Supercritical thermal cracking of N-dodecane in presence of several initiative additives: Products distribution and kinetics

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3960-3969

  Liu, Guozhu ^a   Han, Yongjin ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Zhang, Xiangwen ^a   Mi, Zhentao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AIRCRAFT FUELS; FUEL ADDITIVES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CRACKING RATES; DODECANE; FIRST ORDERS; GAS PRODUCTS; JET FUELS; LIQUID PRODUCTS; N-DODECANE; NITROPROPANE; PROMOTING EFFECTS; REACTION MECHANISMS; SUPERCRITICAL; THERMAL CRACKINGS; TRIETHYLAMINE;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 57849130493     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800323d     Document Type: Article

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