Ignition quality tester (IQT) investigation of the negative temperature coefficient region of alkane autoignition

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1632-1642

  Bogin, Gregory E ^a   Osecky, Eric ^a   Ratcliff, Matthew A ^b   Luecke, Jon ^b   He, Xin ^b   Zigler, Bradley T ^b   Dean, Anthony M ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,3-DIMETHYLPENTANE; CHEMICAL KINETIC MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; HETEROGENEITY EFFECTS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; RAPID COMPRESSION MACHINE; SHOCK TUBE EXPERIMENT; SHORT IGNITION DELAY;

BATCH REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUELS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEPTANE; IGNITION; KINETICS; MIXTURES; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; PARAFFINS;

ISOMERS;

EID: 84875468684     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef301738b     Document Type: Article

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