Experimental and Modeling Investigation of the Low-Temperature Oxidation of Dimethyl Ether

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 7905-7923

  Rodriguez, Anne ^a   Frottier, Ophélie ^a   Herbinet, Olivier ^a   Fournet, René ^a   Bounaceur, Roda ^a   Fittschen, Christa ^b   Battin Leclerc, Frédérique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b PhysicoChimie des Processus de Combustion et de l'Atmosphere   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ETHERS; FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OXIDATION; SHOCK TUBES;

CONTINUOUS-WAVE CAVITY; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; DETAILED KINETIC MODELING; LOW TEMPERATURE REGIONS; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; QUANTUM CALCULATION; RAPID COMPRESSION MACHINE; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALKENE; DIMETHYL ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

ANATOMIC MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRESSURE; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

ALKENES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; METHYL ETHERS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84937121851     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b01939     Document Type: Article

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