Journal of Advanced Research, 2015 The ignition delay times of methane/air mixture diluted by N2 and CO2 were experimentally measured in a chemical shock tube. The experiments were performed over the temperature range of 1300–2100 K, pressure range of 0.1–1.0 MPa, equivalence ratio range ...
Wen Zeng +3 more
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The Impact of Roaming Radicals on the Combustion Properties of Transportation Fuels
, 2017 A systematic investigation on the effects of roaming radical reactions on global combustion properties for transportation fuels is presented. New software was developed that can automatically discover all the possible roaming pathways within a given ...
Goldsmith, C. Franklin, West, Richard H.
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An overview of the effects of fuel molecular structure on the combustion and emissions characteristics of compression ignition engines [PDF]
, 2017 Future fuels for compression ignition engines will be required both to reduce the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions from fossil sources and to contribute to the reductions in the exhaust levels of pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and particulate ...
Eveleigh, A +3 more
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Spontaneous Ignition Characteristics of Hydrocarbon Fuel-air Mixtures [PDF]
, 1983 Although the subject of spontaneous ignition of liquid fuels has received considerable attention in the past, the role of fuel evaporation in the overall spontaneous ignition process is still unclear.
Freeman, G. W., Lefebvre, A. H.
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Ignition Delay Period Prediction for Compression Ignition Engines Fueled with Ethanol/Diesel Blends
Journal of EngineeringA key characteristic of diesel engines is predicting the ignition delay period. This work predicts the ignition delay in diesel engines using combinations of ethanol/diesel fuel blend and pure diesel as fuel replacements.
Hemin Othman Ghareeb +1 more
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Effects of Buffer Gas Composition on Autoignition of Dimethyl Ether
Energies, 2015 Experimental and numerical studies are conducted on the thermal, chemical and dilution effects of buffer gas composition on autoignition of dimethyl ether (DME).
Zhicheng Shi +5 more
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Spontaneous ignition characteristics of gaseous hydrocarbon-air mixtures [PDF]
, 1984 Experiments are conducted to determine the spontaneous ignition delay times of gaseous propane, kerosine vapor, and n-heptane vapor in mixtures with air, and oxygen-enriched air, at atmospheric pressure. Over a range of equivalence ratios from 0.2 to 0.8
Freeman, G., Lefebvre, A. H.
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Mechanism reduction for multicomponent surrogates: a case study using toluene reference fuels
, 2014 Strategies and recommendations for performing skeletal reductions of multicomponent surrogate fuels are presented, through the generation and validation of skeletal mechanisms for a three-component toluene reference fuel.
Niemeyer, Kyle E, Sung, Chih-Jen
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Understanding the relationship between ignition delay and burn duration in a constant volume vessel at diesel engine conditions [PDF]
, 2015 Experiments were performed in a constant volume vessel, with fuel sprays injected into the vessel at various different pressure and temperature conditions chosen to represent diesel engine operation at various loads.
A.P. McDougall +8 more
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EnergiesThe rapid compression machine measures ignition delay time at high pressures and low to intermediate temperatures. However, unavoidable facility effects, such as compression and heat loss, shift the measurements away from ideal (adiabatic and constant ...
Zhonghao Zhao, Yingtao Wu
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