The effect of oxygenates on soot formation in rich heptane mixtures: A shock tube study

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1901-1906

  Hong, Z ^a   Davidson, D F ^a   Vasu, S S ^a   Hanson, R K ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel additive; n Heptane; Oxygenate; Shock tube; Soot formation

Indexed keywords

BUTANAL; DIESEL ADDITIVE; DIESEL SOOT; DIMETHYL ETHERS; N-HEPTANE; OXYGENATE; OXYGENATED FUEL; REFLECTED SHOCK WAVES; REFLECTED SHOCKS; SMOKE POINT; SOOT EMISSIONS; SOOT FORMATION; SOOT FORMATIONS; SOOT PARTICLES; STRUCTURAL GROUP ANALYSIS;

ACETONE; BLENDING; DIESEL FUELS; ETHERS; HEPTANE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OXYGEN; SHOCK TUBES; SOOT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DUST;

EID: 67649642152     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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