Effect of aviation fuel type on pyrolytic reactivity and deposition propensity under supercritical conditions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 10434-10451

  Dewitt, Matthew J ^a   Edwards, Tim ^b   Shafer, Linda ^a   Brooks, David ^a   Striebich, Richard ^a   Bagley, Sean P ^c   Wornat, Mary J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION FUEL; BRANCHED PARAFFINS; CARBON DEPOSITION; CHAIN REACTION; CONTROLLING CHEMISTRY; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; FILAMENT FORMATION; FILAMENTOUS CARBON FORMATION; FREE-RADICAL ADDITION; FUEL COMPONENTS; FUEL SULFUR; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH YIELD; HYDROGEN DONOR; LATERAL GROWTH; METAL SULFIDES; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; NON-CATALYTIC; PETROLEUM-DERIVED FUELS; PROPAGATION RATE; PYROLYTIC DEPOSITION; RADICAL PATHWAY; REACTION CHEMISTRY; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION; SURFACE FILAMENTS; SYNTHETIC HYDROCARBONS; THERMAL STRESSING;

BENZENE; BLENDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; FREE RADICALS; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; LIQUIDS; METAL TESTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFUR; TUBING;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

EID: 80052848351     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200257b     Document Type: Article

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