Browsing School of Chemistry by Subject "THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION"

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    • The combustion kinetics of the lignocellulosic biofuel, ethyl levulinate 

      Ghosh, Manik Kumer; Howard, Mícheál Séamus; Zhang, Yingjia; Djebbi, Khalil; Capriolo, Gianluca; Farooq, Aamir; Curran, Henry J.; Dooley, Stephen (Elsevier, 2018-04-04)
      Ethyl levulinate (Ethyl 4-oxopentanoate) is a liquid molecule at ambient temperature, comprising of ketone and ethyl ester functionalities and is one of the prominent liquid fuel candidates that may be easily obtained from ...

    • An experimental and modeling study of the ignition of dimethyl carbonate in shock tubes and rapid compression machine 

      Alexandrino, Katiuska; Alzueta, María U.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2017-11-05)
      Ignition delay times of dimethyl carbonate DMC were measured using low- and high-pressure shock tubes and in a rapid compression machine (RCM). In this way, the effect of fuel concentration (0.75% and 1.75%), pressure (2.0, ...

    • A hierarchical single-pulse shock tube pyrolysis study of C-2-C-6 1-alkenes 

      Nagaraja, Shashank S.; Liang, Jinhu; Dong, Shijun; Panigrahy, Snehasish; Sahu, Amrit; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Wagnon, Scott W.; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2020-06-27)
      A single-pulse shock tube study of the pyrolysis of 2% C-2 - C-6 1-alkenes is presented at 2 bar in the tem-perature range 900-1800 K in the current study. Reactant, intermediate and product species are obtained and ...

    • Ignition characteristics of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran: An experimental and kinetic study 

      Tripathi, Rupali; Lee, Changyoul; Fernandes, Ravi X.; Olivier, Herbert; Curran, Henry J.; Sarathy, S. Mani; Pitsch, Heinz (Elsevier, 2016-10-10)
      The present paper elucidates oxidation behavior of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF), a novel second-generation biofuel. New experimental data sets for 2-MTHF including ignition delay time measurements in two different ...

    • Probing the low-temperature chemistry of ethanol via the addition of dimethyl ether 

      Zhang, Yingjia; El-Merhubi, Hilal; Lefort, Benoîte; Le Moyne, Luis; Curran, Henry J.; Kéromnès, Alan (Elsevier, 2017-11-28)
      Considering the importance of ethanol (EtOH) as an engine fuel and a key component of surrogate fuels, the further understanding of its auto-ignition and oxidation characteristics at engine-relevant conditions (high pressures ...

    • Pyrolysis of n-pentane, n-hexane and n-heptane in a single pulse shock tube 

      Yasunaga, Kenji; Yamada, Hiroshi; Oshita, Hidekazu; Hattori, Kenji; Hidaka, Yoshiaki; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2017-08-16)
      The pyrolysis of n-pentane, n-hexane and n-heptane have been studied behind reflected shock waves at pressures of 1.0-2.5 atm and at temperatures of 1000-1500 K. A single-pulse shock tube (SPST) was used to measure reactant, ...