Speciated hydrocarbon emissions from the combustion of single component fuels. 1. Effect of fuel structure

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/10473289.1992.10467041· OSTI ID:7015415

Siegel, W O; McCabe, R W; Chun, W; Kaiser, E W; Perry, J; Henig, Y I; Trinker, F H; Anderson, R W ^[1]

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1. Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (United States)

Speciated hydrocarbon emissions data have been collected for six single-component fuels run in a laboratory pulse flame combustor (PFC). The six fuels include n-heptane, isoctane (2,2,4-trimethylpentane), cyclohexane, 1-hexene, toluene, and methyl-t-butyl ether. Combustion of non-aromatic fuels in the PFC produced low levels of unburned fuel and high yields of methane and olefins irrespective of the molecular structure of the fuel. In contrast, hydrocarbon emissions from toluene combustion in the PFC were comprised predominantly of unburned fuel. With the PFC, low levels of 1,3-butadiene were observed from all the fuels except MTBE, for which no measurable level was detected; low levels of benzene were observed from isooctane, heptane, and 1-hexene, but significant levels from cyclohexane and toluene. No measurable amount of benzene was observed in the MTBE exhaust. For isooctane and toluene the speciated hydrocarbon emissions from a spark-ignited (SI) single-cylinder engine were also determined. HC emissions from the Si engine contained the same species as observed from the PFC, although the relative composition was different. For the non-aromatic fuel isooctane, unburned fuel represented a larger fraction of the HC emissions when run in the engine. HC emissions from toluene combustion in the engine were smaller to those from the PFC.

• OSTI ID: 7015415
• Journal Information: Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association; (United States), Vol. 42:7; ISSN 1047-3289
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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