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 …

Combustion chemistry of alkenes and alkadienes

CW Zhou, A Farooq, L Yang, AM Mebel - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkenes formed, during the refining of crude oil, by cracking the heavier fractions are present
in transportation fuels in significant amounts, up to as much as 15–20% in gasoline …

An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 1, 3-butadiene combustion: Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements

CW Zhou, Y Li, U Burke, C Banyon, KP Somers… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Ignition delay times for 1, 3-butadiene oxidation were measured in five different
shock tubes and in a rapid compression machine (RCM) at thermodynamic conditions …

Developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms for fuel combustion

HJ Curran - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper discusses a brief history of chemical kinetic modeling, with some emphasis on
the development of chemical kinetic mechanisms describing fuel oxidation. At high …

An updated experimental and kinetic modeling study of n-heptane oxidation

K Zhang, C Banyon, J Bugler, HJ Curran… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work presents an updated experimental and kinetic modeling study of n-heptane
oxidation. In the experiments, ignition delay times of stoichiometric n-heptane/air mixtures …

A comprehensive experimental and modeling study of isobutene oxidation

CW Zhou, Y Li, E O'Connor, KP Somers, S Thion… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Isobutene is an important intermediate in the pyrolysis and oxidation of higher-order
branched alkanes, and it is also a component of commercial gasolines. To better understand …

From theoretical reaction dynamics to chemical modeling of combustion

SJ Klippenstein - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
The chemical modeling of combustion treats the chemical conversion of hundreds of species
through thousands of reactions. Recent advances in theoretical methodologies and …

A comprehensive iso-octane combustion model with improved thermochemistry and chemical kinetics

N Atef, G Kukkadapu, SY Mohamed, M Al Rashidi… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Iso-Octane (2, 2, 4-trimethylpentane) is a primary reference fuel and an important
component of gasoline fuels. Moreover, it is a key component used in surrogates to study the …

Revisiting the kinetics and thermodynamics of the low-temperature oxidation pathways of alkanes: a case study of the three pentane isomers

J Bugler, KP Somers, EJ Silke… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This paper describes our developing understanding of low-temperature oxidation kinetics.
We have investigated the ignition of the three pentane isomers in a rapid compression …

Autoignition and preliminary heat release of gasoline surrogates and their blends with ethanol at engine-relevant conditions: Experiments and comprehensive kinetic …

S Cheng, C Saggese, D Kang, SS Goldsborough… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work utilizes a rapid compression machine (RCM) to experimentally quantify
autoignition and preliminary heat release characteristics for blends of 0 to 30% ethanol by …