Advances in rapid compression machine studies of low-and intermediate-temperature autoignition phenomena

SS Goldsborough, S Hochgreb, G Vanhove… - Progress in Energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rapid compression machines (RCMs) are widely used to acquire experimental insights into
fuel autoignition and pollutant formation chemistry, especially at conditions relevant to …

Using rapid compression machines for chemical kinetics studies

CJ Sung, HJ Curran - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Rapid compression machines (RCMs) are used to simulate a single compression stroke of
an internal combustion engine without some of the complicated swirl bowl geometry, cycle …

A rapid compression machine for chemical kinetics studies at elevated pressures and temperatures

G Mittal, CJEN SUNG* - Combustion Science and Technology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
A rapid compression machine (RCM) has been designed and fabricated for the purpose of
chemical kinetics studies at elevated pressures and temperatures. The present RCM is …

Aerodynamics inside a rapid compression machine

G Mittal, CJ Sung - Combustion and flame, 2006 - Elsevier
The aerodynamics inside a rapid compression machine after the end of compression is
investigated using planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) of acetone. To study the effect …

A rapid compression machine study of the oxidation of propane in the negative temperature coefficient regime

SM Gallagher, HJ Curran, WK Metcalfe, D Healy… - Combustion and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The oxidation of propane has been studied in the temperature range 680–970 K at
compressed gas pressures of 21, 27, and 37 atm and at varying equivalence ratios of 0.5 …

The influence of fuel structure on combustion as demonstrated by the isomers of heptane: a rapid compression machine study

EJ Silke, HJ Curran, JM Simmie - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2005 - Elsevier
A detailed experimental study of the nine isomers of heptane has been performed in a rapid
compression machine. Our interest lies in determining the role of molecular structure of the …

Comparison of oxidation and autoignition of the two primary reference fuels by rapid compression

R Minetti, M Carlier, M Ribaucour, E Therssen… - symposium …, 1996 - Elsevier
New experimental data on autoignition delays and product distributions during two-stage
autoignitions for the two primary reference fuels n-heptane and iso-octane (2, 2, 4 …

CFD studies of a twin-piston rapid compression machine

J Würmel, JM Simmie - Combustion and flame, 2005 - Elsevier
A transient 2-dimensional moving mesh CFD computer model was created, validated
against experimental data, and used to investigate the flow and resulting temperature fields …

On the uncertainty of temperature estimation in a rapid compression machine

BW Weber, CJ Sung, MW Renfro - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
Rapid compression machines (RCMs) have been widely used in the combustion literature to
study the low-to-intermediate temperature ignition of many fuels. In a typical RCM, the …

Experimental data and kinetic modeling of primary reference fuel mixtures

CV Callahan, TJ Held, FL Dryer, R Minetti… - Symposium …, 1996 - Elsevier
This paper presents computations based on a semidetailed kinetic scheme for reference fuel
(n-heptane and 2, 2, 4-trimethyl-pentane) mixtures. Model results are compared with several …