Browsing School of Chemistry by Subject "Thermal decomposition"

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    • Decomposition studies of isopropanol in a variable pressure flow reactor 

      Dooley, Stephen; Serinyel, Zeynep; Dryer, Frederick; Curran, Henry J. (Oldenbourg Verlag, 2015-04-01)
      Alternatives to traditional petroleum derived transportation fuels, particularly alcohols, have been investigated increasingly over the last 5 years. Isopropanol has received little attention despite bridging the gap between ...

    • An experimental and kinetic modeling study of the pyrolysis and oxidation of n-C-3-C-5 aldehydes in shock tubes 

      Pellucci, Matteo; Somers, Kieran P.; Yasunaga, Kenji; Burke, Ultan; Alessio, Frassoldati; Ranzi, Eliseo; Curran, Henry J.; Faravelli, Tiziano (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2015-08-24)
      Due to the increasing interest in the use of biofuels for energy production, it is of great importance to better understand the combustion and thermal decomposition characteristics of species such as aldehydes. These are ...

    • An experimental and modeling study of diethyl carbonate oxidation 

      Nakamura, Hisashi; Curran, Henry J.; Córdoba, Angel Polo; Pitz, William J.; Dagaut, Philippe; Togbé, Casimir; Sarathy, S. Mani; Mehl, Marco; Agudelo, John R.; Bustamante, Felipe (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2015-01-19)
      Diethyl carbonate (DEC) is an attractive biofuel that can be used to displace petroleum-derived diesel fuel, thereby reducing CO2 and particulate emissions from diesel engines. A better understanding of DEC combustion ...

    • An experimental and modeling study of nitromethane + O2 + N2 ignition in a shock tube 

      Nauclér, J.D.; Li, Y.; Nilsson, E.J.K.; Curran, Henry J.; Konnov, A.A. (Elsevier, 2016-09-09)
      The ignition of nitromethane/O-2/N-2 mixtures was investigated via shock tube experiments in the temperature range 947-1333 K at reflected shock pressures near 8, 16 and 32 atm. The ignition was recorded as the intensity ...

    • The pyrolysis of 2-methylfuran: a quantum chemical, statistical rate theory and kinetic modelling study 

      Somers, Kieran P.; Simmie, John M.; Metcalfe, Wayne K.; Curran, Henry J. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014-01-27)
      Due to the rapidly growing interest in the use of biomass derived furanic compounds as potential platform chemicals and fossil fuel replacements, there is a simultaneous need to understand the pyrolysis and combustion ...