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Title: Pentan isomers compound flame front structure

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/171218· OSTI ID:171218
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  1. Kazakh Al-Farabi State National Univ., Almaty (Kazakhstan)

The fuels (hexane, pentane, diethyl ether) and conditions investigated in this study are relevant to engine knock in spark- ignition engines. A review is provided of the field of low temperature hydrocarbon oxidation. Studies were made of radical and stable intermediate distribution in the front of cool flames: Maximum concentrations of H atoms and peroxy radicals were observed in the luminous zone of the cool flame front. Peroxy radicals appear before the luminous zone at 430 K due to diffusion. H atoms were found in cool flames of butane and hexane. H atoms diffuses from the luminous zone to the side of the fresh mixture, and they penetrate into the fresh mixture to a small depth. Extension of action sphear of peroxy radicals in the fresh mixture is much greater than that of H atoms due to their small activity and high concentrations.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Kazakh Al-Farabi State National Univ., Almaty (Kazakhstan)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
171218
Report Number(s):
UCRL-CR-122082; B-307950; ON: DE96004133
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 13 Aug 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English