Shock tubes have emerged as an effective tool for applications in various fields of research
and technology. The conventional mode of shock tube operation employs a frangible …

Dual-fuel (DF) compression ignition engines, which employ a high-reactivity pilot fuel (eg
diesel or DME) to ignite a low-reactivity lean premixed charge (eg methane/air), have been …

Chemical kinetics simulations are used to explore whether detailed measurements of
relevant chemical species during the oxidation of very dilute fuels (less than 1 Torr partial …

Shock tubes have been routinely used to generate reliable chemical kinetic data for gas-
phase chemistry. The conventional diaphragm-rupture mode for shock tube operation …

An automated, high pressure, high flow rate batch mixing apparatus has been designed and
constructed for rapid, stable, and repeatable mixing of multiple gases and vapors. The …

Gas densities were measured by x-ray absorption spectroscopy to examine spatial
inhomogeneity in density behind incident and reflected shock waves in a miniature (12.7 …

The rapid compression machine measures ignition delay time at high pressures and low to
intermediate temperatures. However, unavoidable facility effects, such as compression and …

The ignition delay times of toluene, n-heptane/iso-octane primary reference fuel blends, and
toluene/n-heptane/iso-octane toluene primary reference fuel blends were studied in the …

Abstract The Livengood-Wu (LW) integral is popularly used to predict the occurrence of
homogeneous autoignition without heat and mass transport; yet it has not been used for non …

Using chemical kinetic modeling and statistical analysis, we investigate the possibility of
correlating key chemical “markers”─ typically small molecules─ formed during very lean …