Alcohol combustion chemistry

SM Sarathy, P Oßwald, N Hansen… - Progress in energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Alternative transportation fuels, preferably from renewable sources, include alcohols with up
to five or even more carbon atoms. They are considered promising because they can be …

Advances in rapid compression machine studies of low-and intermediate-temperature autoignition phenomena

SS Goldsborough, S Hochgreb, G Vanhove… - Progress in Energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rapid compression machines (RCMs) are widely used to acquire experimental insights into
fuel autoignition and pollutant formation chemistry, especially at conditions relevant to …

Experimental and kinetic modeling study of n-propanol and i-propanol combustion: Flow reactor pyrolysis and laminar flame propagation

W Li, Y Zhang, B Mei, Y Li, C Cao, J Zou, J Yang… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Flow reactor pyrolysis and laminar flame propagation are investigated for n-propanol and i-
propanol, which are the smallest alcohol fuels with isomeric structures. Pyrolysis products of …

Experimental and kinetic modeling investigation on pyrolysis and combustion of n-butane and i-butane at various pressures

W Li, G Wang, Y Li, T Li, Y Zhang, C Cao, J Zou… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Butane is the smallest alkane with normal and branched isomers. To obtain insight into the
effects of fuel structure and pressure on its intermediate-to-high temperature combustion …

Laminar burning characteristics of ammonia and n-butanol blend fuels

X Ma, J Mao, Y Zhang, Y Ma, Z Wang, S Shuai - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Blending n-butanol with ammonia has been shown to effectively improve the combustion
performance of ammonia and enable carbon–neutral combustion systems. This study …

Revisit the PAH and soot formation in high-temperature pyrolysis of methane

ZM Wang, X Zhang, JM Lei, KR Jin, ZY Tian - Journal of Analytical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
As the major component of natural gas, most basic and stable hydrocarbon molecule,
methane (CH 4) is an important source in industrial processing. The polycyclic aromatic …

A theoretical study on bond dissociation enthalpies of coal based model compounds

L Li, H Fan, H Hu - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
The homolytic bond dissociation enthalpies (BDE) of various bonds (Csingle bondH,
Csingle bondC, Csingle bondO, and Osingle bondH) for coal based model compounds that …

An improved detailed chemical kinetic model for C3-C4 linear and iso-alcohols and their blends with gasoline at engine-relevant conditions

C Saggese, CM Thomas, SW Wagnon… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Propanol and butanol isomers have received significant research attention as promising fuel
additives or neat biofuels. Robust chemical kinetic models are needed that can provide …

Experimental and kinetic modeling study of styrene combustion

W Yuan, Y Li, P Dagaut, J Yang, F Qi - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to report new experimental data on styrene combustion and develop
a kinetic model for styrene combustion. Three laminar premixed flames of styrene with …

Investigation on laminar flame propagation of n-butanol/air and n-butanol/O2/He mixtures at pressures up to 20 atm

G Wang, Y Li, W Yuan, Y Wang, Z Zhou, Y Liu… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bio-butanol is an important alternative fuel and has many advantages in engine combustion.
In the present work, laminar flame propagation of n-butanol/air and n-butanol/(14% O 2/86 …