Browsing School of Chemistry by Author "Lokachari, Nitin"

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    • A comparative reactivity study of 1-alkene fuels from ethylene to 1-heptene 

      Dong, Shijun; Zhang, Kuiwen; Senecal, Peter K.; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Wagnon, Scott W.; Barrett, Stephen; Lokachari, Nitin; Panigaphy, Snehasish; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2020-09-23)
      A comparative reactivity study of 1-alkene fuels from ethylene to 1-heptene has been performed using ignition delay time (IDT) measurements from both a high-pressure shock tube and a rapid compression machine, at an ...

    • Experimental and kinetic modeling study of 3-Methyl-2-butenol (Prenol) oxidation 

      Lokachari, Nitin; Wagnon, Scott W.; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J. (American Chemical Society, 2021-08-19)
      Longer chain alcohols with 4–5 carbon atoms are attractive alternative fuels as they can be derived from biological sources and since their combustion leads to lower exhaust gas levels of NOx and soot compared to commercial ...

    • An experimental and kinetic modeling study of cyclopentane and dimethyl ether blends 

      Lokachari, Nitin; Wagnon, Scott W.; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2020-11-13)
      Cyclopentane is a suitable naphthene, or cycloalkane, in a palette for multi-component gasoline surro- gate fuels due to its presence in market fuels and its relevance to alkyl substituted cyclopentanes also present. ...

    • An experimental, theoretical, and modeling study of the ignition behavior of cyclopentanone 

      Zhang, Kuiwen; Lokachari, Nitin; Ninnemann, Erik; Khanniche, Sarah; Green, William H.; Curran, Henry J.; Vasu, Subith S.; Pitz, William J. (Elsevier, 2018-07-05)
      The ignition delay times of cyclopentanone in air were measured using a high pressure shock tube (HPST) and a rapid compression machine (RCM) over the temperature range of 794-1368 K at P = 15 and 30 bar and at equivalence ...

    • The influence of iso-butene kinetics on the reactivity of di-isobutylene and iso-octane 

      Lokachari, Nitin; Panigrahy, Snehasish; Kukkadapu, Goutham; Gihun, Kim; Vasu, Subith S.; Pitz, William J.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2020-09-06)
      The continuous development of a core C-0 - C-4 kinetic mechanism generally involves updating it using reliable kinetics and thermodynamics and may also involve the inclusion of missing reaction pathways to improve the ...

    • New experimental insights into acetylene oxidation through novel ignition delay times, laminar burning velocities and chemical kinetic modelling 

      Lokachari, Nitin; Burke, Ultan; Ramalingam, Ajoy; Turner, Mattias; Hesse, Raik; Somers, Kieran P.; Beeckmann, Joachim; Heufer, Karl A.; Petersen, Eric L.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2018-08-03)
      The oxidation of acetylene is central to the oxidation of virtually all hydrocarbon fuels. It is also important for commercial industry, due to its wide range of applications such as flame photometry, atomic absorption, ...

    • Small ester combustion chemistry: Computational kinetics and experimental study of methyl acetate and ethyl acetate 

      Ahmed, Ahfaz; Pitz, William J.; Cavallotti, Carlo; Mehl, Marco; Lokachari, Nitin; Nilsson, Elna J. K.; Wang, Jui-Yang; Konnov, Alexander A.; Wagnon, Scott W.; Chen, Bingjie; Wang, Zhandong; Kim, Seonah; Curran, Henry J.; Klippenstein, Stephen J.; Roberts, William L.; Sarathy, S. Mani (Elsevier, 2018-07-17)
      Small esters represent an important class of high octane biofuels for advanced spark ignition engines. They qualify for stringent fuel screening standards and could be synthesized through various pathways. In this work, ...