reactions and Procedures4. Design and Synthesis of High-Density Diamondoid Fuels4.1 Introduction4.2 Synthesis of Alkyl-Diamondoids via Acid-Catalyzed Rearrangement4.3 Synthesis of Alkyl-Diamondoids via IL-Catalyzed Rearrangement4.4 Synthesis of Alkyl-Diamondoids via Zeolite-Catalyzed Rearrangement4.5 Alkylation and Other Chemical Synthesis Methods4.6 Basic Properties of Alkyl-Diamondoids5. Design and Synthesis of High-Energy Strained Fuels5.1 Introduction5.2 Photocatalytic Synthesis of Quadricyclane5.3 Cyclopropanation5.4 Spiro and Caged Fuels6. Design and Synthesis of High-Density Fuels from Biomass6.1 Introduction6.2 Carbon-Increasing Reaction Strategies7. Design and Synthesis of Nanofluid Fuels7.1 Introduction7.2 Synthesis and Properties of Nanofluid Fuels7.3 Methods to Evaluate Stability of Nanofluids7.4 Approaches to Enhance Stability of Nanofluids7.5 Typical High-Energy Nanofluid Fuels7.6 Physical Properties of Nanofluid Fuels7.7 Formulation and Synthesis of Gelled Fuels7.8 Rheological Behavior7.9 Atomization Behavior7.10 Combustion Behavior8. Design and Synthesis of Green Hypergolic Liquid Fuels8.1 Introduction8.2 Development History of Hypergolic Ionic Liquids8.3 Physicochemical Properties of Hypergolic Ionic Liquids8.4 Hypergolic Ionic Liquids9. Combustion Properties of Fuels and Method to Improve Them9.1 Introduction9.2 Typical Equipment Used in Combustion Experiment9.3 Combustion and Ignition Characters9.4 Methods to Enhance Ignition and Combustion9.5 Combustion Mechanism of Nanofluid Fuels
Professor Ji-Jun Zou is the Department Head of Chemical Technology and Chair Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology in Tianjin University, China. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University in 2000, 2002 and 2005, respectively. He was promoted as full professor of Chemical Engineering in 2013, and became Deputy Director of Key Laboratory of advanced fuel and chemical propellant of Ministry of Education in 2012. Professor Zou has received several awards including Technological Leading Scholar of 10000 Talent project (2017), Changjiang Young Scholar by the Ministry of Education (2016), National Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2012), National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation by the Ministry of Education (2008) and Peiyang Distinguished Young Scholar by Tianjin University (2009). He has authored/coauthored more than 150 papers and 30 patents. He is also an Associate Editor of RSC Advances.Professor Xiangwen Zhang is the Director of Key Laboratory of advanced fuel and chemical propellant of Ministry of Education. He received his academic degrees from Tianjin University, and became a full professor in 2006. His research interests include fuel processing technology and reaction engineering. He has authored/coauthored more than 300 papers and 30 patents. Associate Professor Lun Pan received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China, in 2009 and 2014, respectively. His research interests mainly focus on the design and synthesis of functional photocatalysts; their related modulation of morphology, facets and surface defects; and their applications in photocatalysis, such as in photocatalytic isomerization for synthesis of advanced fuels. He has published more than 30 papers and 5 patents.