Influence of functional groups on low-temperature combustion chemistry of biofuels

B Rotavera, CA Taatjes - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Ongoing progress in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and catalysis continues to
produce a diverse array of advanced biofuels with complex molecular structure and …

Combustion chemical kinetics of biodiesel and related compounds (methyl and ethyl esters): Experiments and modeling–Advances and future refinements

L Coniglio, H Bennadji, PA Glaude, O Herbinet… - Progress in Energy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The motivation for and challenges in reducing the world's dependence on crude oil while
simultaneously improving engine performance through better fuel efficiency and reduced …

Detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanisms for soy and rapeseed biodiesel fuels

CK Westbrook, CV Naik, O Herbinet, WJ Pitz… - Combustion and …, 2011 - Elsevier
A detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism is developed for the five major components
of soy biodiesel and rapeseed biodiesel fuels. These components, methyl stearate, methyl …

Biodiesel combustion: advances in chemical kinetic modeling

JYW Lai, KC Lin, A Violi - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Burgeoning global demand for energy has increased concerns about the fuel security issues
and deleterious environmental impacts that result from the ubiquitous use of fossil fuels to …

An experimental and kinetic modeling study of methyl decanoate combustion

SM Sarathy, MJ Thomson, WJ Pitz, T Lu - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2011 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is typically a mixture of long chain fatty acid methyl esters for use in compression
ignition engines. Improving biofuel engine performance requires understanding its …

Time-resolved spray, flame, soot quantitative measurement fueling n-butanol and soybean biodiesel in a constant volume chamber under various ambient …

H Liu, M Huo, Y Liu, X Wang, H Wang, M Yao… - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
The spray, flame natural luminosity and soot quantitative measurement by fueling n-butanol
and soybean biodiesel were investigated on a constant volume chamber using multi laser …

Accurate bond energies of biodiesel methyl esters from multireference averaged coupled-pair functional calculations

VB Oyeyemi, JA Keith, EA Carter - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Accurate bond dissociation energies (BDEs) are important for characterizing combustion
chemistry, particularly the initial stages of pyrolysis. Here we contribute to evaluating the …

The role of the methyl ester moiety in biodiesel combustion: A kinetic modeling comparison of methyl butanoate and n-butane

KC Lin, JYW Lai, A Violi - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
Growth of the biodiesel industry has motivated increased study of the combustion
characteristics of its constituent molecules and building combustion modeling capability …

First-principle kinetic studies of unimolecular pyrolysis of isopropyl esters as biodiesel surrogates

TM El-Gogary, LA Heikal, MA Abdel-Rahman… - Theoretical Chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Unimolecular pyrolysis of isopropyl acetate (IPA) and isopropyl propanoate (IPP) esters as
biodiesel surrogates has been carried out using density functional theory (DFT) at BMK/DZ …

LHV and HHV prediction model using regression analysis with the help of bond energies for biodiesel

S Erdoğan - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Lower heating value (LHV) is one of the most important fuel properties of an engine in terms
of fuel economy and thermal efficiency. For this reason, various prediction models have …