Journal article
Oxidation chemistry of cyclic hydrocarbons in a motored engine: Methylcyclopentane, tetralin, and decalin
Y Yang, AL Boehman
Combustion and Flame | Published : 2010
Abstract
This work, which parallels a recent study of cyclohexane and methylcyclohexane by the authors, concerns the oxidation chemistry of methylcyclopentane (MCP), 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (tetralin), and decahydronaphthalene (decalin) in a motored engine at low to intermediate temperatures. The experiment is conducted with variable compression ratio from 4 to 15 at equivalence ratio of 0.25 and fixed intake temperature. Results show dramatically different reactivity in low temperature oxidation for the three compounds. MCP and tetralin show little low temperature reaction prior to autoignition, while decalin shows significant low temperature reactivity. Detailed product analysis showed that c..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank Daniel Strope, George Parks, Garry Gunter and Bradley Taylor of ConocoPhillips for their support of this work. The authors also thank Dania Alvarez Fonseca for assistance in the GC analysis.