An experimental and kinetic modeling study of n-propanol and iso-propanol combustion

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-16

  Frassoldati, Alessio ^a   Cuoci, Alberto ^a   Faravelli, Tiziano ^a   Niemann, Ulrich ^b   Ranzi, Eliseo ^a   Seiser, Reinhard ^b   Seshadri, Kalyanasundaram ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol fuels; Counterflow flames; Detailed kinetics; Propanol combustion

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COUNTERFLOW; COUNTERFLOW FLAMES; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; DETAILED KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAME STRUCTURE; FLOW REACTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; GAS SAMPLES; HYDROCARBON FUEL; INITIATION REACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; ISO-PROPANOLS; KINETIC MECHANISM; KINETIC MODELING; KINETIC MODELS; LOW PRESSURES; METATHESIS REACTIONS; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; N-PROPANOL; NON-PREMIXED FLAME; PREMIXED FLAME; PROPANAL; PYROLYSIS REACTION; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL FUELS; ALDEHYDES; DEHYDRATION; ETHANOL; FLAMMABILITY; FORECASTING; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; ISOMERS; KINETIC THEORY; METHANOL; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROPANOL; RATE CONSTANTS; SMOKE;

COMBUSTION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL; PROPANOL; PROPIONALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOBARISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PYROLYSIS; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 71249130530     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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