Influence of functional groups on low-temperature combustion chemistry of biofuels

B Rotavera, CA Taatjes - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Ongoing progress in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and catalysis continues to
produce a diverse array of advanced biofuels with complex molecular structure and …

Esters as a potential renewable fuel: A review of the combustion characteristics

F Oppong, C Xu, X Li, Z Luo - Fuel Processing Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Esters are considered as potential fuels in the transportation sector including road, marine
shipping, and aviation to control greenhouse gas emissions. In the context of this possibility …

An extensive experimental and modeling study of 1-butene oxidation

Y Li, CW Zhou, HJ Curran - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a series of ignition delay time (IDT) experiments of 1-butene were performed in
a high-pressure shock tube (HPST) and in a rapid compression machine (RCM) under …

Comparison of methane combustion mechanisms using shock tube and rapid compression machine ignition delay time measurements

P Zhang, IG Zsély, V Samu, T Nagy, T Turányi - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Methane is the major component of natural gas, which is one of the most widely used fuels.
A large number of shock tube (ST) and rapid compression machine (RCM) ignition delay …

A review on Shock tubes with multitudinous applications

GS Balan, SA Raj - International journal of impact engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Shock tubes simulate jet aerodynamics and investigate the behavior of high-temperature
materials, which has significantly evolved since 1899. This article examines the changes in …

High temperature ignition of ammonia/di-isopropyl ketone: A detailed kinetic model and a shock tube experiment

Q Lin, C Zou, L Dai - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Ignition delay times (IDTs) of NH 3/di-isopropyl ketone (DIPK) mixtures with DIPK fractions of
0%, 5%, 10%, and 50% were measured in a shock tube at pressures around 1.75 and …

Experimental and modeling study on ignition delay times of dimethoxy methane/n-heptane blends

E Hu, Z Gao, Y Liu, G Yin, Z Huang - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Ignition delay times of dimethoxy methane (DMM), n-heptane and DMM/n-heptane mixtures
were measured behind reflected shock waves. The experiments were performed at the …

Experimental and Numerical Study of the Effect of CO2 on the Ignition Delay Times of Methane under Different Pressures and Temperatures

Y Liu, C Zou, J Cheng, H Jia, C Zheng - Energy & fuels, 2018 - ACS Publications
Pressurized oxy-fuel combustion is regarded as a new generation of oxy-fuel technology.
The ignition delay times of methane in an O2/N2 atmosphere (0.21 O2+ 0.79 N2) and an …

Contributions to improving small ester combustion chemistry: Theory, model and experiments

D Felsmann, H Zhao, Q Wang, I Graf, T Tan… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodiesel combustion models demand detailed understanding of the reactions undertaken
by the ester functional group in the molecule. Investigations of the chemistry of small methyl …

Ab initio calculation and kinetic modeling study of diethyl ether ignition with application toward a skeletal mechanism for CI engine modeling

E Hu, Y Chen, Z Zhang, JY Chen, Z Huang - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Quantum chemistry and rate constants of reactions such as H-abstraction of diethyl ether
(DEE) by H, OH, HO 2, O and CH 3 radicals as well as DEE and DEE radicals …