Browsing by Author "Curran, Henry J."
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A comprehensive detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism for combustion of n-alkane hydrocarbons from n-octane to n-hexadecane
Westbrook, Charles K.; Pitz, William J.; Herbinet, Olivier; Curran, Henry J.; Silke, Emma J. (Elsevier BV, 2009-01-01) -
A comprehensive experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modelling study of 2,5-dimethylfuran pyrolysis and oxidation
Somers, Kieran P.; Simmie, John M.; Gillespie, Fiona; Conroy, Christine; Black, Gráinne; Metcalfe, Wayne K.; Battin-Leclerc, Frédérique; Dirrenberger, Patricia; Herbinet, Olivier; Glaude, Pierre-Alexandre; Dagaut, Philippe; Togbé, Casimir; Yasunaga, Kenji; Fernandes, Ravi X.; Lee, Changyoul; Tripathi, Rupali; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier BV, 2013-11-01) -
A comprehensive experimental and modeling study of isobutene oxidation
Zhou, Chong-Wen; Li, Yang; O'Connor, Eoin; Somers, Kieran P.; Thion, Sébastien; Keesee, Charles; Mathieu, Olivier; Petersen, Eric L.; DeVerter, Trent A.; Oehlschlaeger, Matthew A.; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Sung, Chih-Jen; Alrefae, Majed; Khaled, Fathi; Farooq, Aamir; Dirrenberger, Patricia; Glaude, Pierre-Alexandre; Battin-Leclerc, Frédérique; Santner, Jeffrey; Ju, Yiguang; Held, Timothy; Haas, Francis M.; Dryer, Frederick L.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier BV, 2016-05-01) -
A comprehensive modeling study of hydrogen oxidation
Ó Conaire, Marcus; Curran, Henry J.; Simmie, John M.; Pitz, William J.; Westbrook, Charles K. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004-08-30) -
A high temperature and atmospheric pressure experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modelling study of 2-methyl furan oxidation
Somers, K.P.; Simmie, J.M.; Gillespie, F.; Burke, U.; Connolly, J.; Metcalfe, W.K.; Battin-Leclerc, F.; Dirrenberger, P.; Herbinet, O.; Glaude, P.-A.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier BV, 2013-01-01) -
An ab initio/transition state theory study of the reactions of Ċ5H9 species of relevance to 1,3-Pentadiene, Part II: Pressure dependent rate constants and implications for combustion modeling
Sun, Yanjin; Zhou, Chong-Wen; Somers, Kieran P.; Curran, Henry J. (American Chemical Society, 2020-05-12)The temperature- and pressure-dependence of rate constants for several radicals and unsaturated hydrocarbons reactions (1,3-C5H8/1,4-C5H8/cyC(5)H(8) + (H)over dot, C2H4 + (C)over dot(3)H5-a, C3H6 + (C)over dot(2)H(3)) are ... -
Advances in rapid compression machine studies of low- and intermediate-temperature autoignition phenomena
Goldsborough, S. Scott; Hochgreb, Simone; Vanhove, Guillaume; Wooldridge, Margaret S.; Curran, Henry J.; Sung, Chih-Jen (Elsevier, 2017-07-10)Rapid compression machines (RCMs) are widely used to acquire experimental insights into fuel autoignition and pollutant formation chemistry, especially at conditions relevant to current and future combustion technologies. ... -
An experimental and modeling study of diethyl carbonate oxidation
Nakamura, Hisashi; Curran, Henry J.; Polo Córdoba, Angel; Pitz, William J.; Dagaut, Philippe; Togbé, Casimir; Sarathy, S. Mani; Mehl, Marco; Agudelo, John R.; Bustamante, Felipe (Elsevier BV, 2015-04-01) -
An experimental and modeling study of propene oxidation. part 2: ignition delay time and flame speed measurements
Burke, Sinéad M.; Burke, Ultan; Mc Donagh, Reuben; Mathieu, Olivier; Osorio, Irmis; Keesee, Charles; Morones, Anibal; Petersen, Eric L.; Wang, Weijing; DeVerter, Trent A.; Oehlschlaeger, Matthew A.; Rhodes, Brandie; Hanson, Ronald K.; Davidson, David F.; Weber, Bryan W.; Sung, Chih-Jen; Santner, Jeffrey; Ju, Yiguang; Haas, Francis M.; Dryer, Frederick L.; Volkov, Evgeniy N.; Nilsson, Elna J.K.; Konnov, Alexander A.; Alrefae, Majed; Khaled, Fethi; Farooq, Aamir; Dirrenberger, Patricia; Glaude, Pierre-Alexandre; Battin-Leclerc, Frédérique; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier BV, 2015-02-01) -
An ignition delay time and chemical kinetic modeling study of the pentane isomers
Bugler, John; Marks, Brandon; Mathieu, Olivier; Archuleta, Rachel; Camou, Alejandro; Grégoire, Claire; Heufer, Karl A.; Petersen, Eric L.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier BV, 2016-01-01) -
Assessing the predictions of a NOx kinetic mechanism on recent hydrogen and syngas experimental data
Zhang, Yingjia; Mathieu, Olivier; Petersen, Eric L.; Bourque, Gilles; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2017-05-02)A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism has been developed to describe the pyrolysis and oxidation of the hydrogen/NOx and syngas/NOx systems. The thermodynamic data of nitrogenous compounds have been updated based on the ... -
Autoignition behavior of unsaturated hydrocarbons in the low and high temperature regions
Mehl, Marco; Pitz, William J.; Westbrook, Charles K.; Yasunaga, Kenji; Conroy, Christine; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier BV, 2011-01-01) -
Autoignition characteristics of oxygenated gasolines
Lee, Changyoul; Ahmed, Ahfaz; Nasir, Ehson F.; Badra, Jihad; Kalghatgi, Gautam; Sarathy, S. Mani; Curran, Henry J.; Farooq, Aamir (Elsevier, 2017-08-14)Gasoline anti-knock quality, defined by the research and motor octane numbers (RON and MON), is important for increasing spark ignition (SI) engine efficiency. Gasoline knock resistance can be increased using a number of ... -
Autoignition of ethanol in a rapid compression machine
Mittal, Gaurav; Burke, Sinéad M.; Davies, Varun A.; Parajuli, Bikash; Metcalfe, Wayne K.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2013-12-09)Ethanol is a renewable source of energy and significant attention has been directed to the development of a validated chemical kinetic mechanism for this fuel. The experimental data for the autoignition of ethanol in the ... -
An autoignition study of hydrogen and natural gas mixtures under gas turbine relevant conditions in a rapid compression machine
Donohoe, Nicola (2013-11-14)This study presents an experimental and modelling investigation of the ignition of hydrogen and natural gas mixtures. These mixtures were chosen due to their relevancy to the gas turbine industry. A detailed chemical ... -
A chemical kinetic computational toolkit for computational modelling and estimation of fuel thermodynamic properties
Sánchez Martínez, Sergio Enrique (NUI Galway, 2023-03-27)It is undeniable that, due to human activity, global warming is one of the most challenging environmental issues of our time. It is well known that the main source of greenhouse gases (GHG) is due to the burning of ... -
A chemical kinetic interpretation of the octane appetite of modern gasoline engines
Somers, Kieran P.; Cracknell, Roger F.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2018-06-29)Fuel anti-knock quality is a critical property with respect to the effective design of next-generation spark-ignition engines which aim to have increased efficiency, and lower emissions. Increasing evidence in the literature ... -
A chemical kinetic perspective on the low-temperature oxidation of propane/propene mixtures through experiments and kinetic analyses
Ramalingam, Ajoy; Panigrahy, Snehasish; Fenard, Yann; Curran, Henry J.; Heufer, Karl Alexander (Elsevier, 2020-10-21)Our understanding of fuel oxidation has improved with rigorous experimental and theoretical investigations being performed in recent years. As investigation methods evolve, our understanding of fundamental fuel chemistry ... -
Chemical kinetics of hydrogen atom abstraction from allylic sites by 3O2; Implications for combustion modelling and simulation
Zhou, Chong-Wen; Simmie, John M.; Somers, Kieran; Goldsmith, C. Franklin; Curran, Henry J. (American Chemical Society, 2017-02-14)ABSTRACT: Hydrogen atom abstraction from allylic C−H bonds by molecular oxygen plays a very important role in determining the reactivity of fuel molecules having allylic hydrogen atoms. Rate constants for hydrogen atom ... -
CO and H2O time-histories in shock-heated blends of methane and ethane for assessment of a chemical kinetics model
Mathieu, O.; Mulvihill, C. R.; Petersen, E. L.; Zhang, Y.; Curran, Henry J. (ASME The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017-09-13)Methane and ethane are the two main components of natural gas and typically constitute more than 95% of it. In this study, a mixture of 90% CH4/10% C2H6 diluted in 99% Ar was studied at fuel lean (equiv. ratio = 0.5) ...