A physics-based approach to modeling real-fuel combustion chemistry-I. Evidence from experiments, and thermodynamic, chemical kinetic and statistical …

H Wang, R Xu, K Wang, CT Bowman, RK Hanson… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Real distillate fuels usually contain thousands of hydrocarbon components. Over a wide
range of combustion conditions, large hydrocarbon molecules undergo thermal …

ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulations of thermal reactivity of various fuels in pyrolysis and combustion

X Li, M Zheng, C Ren, L Guo - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
The methodology development and applications of ReaxFF molecular dynamics (ReaxFF
MD) in unraveling the complex reactions and kinetics for pyrolysis and oxidation of organic …

A chemical mechanism for low to high temperature oxidation of n-dodecane as a component of transportation fuel surrogates

K Narayanaswamy, P Pepiot, H Pitsch - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
Using surrogate fuels in lieu of real fuels is an appealing concept for combustion studies. A
major limitation however, is the capability to design compact and reliable kinetic models that …

Optimized reaction mechanism rate rules for ignition of normal alkanes

L Cai, H Pitsch, SY Mohamed, V Raman, J Bugler… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for cleaner combustion and reduced greenhouse gas emissions
motivates research on the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels and their surrogates. Accurate …

A component library framework for deriving kinetic mechanisms for multi-component fuel surrogates: Application for jet fuel surrogates

K Narayanaswamy, H Pitsch, P Pepiot - Combustion and Flame, 2016 - Elsevier
Surrogate fuels are often used in place of real fuels in computational combustion studies.
However, many different choices of hydrocarbons to make up surrogate mixtures have been …

Development of a reduced n-dodecane-PAH mechanism and its application for n-dodecane soot predictions

H Wang, Y Ra, M Jia, RD Reitz - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
A reduced n-dodecane-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) mechanism is presented for
modeling the combustion and soot formation processes of n-dodecane and compared with …

Experimental and modeling study on the oxidation of Jet A and the n-dodecane/iso-octane/n-propylbenzene/1, 3, 5-trimethylbenzene surrogate fuel

T Malewicki, S Gudiyella, K Brezinsky - Combustion and Flame, 2013 - Elsevier
Jet A POSF 4658 and n-dodecane/iso-octane/n-propylbenzene/1, 3, 5-trimethylbenzene
(2nd generation surrogate) oxidation experiments were conducted in a shock tube at high …

Reduced kinetic mechanisms of diesel fuel surrogate for engine CFD simulations

A Frassoldati, G D'Errico, T Lucchini, A Stagni… - Combustion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Detailed chemistry represents a fundamental pre-requisite for a realistic simulation of
combustion process in diesel engines. In this work, the authors developed a reduced …

Exploring the chemical space of linear alkane pyrolysis via deep potential generator

J Zeng, L Zhang, H Wang, T Zhu - Energy & fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a powerful tool to study the reaction
mechanism of complex chemical systems. Central to the method is the potential energy …

Probing PAH formation chemical kinetics from benzene and toluene pyrolysis in a single-pulse shock tube

W Sun, A Hamadi, S Abid, N Chaumeix… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Benzene and toluene were pyrolyzed under highly argon-diluted conditions at a nominal
pressure of 20 bar in a single-pulse shock tube coupled to gas chromatography/gas …