A comprehensive experimental and improved kinetic modeling study on the pyrolysis and oxidation of propyne

Snehasish Panigrahy, Jinhu Liang, Shashank S. Nagaraja, Zhaohong Zuo, Gihun Kim, Shijun Dong, Goutham Kukkadapu, William J. Pitz, Subith S. Vasu, Henry J. Curran

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Abstract

New experimental data for ignition delay times (IDT), pyrolysis speciation profiles, and flame speed measurements are considered to investigate the combustion characteristics of propyne. IDT for propyne ignition were obtained at equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 in ‘air’ at 10 and 30 bar, over a wide range of temperatures (690 K–1460 K) using a rapid compression machine and a high-pressure shock tube. Furthermore, experiments were conducted in a single-pulse shock tube to study propyne pyrolysis at 2 bar pressure and in the temperature range 1000 K–1600 K. Laminar flame speeds of propyne were examined at an unburned gas temperature of 373 K and at 1 and 2 bar for a range of equivalence ratios. This new mechanism showed remarkable improvements in the predictions for the IDT, fuel pyrolysis, and flame speeds for propyne compared to AramcoMech3.0. The improvement in fuel reactivity predictions in the new mechanism is due to the inclusion of the propyne + HO2 reaction system along with OH radical addition to the triple bonds of propyne and subsequent reactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)479-488
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the Combustion Institute
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event38th International Symposium on Combustion, 2021 - Adelaide, Australia
Duration: 24 Jan 202129 Jan 2021

Keywords

  • Ignition delay time
  • Kinetic modeling
  • Laminar flame speed
  • Propyne oxidation
  • Pyrolysis

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