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A chemical kinetic perspective on the low-temperature oxidation of propane/propene mixtures through experiments and kinetic analyses
(2021)
Ramalingam, Ajoy; Panigrahy, Snehasish; Fenard, Yann; Curran, Henry J.; Heufer, Karl Al...
A chemical kinetic perspective on the low-temperature oxidation of propane/propene mixtures through experiments and kinetic analyses
(2021)
Ramalingam, Ajoy; Panigrahy, Snehasish; Fenard, Yann; Curran, Henry J.; Heufer, Karl Alexander
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Our understanding of fuel oxidation has improved with rigorous experimental and theoretical investigations being performed in recent years. As investigation methods evolve, our understanding of fundamental fuel chemistry advances. This process allows us to revisit and improve our existing chemical kinetic models. Propane and propene have been studied in various facilities at different conditions; however, the interaction of these two species has not been explored well. These two species play a crucial role in the oxidation of larger hydrocarbons and constitute a significant fraction of liquefied petroleum gas. The current study involves an experimental investigation of ignition delay time measurements for neat propene and propane/propene (50%/50%) mixtures in a rapid compression machine for a range of pressures (20-80 bar). These auto-ignition experiments are complemented by the measurement of stable intermediate species mole fraction profiles at 750 K for the non-diluted stoichiome...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16443
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A comprehensive detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism for combustion of n-alkane hydrocarbons from n-octane to n-hexadecane
(2018)
Westbrook, Charles K.; Pitz, William J.; Herbinet, Olivier; Curran, Henry J.; Silke, Em...
A comprehensive detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism for combustion of n-alkane hydrocarbons from n-octane to n-hexadecane
(2018)
Westbrook, Charles K.; Pitz, William J.; Herbinet, Olivier; Curran, Henry J.; Silke, Emma J.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14410
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A comprehensive experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modelling study of 2,5-dimethylfuran pyrolysis and oxidation
(2018)
Somers, Kieran P.; Simmie, John M.; Gillespie, Fiona; Conroy, Christine; Black, Gráinne...
A comprehensive experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modelling study of 2,5-dimethylfuran pyrolysis and oxidation
(2018)
Somers, Kieran P.; Simmie, John M.; Gillespie, Fiona; Conroy, Christine; Black, Gráinne; Metcalfe, Wayne K.; Battin-Leclerc, Frédérique; Dirrenberger, Patricia; Herbinet, Olivier; Glaude, Pierre-Alexandre; Dagaut, Philippe; Togbé, Casimir; Yasunaga, Kenji; Fernandes, Ravi X.; Lee, Changyoul; Tripathi, Rupali; Curran, Henry J.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/13978
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A detailed chemical kinetic modeling and experimental investigation of the low- and high-temperature chemistry of n-butylcyclohexane
(2021)
Pitz, William J.; Liang, Jinhu; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Zhang, Kuiwen; Conroy, Christine; B...
A detailed chemical kinetic modeling and experimental investigation of the low- and high-temperature chemistry of n-butylcyclohexane
(2021)
Pitz, William J.; Liang, Jinhu; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Zhang, Kuiwen; Conroy, Christine; Bugler, John; Curran, Henry J.
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Chemical kinetic models of gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels and their mixtures with bioderived fuels are needed to assess fuel property effects on efficiency, emissions, and other performance metrics in internal combustion and gas turbine engines. As these real fuels have too many fuel components to be included in a chemical kinetic model, surrogate fuels containing fewer components are used to represent them. These surrogate fuels mimic the chemical classes or molecular structures contained in the real fuel. One of the important chemical classes in gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels comprises cyclohexanes. Cyclohexanes comprise about 30% or more by weight in diesel fuel. Also, Mueller et al (Energy Fuels. 2012;26(6):3284-3303) proposed n-butylcyclohexane (nBCH) as a component in a nine-component surrogate palette to represent the ignition properties, distillation curve, density, and molecular structures of a diesel certification fuel. In this work, experimental measurements of the igni...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16440
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An ab initio/transition state theory study of the reactions of Ċ5H9 species of relevance to 1,3-Pentadiene, Part II: Pressure dependent rate constants and implications for combustion modeling
(2020)
Sun, Yanjin; Zhou, Chong-Wen; Somers, Kieran P.; Curran, Henry J.
An ab initio/transition state theory study of the reactions of Ċ5H9 species of relevance to 1,3-Pentadiene, Part II: Pressure dependent rate constants and implications for combustion modeling
(2020)
Sun, Yanjin; Zhou, Chong-Wen; Somers, Kieran P.; Curran, Henry J.
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The temperature- and pressure-dependence of rate constants for several radicals and unsaturated hydrocarbons reactions (1,3-C5H8/1,4-C5H8/cyC(5)H(8) + (H)over dot, C2H4 + (C)over dot(3)H5-a, C3H6 + (C)over dot(2)H(3)) are analyzed in this paper. The abstraction reactions of these systems are also calculated and compared with available literature data. (C)over dot(5)H(9) radicals can be produced via (H)over dot atom addition reactions to the pentadiene isomers and cyclopentene, and also by H-atom abstraction reactions from 1- and 2-pentene and cyclopentane. Comprehensive (C)over dot(5)H(9) potential energy surface (PES) analyses and high-pressure limiting rate constants for related reactions have been explored in part I of this work (J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123 (22), 9019-9052). In this work, a chemical kinetic model is constructed based on the computed thermochemistry and high-pressure limiting rate constants from part I, to further understand the chemistry of different C5H8 molecule...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16218
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An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 1,3-butadiene combustion: Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements
(2019)
Zhou, Chong-Wen; Li, Yang; Burke, Ultan; Banyon, Colin; Somers, Kieran P.; Ding, Shuiti...
An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 1,3-butadiene combustion: Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements
(2019)
Zhou, Chong-Wen; Li, Yang; Burke, Ultan; Banyon, Colin; Somers, Kieran P.; Ding, Shuiting; Khan, Saadat; Hargis, Joshua W.; Sikes, Travis; Mathieu, Olivier; Petersen, Eric L.; AlAbbad, Mohammed; Farooq, Aamir; Pan, Youshun; Zhang, Yingjia; Huang, Zuohua; Lopez, Joseph; Loparo, Zachary; Vasu, Subith S.; Curran, Henry J.
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Ignition delay times for 1,3-butadiene oxidation were measured in five different shock tubes and in a rapid compression machine (RCM) at thermodynamic conditions relevant to practical combustors. The ignition delay times were measured at equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 in 'air' at pressures of 10, 20 and 40 atm in both the shock tubes and in the RCM. Additional measurements were made at equivalence ratios of 0.3, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 in argon, at pressures of 1, 2 and 4 atm in a number of different shock tubes. Laminar flame speeds were measured at unburnt temperatures of 295 K, 359 K and 399 K at atmospheric pressure in the equivalence ratio range of 0.6-1.7, and at a pressure of 5 atm at equivalence ratios in the range 0.6-1.4. These experimental data were then used as validation targets for a newly developed detailed chemical kinetic mechanism for 1,3-butadiene oxidation.A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism (AramcoMech 3.0) has been developed to describe the combus...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14784
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An experimental and kinetic modeling study of cyclopentane and dimethyl ether blends
(2021)
Lokachari, Nitin; Wagnon, Scott W.; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J.
An experimental and kinetic modeling study of cyclopentane and dimethyl ether blends
(2021)
Lokachari, Nitin; Wagnon, Scott W.; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J.
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Cyclopentane is a suitable naphthene, or cycloalkane, in a palette for multi-component gasoline surro- gate fuels due to its presence in market fuels and its relevance to alkyl substituted cyclopentanes also present. However, the previous oxidation studies of cyclopentane have primarily focused on neat mixtures. Blending cyclopentane with dimethyl ether in this work therefore serves to inform our understanding of, and improve predictive models for, multi-component mixtures. In this work, the auto-ignition of cyclopentane/dimethyl ether blends was studied in a high-pressure shock tube and in a rapid compression machine. A wide range of temperatures (650 1350 K) and elevated pressures of 20 and 40 bar were studied at equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 in air for two blending ratios (30/70 and 70/30 mole% cyclopentane/di-methyl ether mixtures). A detailed kinetic model for cyclopentane was revised to capture the measured ignition delay times and apparent heat release rates in this...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16483
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An experimental and kinetic modeling study of the oxidation of hexane isomers: Developing consistent reaction rate rules for alkanes
(2019)
Kuiwen, Zhang; Banyon, Colin; Burke, Ultan; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Wagnon, Scott W.; Mehl,...
An experimental and kinetic modeling study of the oxidation of hexane isomers: Developing consistent reaction rate rules for alkanes
(2019)
Kuiwen, Zhang; Banyon, Colin; Burke, Ultan; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Wagnon, Scott W.; Mehl, Marco; Curran, Henry J.; Westbrook, Charles K.; Pitz, William J.
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Alkanes are key components in gasoline, jet and diesel fuels and considerably influence the combustion behavior of these fuels because of their wide range of reactivity. An improved understanding of their combustion behavior and the development of chemical kinetic models that can accurately simulate their combustion behavior are important for the development of next-generation internal-combustion and gas-turbine engines. The current work provides improved insight into oxidation mechanisms of a representative family of hydrocarbon fuels, specifically the hexane isomers: n-hexane, 2-methylpentane, 3-methylpentane, 2,2-dimethylbutane and 2,3-dimethylbutane. These isomers provide carbon "skeletons" ranging from straight-chained to highly-branched and provide a framework for the subsequent development of kinetic mechanisms for larger alkanes. New ignition delay times for the four branched hexane isomers were measured in a high-pressure shock tube and in a rapid compression mach...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15429
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An experimental and modeling study of diethyl carbonate oxidation
(2018)
Nakamura, Hisashi; Curran, Henry J.; Polo Córdoba, Angel; Pitz, William J.; Dagaut, Phi...
An experimental and modeling study of diethyl carbonate oxidation
(2018)
Nakamura, Hisashi; Curran, Henry J.; Polo Córdoba, Angel; Pitz, William J.; Dagaut, Philippe; Togbé, Casimir; Sarathy, S. Mani; Mehl, Marco; Agudelo, John R.; Bustamante, Felipe
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/13077
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An experimental, theoretical, and modeling study of the ignition behavior of cyclopentanone
(2019)
Zhang, Kuiwen; Lokachari, Nitin; Ninnemann, Erik; Khanniche, Sarah; Green, William H.; ...
An experimental, theoretical, and modeling study of the ignition behavior of cyclopentanone
(2019)
Zhang, Kuiwen; Lokachari, Nitin; Ninnemann, Erik; Khanniche, Sarah; Green, William H.; Curran, Henry J.; Vasu, Subith S.; Pitz, William J.
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The ignition delay times of cyclopentanone in air were measured using a high pressure shock tube (HPST) and a rapid compression machine (RCM) over the temperature range of 794-1368 K at P = 15 and 30 bar and at equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0. To provide more insight into the oxidation of cyclopentanone, CO time-histories during cyclopentanone oxidation in a shock tube at high temperatures and various pressures were also measured. In addition, quantum chemistry calculations have been performed to calculate the reaction rates for the olefin +HO2 center dot elimination reactions of fuel peroxyl radical decomposition reactions, which were suggested as critical reaction pathways for the oxidation of cyclopentanone in previous studies. Based on these experimental and theoretical investigations, a detailed kinetic model has been developed and validated using the experimental data. The model has satisfactorily reproduced the ignition delay times in the RCM and shock tube, and CO his...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15095
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An ignition delay time and chemical kinetic modeling study of the pentane isomers
(2018)
Bugler, John; Marks, Brandon; Mathieu, Olivier; Archuleta, Rachel; Camou, Alejandro; Gr...
An ignition delay time and chemical kinetic modeling study of the pentane isomers
(2018)
Bugler, John; Marks, Brandon; Mathieu, Olivier; Archuleta, Rachel; Camou, Alejandro; Grégoire, Claire; Heufer, Karl A.; Petersen, Eric L.; Curran, Henry J.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/10589
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An RCM experimental and modeling study on CH4 and CH4/C2H6 oxidation at pressures up to 160 bar
(2017)
Ramalingam, Ajoy; Zhang, Kuiwen; Dhongde, Avnish; Virnich, Lukas; Sankhla, Harsh; Curra...
An RCM experimental and modeling study on CH4 and CH4/C2H6 oxidation at pressures up to 160 bar
(2017)
Ramalingam, Ajoy; Zhang, Kuiwen; Dhongde, Avnish; Virnich, Lukas; Sankhla, Harsh; Curran, Henry J.; Heufer, Alexander
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The oxidation of CH4 and CH4/C2H6 mixtures were studied at pressures relevant to knocking in large bore natural gas engines. The experiments were carried out in a rapid compression machine (RCM) at end of compression (EOC) temperatures ranging between 885 and 940 K at compressed gas pressures of 105, 125, 150, and 160 bar at varying equivalence ratios (0.417, 0.526, and 1.0) and dilution percentages (0, 10, and 30% Exhaust Gas Recirculation - EGR) that were defined in a test matrix. This study describes the method and limitations of performing high-pressure experiments of this magnitude in an RCM, modeling, and validation of the kinetic mechanism against experimental data. While the recently published AramcoMech 2.0 could well predict the ignition delay times (IDTs) for CH4 within the uncertainty ranges at comparatively higher pressures and lower temperatures (885-940 K), the predicted reactivity is, in general, lower than that of AramcoMech 1.3 as shown in our previous screening st...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6899
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Assessing the predictions of a NOx kinetic mechanism on recent hydrogen and syngas experimental data
(2017)
Zhang, Yingjia; Mathieu, Olivier; Petersen, Eric L.; Bourque, Gilles; Curran, Henry J.
Assessing the predictions of a NOx kinetic mechanism on recent hydrogen and syngas experimental data
(2017)
Zhang, Yingjia; Mathieu, Olivier; Petersen, Eric L.; Bourque, Gilles; Curran, Henry J.
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A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism has been developed to describe the pyrolysis and oxidation of the hydrogen/NOx and syngas/NOx systems. The thermodynamic data of nitrogenous compounds have been updated based on the study of Bugler et al. (2016). The rate constants of individual elementary reactions associated with the Zeldovich mechanism, the N/O sub-mechanism (NO2, N2O and NO3), the H/N/O sub mechanism (HNO/HON, HNO2/HONO and HONO2) and the NH3 mechanism (NNH and NH2OH) have been selected through a synthetic comparison of the data available in the literature and the adoption of the latest available published rate constant data. The proposed mechanism has been validated against a large number of experimental data including pyrolysis histories, ignition delay time data, species profile versus time and temperature and flame speed measurements over a wide range of initial combustion conditions and various experimental devices including shock tubes, flow reactors, jet-stirred react...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6874
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Autoignition behavior of unsaturated hydrocarbons in the low and high temperature regions
(2018)
Mehl, Marco; Pitz, William J.; Westbrook, Charles K.; Yasunaga, Kenji; Conroy, Christin...
Autoignition behavior of unsaturated hydrocarbons in the low and high temperature regions
(2018)
Mehl, Marco; Pitz, William J.; Westbrook, Charles K.; Yasunaga, Kenji; Conroy, Christine; Curran, Henry J.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/12868
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Cyclopentane combustion. Part II. Ignition delay measurements and mechanism validation
(2017)
Al Rashidi, Mariam J.; Mármol, Juan C.; Banyon, Colin; Sajid, Muhammad B.; Mehl, Marco;...
Cyclopentane combustion. Part II. Ignition delay measurements and mechanism validation
(2017)
Al Rashidi, Mariam J.; Mármol, Juan C.; Banyon, Colin; Sajid, Muhammad B.; Mehl, Marco; Pitz, William J.; Mohamed, Samah; Alfazazi, Adamu; Lu, Tianfeng; Curran, Henry J.; Farooq, Aamir; Sarathy, S. Mani
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This study reports cyclopentane ignition delay measurements over a wide range of conditions. The measurements were obtained using two shock tubes and a rapid compression machine, and were used to test a detailed low- and high-temperature mechanism of cyclopentane oxidation that was presented in part I of this study (Al Rashidi et al., 2017). The ignition delay times of cyclopentane/air mixtures were measured over the temperature range of 650-1350 K at pressures of 20 and 40 atm and equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0. The ignition delay times simulated using the detailed chemical kinetic model of cyclopentane oxidation show very good agreement with the experimental measurements, as well as with the cyclopentane ignition and flame speed data available in the literature. The agreement is significantly improved compared to previous models developed and investigated at higher temperatures. Reaction path and sensitivity analyses were performed to provide insights into the ignition-con...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6870
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Detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanisms for primary reference fuels for diesel cetane number and spark-ignition octane number
(2018)
Westbrook, C.K.; Pitz, W.J.; Mehl, M.; Curran, Henry J.
Detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanisms for primary reference fuels for diesel cetane number and spark-ignition octane number
(2018)
Westbrook, C.K.; Pitz, W.J.; Mehl, M.; Curran, Henry J.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14411
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Determination of rate parameters based on both direct and indirect measurements
(2018)
Turányi, T.; Nagy, T.; Zsély, I. Gy.; Cserháti, M.; Varga, T.; Szabó, B. T.; Sedyó, I.;...
Determination of rate parameters based on both direct and indirect measurements
(2018)
Turányi, T.; Nagy, T.; Zsély, I. Gy.; Cserháti, M.; Varga, T.; Szabó, B. T.; Sedyó, I.; Kiss, P. T.; Zempléni, A.; Curran, Henry J.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14225
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Developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms for fuel combustion
(2019)
Curran, Henry J.
Developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms for fuel combustion
(2019)
Curran, Henry J.
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This paper discusses a brief history of chemical kinetic modeling, with some emphasis on the development of chemical kinetic mechanisms describing fuel oxidation. At high temperatures, the important reactions tend to be those associated with the H-2/O-2 and C-1-C-2 sub-mechanisms, particularly for non-aromatic fuels. At low temperatures, and for aromatic fuels, the reactions that dominate and control the reaction kinetics are those associated with the parent fuel and its daughter radicals. Strategies used to develop and optimize chemical kinetic mechanisms are discussed and some reference is made to lumped and reduced mechanisms. The importance of accurate thermodynamic parameters for the species involved is also highlighted, as is the little-studied importance of collider efficiencies of different third bodies involved in pressure-dependent reactions. (C) 2018 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15121
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Kinetic modeling of gasoline surrogate components and mixtures under engine conditions
(2018)
Mehl, Marco; Pitz, William J.; Westbrook, Charles K.; Curran, Henry J.
Kinetic modeling of gasoline surrogate components and mixtures under engine conditions
(2018)
Mehl, Marco; Pitz, William J.; Westbrook, Charles K.; Curran, Henry J.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/12867
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New experimental insights into acetylene oxidation through novel ignition delay times, laminar burning velocities and chemical kinetic modelling
(2019)
Lokachari, Nitin; Burke, Ultan; Ramalingam, Ajoy; Turner, Mattias; Hesse, Raik; Somers,...
New experimental insights into acetylene oxidation through novel ignition delay times, laminar burning velocities and chemical kinetic modelling
(2019)
Lokachari, Nitin; Burke, Ultan; Ramalingam, Ajoy; Turner, Mattias; Hesse, Raik; Somers, Kieran P.; Beeckmann, Joachim; Heufer, Karl A.; Petersen, Eric L.; Curran, Henry J.
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The oxidation of acetylene is central to the oxidation of virtually all hydrocarbon fuels. It is also important for commercial industry, due to its wide range of applications such as flame photometry, atomic absorption, welding etc. In this study, ignition delay times (IDTs) for acetylene oxidation were measured at elevated pressures (10-30 bar) and temperatures (700-1300 K) in a high-pressure shock tube (HPST) and in a rapid compression machine (RCM). The range of pressures, temperatures and mixture compositions studied are at conditions never previously investigated in the literature. The new measurements highlight some major shortcomings in our understanding of the oxidation mechanism of acetylene. The importance of these findings is accentuated, considering the fundamental nature of acetylene chemistry in modelling larger hydrocarbons. These data are complemented by new laminar burning velocity (LBV) experiments, independently performed in two different laboratories. As commerci...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15119
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Probing the antagonistic effect of toluene as a component in surrogate fuel models at low temperatures and high pressures. A case study of toluene/dimethyl ether mixtures
(2017)
Zhang, Yingjia; Somers, Kieran P.; Mehl, Marco; Pitz, William J.; Cracknell, Roger F.; ...
Probing the antagonistic effect of toluene as a component in surrogate fuel models at low temperatures and high pressures. A case study of toluene/dimethyl ether mixtures
(2017)
Zhang, Yingjia; Somers, Kieran P.; Mehl, Marco; Pitz, William J.; Cracknell, Roger F.; Curran, Henry J.
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There is a dearth of experimental data which examine the fundamental low-temperature ignition (T < 900 K) behavior of toluene resulting in a lack of data for the construction, validation, and interpretation of chemical kinetic models for commercial fuels. In order to gain a better understanding of its combustion chemistry, dimethyl ether (DME) has been used as a radical initiator to induce ignition in this highly knock resistant aromatic, and its influence on the combustion of toluene ignition was studied in both shock tube and rapid compression machines as a function of temperature (624–1459 K), pressure (20–40 atm), equivalence ratio (0.5–2.0), and blending ratio (100% toluene, 76% toluene (76T/24D), 58% toluene (58T/42D), 26% toluene (26T/74D) and 100% DME). Several literature chemical kinetic models are used to interpret our experimental results. For mixtures containing high concentrations of toluene at low-temperatures none of these are capable of reproducing experiment. Th...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6868
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Probing the low-temperature chemistry of ethanol via the addition of dimethyl ether
(2019)
Zhang, Yingjia; El-Merhubi, Hilal; Lefort, Benoîte; Le Moyne, Luis; Curran, Henry J.; K...
Probing the low-temperature chemistry of ethanol via the addition of dimethyl ether
(2019)
Zhang, Yingjia; El-Merhubi, Hilal; Lefort, Benoîte; Le Moyne, Luis; Curran, Henry J.; Kéromnès, Alan
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Considering the importance of ethanol (EtOH) as an engine fuel and a key component of surrogate fuels, the further understanding of its auto-ignition and oxidation characteristics at engine-relevant conditions (high pressures and low temperatures) is still necessary. However, it remains difficult to measure ignition delay times for ethanol at temperatures below 850 K with currently available facilities including shock tube and rapid compression machine due to its low reactivity. Considering the success of our recent study of toluene oxidation under similar conditions [38], dimethyl ether (DME) has been selected as a radical initiator to explore the low-temperature reactivity of ethanol. In this study, ignition delay times of ethanol/DME/'air' mixtures with blending ratios of 100% EtOH, 70%/30% EtOH/DME and 50%/50% EtOH/DME mixtures were measured in a rapid compression machine and in two high-pressure shock tubes at conditions relevant to internal combustion engines (20-40 ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14790
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Small ester combustion chemistry: Computational kinetics and experimental study of methyl acetate and ethyl acetate
(2019)
Ahmed, Ahfaz; Pitz, William J.; Cavallotti, Carlo; Mehl, Marco; Lokachari, Nitin; Nilss...
Small ester combustion chemistry: Computational kinetics and experimental study of methyl acetate and ethyl acetate
(2019)
Ahmed, Ahfaz; Pitz, William J.; Cavallotti, Carlo; Mehl, Marco; Lokachari, Nitin; Nilsson, Elna J. K.; Wang, Jui-Yang; Konnov, Alexander A.; Wagnon, Scott W.; Chen, Bingjie; Wang, Zhandong; Kim, Seonah; Curran, Henry J.; Klippenstein, Stephen J.; Roberts, William L.; Sarathy, S. Mani
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Small esters represent an important class of high octane biofuels for advanced spark ignition engines. They qualify for stringent fuel screening standards and could be synthesized through various pathways. In this work, we performed a detailed investigation of the combustion of two small esters, MA (methyl acetate) and EA (ethyl acetate), including quantum chemistry calculations, experimental studies of combustion characteristics and kinetic model development. The quantum chemistry calculations were performed to obtain rates for H-atom abstraction reactions involved in the oxidation chemistry of these fuels. The series of experiments include: a shock tube study to measure ignition delays at 15 and 30 bar, 1000-1450 K and equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0; laminar burning velocity measurements in a heat flux burner over a range of equivalence ratios [0.7-1.4] at atmospheric pressure and temperatures of 298 and 338 K; and speciation measurements during oxidation in a jet-stirred ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15120
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Testing the validity of a mechanism describing the oxidation of binary n-heptane/toluene mixtures at engine operating conditions
(2019)
Malliotakis, Zisis; Banyon, Colin; Kuiwen, Zhang; Wagnon, Scott; Rodriguez Henriquez, J...
Testing the validity of a mechanism describing the oxidation of binary n-heptane/toluene mixtures at engine operating conditions
(2019)
Malliotakis, Zisis; Banyon, Colin; Kuiwen, Zhang; Wagnon, Scott; Rodriguez Henriquez, Jose Juan; Vourliotakis, George; Keramiotis, Christos; Founti, Maria; Mauss, Fabian; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J.
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The aim of this work is to evaluate the influence of the n-heptane/toluene ratio on the reactivity of binary toluene reference fuels (TRFs), through a combined experimental and numerical work. Novel experimental ignition delay time (IDT) data of three binary TRFs of varying n-heptane/toluene ratios have been obtained in a high-pressure shock tube and in a rapid compression machine at conditions relevant to novel engine operation. Measurements have been performed at two pressures (10 and 30 bar), and at three fuel/air equivalence ratios (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0) for TRF mixtures of 50%, 75% and 90% by volume toluene concentration, over the temperature range of 650-1450 K. It was found that, increasing the n-heptane content, led to an increase in reactivity and shorter measured IDTs. Reduced sensitivity to the equivalence ratio was observed at high temperatures, especially for high toluene content mixtures. A well validated detailed kinetic mechanism for TRF oxidation was utilized to provide...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14915
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The influence of iso-butene kinetics on the reactivity of di-isobutylene and iso-octane
(2021)
Lokachari, Nitin; Panigrahy, Snehasish; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Gihun, Kim; Vasu, Subith S....
The influence of iso-butene kinetics on the reactivity of di-isobutylene and iso-octane
(2021)
Lokachari, Nitin; Panigrahy, Snehasish; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Gihun, Kim; Vasu, Subith S.; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J.
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The continuous development of a core C-0 - C-4 kinetic mechanism generally involves updating it using reliable kinetics and thermodynamics and may also involve the inclusion of missing reaction pathways to improve the integrity, prediction accuracy and applicability of the mechanism over a wider range of combustion relevant conditions. Accurate kinetic descriptions of the core mechanism can have a substantial influence on accurate predictions of higher hydrocarbon combustion models as the consumption of these larger species rely heavily on the core mechanism. This study is motivated by a severe under prediction in the reactivity of the high temperature experimental targets of di-isobutylene (DIB), an important component used in surrogate fuel formulations. It is worth noting that isobutene (iC(4)H(8)) laminar burning velocities are also severely under-predicted in the recent publication of Zhou et al. [1], which is regarded as a critical fragment formed in the decomposition of DIB, ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16439
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