Initial investigation of effects of fuel oxygenation on nanostructure of soot from a direct-injection diesel engine

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2364-2369

  Vander Wal, Randy L ^a   Mueller, Charles J ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL INJECTION; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOOT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIRECT-INJECTION DIESEL ENGINE; FUEL OXYGENATION; SOOT EMISSIONS;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 33846006597     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060201+     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Huu, Y. N.; Brilhac J.-F.; Petit, C. RECP - A Reactor Designed to Test the Effect of a Catalyst on Soot Oxidation in a Diesel Particulate Filter. Chem. Eng. Technol. 2004, 27, 781-783.
2. Su, D. S.; Jentoft, R. E.; Muller, J.-O.; Rothe, D.; Jacob, E.; Simpson, C. D.; Tomovic, Z.; Mullen, K.; Messerer, A.; Poschl, U.; Niessner, R.; Schologl, R. Microstructure and Oxidation Behavior of Euro IV Diesel Engine Soot: A Comparative Study with Synthetic Model Soot Substances. Catal. Today 2004, 90, 127-132.
3. Vander Wal, R. L.; Tomasek, A. J. Soot Oxidation: Dependence upon Initial Nanostructure. Combust. Flame 2003, 134, 1-9.
4. Vander Wal, R. L.; Tomasek, A. J. Soot Nanostructure: Dependence upon Synthesis Conditions. Combust. Flame 2004, 136, 129-140.
5. Boehman, A. L.; Song, J.; Alam, M. Impact of Biodiesel Blending on Diesel Soot and the Regeneration of Particulate Filters. Energy Fuels 2005, 19, 1857-1864.
6. Reference deleted during revision.
7. Mueller, C. J.; Martin, G. C. Effects of Oxygenated Compounds on Combustion and Soot Evolution in a DI Diesel Engine: Broadband Natural Luminosity Imaging. SAE Trans. 2002, 111, SAE paper 2002-01-1631.
8. Mueller, C. J.; Pitz, W. J.; Pickett, L. M.; Martin, G. C.; Siebers, D. L.; Westbrook, C. K. Effects of Oxygenates on Soot Processes in DI Diesel Engines: Experiments and Numerical Simulations. SAE Trans. 2003, 112, SAE paper 2003-01-1791.
9. Upatnieks, A.; Mueller, C. J. Clean, Controlled DI Diesel Combustion Using Dilute, Cool Charge Gas and a Short-Ignition-Delay, Oxygenated Fuel. 2005, SAE Paper 2005-01-0363.
10. Dec, J. E.; Espey, C. Chemiluminescence Imaging of Autoignition in a DI Diesel Engine. SAE Trans. 1998, 107, SAE paper 982685.
11. Vander Wal, R. L.; Tomasek, A. J.; Street, K. W.; Hull, D. R.; Thompson, W. K. Carbon Nanostructure Examined by Lattice Fringe Analysis of High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Images. Appl. Spectrosc. 2004, 58, 230-237.
12. Mueller, C. J. The Quantification of Mixture Stoichiometry When Fuel Molecules Contain Oxidizer Elements or Oxidizer Molecules Contain Fuel Elements. SAE Trans. 2005, 114, SAE Paper 2005-01-3705.
13. Levy, M.; Wong, P. The Oxidation of Pyrolytic Graphite at Temperatures of 1400 °F - 1800 °F and at Air Velocities of 25-100 cm/sec. J. Electrochem. Soc. 1964, 11, 1088-1091.
14. Heidenreich, R. D.; Hess, W. M.; Ban, L. L. A Test Object and Criteria for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy. J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1998, 1, 1-19.
15. Marsh, H. Introduction to Carbon Science; Butterworths: London, 1989; Ch. 4, pp 107-152.
16. Dresselhaus, M. S.; Dresselhaus, G.; Eklund, P. C. Science of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes; Academic Press Inc.: New York, 1996.
17. RVW, Unpublished results.