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 …

Automated reaction kinetics and network exploration (Arkane): A statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, transition state theory, and master equation software

AG Dana, MS Johnson, JW Allen… - … Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The open‐source statistical mechanics software described here, Arkane–Automated
Reaction Kinetics and Network Exploration–facilitates computations of thermodynamic …

Catalytic co-pyrolysis of LDPE and PET with HZSM-5, H-beta, and HY: experiments and kinetic modelling

ST Okonsky, JVJ Krishna, HE Toraman - Reaction Chemistry & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, the catalytic pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) and their mixture (1: 1 wt/wt) with three zeolite catalysts (HZSM-5, H …

Inception of carbonaceous nanostructures via hydrogen-abstraction phenylacetylene-addition mechanism

H Jin, L Ye, J Yang, Y Jiang, L Zhao… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sufficient experimental evidence has suggested that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are
the building blocks of carbonaceous nanostructures in combustion and circumstellar …

Allyl-modified epoxy networks that break and reorganize at high temperatures to avoid Tg reduction

J Liu, X Zhang, S Liu, C Lei - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Epoxy resins often age during high-temperature use, causing a drop in T g and a number of
safety problems. Currently, no specific reports addressing this T g drop are available. Here …

Modeling of aromatics formation in fuel-rich methane oxy-combustion with an automatically generated pressure-dependent mechanism

TC Chu, ZJ Buras, P Oßwald, M Liu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
With the rise in production of natural gas, there is increased interest in homogeneous partial
oxidation (POX) to convert methane to syngas (CO+ H2), ethene (C2H4) and acetylene …

From benzene to naphthalene: direct measurement of reactions and intermediates of phenyl radicals and acetylene

TC Chu, ZJ Buras, MC Smith, AB Uwagwu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen-abstraction–C2H2-addition (HACA) is one of the most important pathways
leading to the formation of naphthalene, the simplest two-ring polycyclic aromatic …

Modeling study of high temperature pyrolysis of natural gas

S Gudiyella, ZJ Buras, TC Chu, I Lengyel… - Industrial & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
High temperature pyrolysis (HTP) is a commercial process to convert methane to acetylene.
The HTP process consists of two reaction zones, followed by a quenching zone. In this work …

C 14 H 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation by acetylene addition to naphthalenyl radicals observed

J Yang, MC Smith, MB Prendergast, TC Chu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during combustion has a
substantial impact on environmental pollution and public health. The hydrogen-abstraction …

Direct measurement of radical-catalyzed C6H6 formation from acetylene and validation of theoretical rate coefficients for C2H3+ C2H2 and C4H5+ C2H2 reactions

MC Smith, G Liu, ZJ Buras, TC Chu… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The addition of vinylic radicals to acetylene is an important step contributing to the formation
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in combustion. The overall reaction 3C2H2→ C6H6 …