Studying the mechanisms of natural rubber pyrolysis gas generation using RMD simulations and TG-FTIR experiments

X Wei, H Zhong, Q Yang, E Yao, Y Zhang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on pyrolysis technology, natural rubber can be converted to gases of high calorific
value and then be used as fuels. In order to further explain the generation mechanisms of …

Suppression of hydrogen-air explosions by isobutene with special molecular structure

S Shang, M Bi, K Zhang, Y Li, Z Gao, Z Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Effects of iC 4 H 8 on flame and pressure of hydrogen are observed.•Hydrogen
explosions can be effectively suppressed by less than 6.0% iC 4 H 8.•IC 4 H 8 can change …

A pyrolysis study of allylic hydrocarbon fuels

SS Nagaraja, G Kukkadapu… - … Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The pyrolysis of selected C3–C5 allylic hydrocarbons has been studied using a single‐pulse
shock tube. A new single‐pulse shock tube has been designed and constructed by …

Synergistic effects of isobutene and carbon dioxide on suppressing hydrogen-air explosions

S Shang, M Bi, Z Zhang, Y Li, Z Gao, C Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of isobutene (iC 4 H 8) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) on hydrogen explosions have
been explored in a 14 L spherical chamber at 100 kPa and 298 K. The results show that …

Ab initio kinetics for pyrolysis and combustion systems

SJ Klippenstein, C Cavallotti - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Ab initio (AI) kinetics consists in the determination of rate coefficients using theoretical
methodologies that rely on first-principles calculations. In one of its most successful …

Experimental and modeling studies of small typical methyl esters pyrolysis: Methyl butanoate and methyl crotonate

Y Zhai, B Feng, W Yuan, C Ao, L Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to examine in detail the effect of C double bond C bond on the combustion
chemistry of biodiesel fuels, two C4 fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) were investigated …

A comprehensive experimental and kinetic modeling study of di-isobutylene isomers: Part 2

N Lokachari, G Kukkadapu, BD Etz, GM Fioroni… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A wide variety of high temperature experimental data obtained in this study complement the
data on the oxidation of the two di-isobutylene isomers presented in Part I and offers a basis …

The thermal decomposition of ethane

SJ Cassady, R Choudhary, NH Pinkowski, J Shao… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethane pyrolysis chemistry plays a critical role in the combustion behavior of natural gas and
gives insight into the decomposition patterns of larger alkanes. In this work, ethane pyrolysis …

Effects of prenol and isoprenol addition on soot and PAH formation in ethylene/methane counterflow diffusion flames

B Wang, Y Xu, Z Jiang, Y Liu, K Zhang, X Cheng, J Yao - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Prenol has attracted much attention due to its high heating value and novel octane
hyperboosting phenomenon; while its soot formation behavior is not studied yet. In this …

Influence of dimethyl ether and diethyl ether addition on the flame structure and pollutant formation in premixed iso-octane flames

M Zeng, J Wullenkord, I Graf, K Kohse-Höinghaus - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
While the combustion reactions of many individual fuels in flames have been studied in
detail, often providing numerous experimental species profiles in combination with the …