An experimental and kinetic modeling study of cyclopentane and dimethyl ether blends
Journal Article
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· Combustion and Flame
- National Univ. of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Cyclopentane is a suitable naphthene, or cycloalkane, in a palette for multi-component gasoline surrogate fuels due to its presence in market fuels and its relevance to alkyl substituted cyclopentanes also present. However, the previous oxidation studies of cyclopentane have primarily focused on neat mixtures. Blending cyclopentane with dimethyl ether in this work therefore serves to inform our understanding of, and improve predictive models for, multi-component mixtures. Here, the auto-ignition of cyclopentane/dimethyl ether blends was studied in a high-pressure shock tube and in a rapid compression machine. A wide range of temperatures (650 – 1350 K) and elevated pressures of 20 and 40 bar were studied at equivalence ratios of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 in air for two blending ratios (30/70 and 70/30 mole% cyclopentane/di-methyl ether mixtures). A detailed kinetic model for cyclopentane was revised to capture the measured ignition delay times and apparent heat release rates in this study. Literature ignition delay time, jet-stirred reactor, and laminar burning velocity measurements of neat cyclopentane were used as additional validation. Improvements to the kinetic model were based on recent literature studies related to sub-models including cyclopentene and cyclopentadiene which allowed the removal of previous local rate-constant optimizations. Low temperature reactivity of cyclopentane was found to be controlled by the branching ratio between concerted elimination of HO͘2 and the strained formation of Q̇OOH radicals in agreement with previous studies. In this study, the low branching ratio of Q̇OOH formation increases the influence of a competing consumption pathway for cyclopentyl-peroxy (CPTO͘2J) radicals. The sensitivity of the simulated ignition delay times to the formation of cyclopentyl hydroperoxide (CPTO2H), from CPTO͘2J and HO͘2, is discussed. The current model is used to analyze the influence of dimethyl ether on the reactivity of cyclopentane in the context of previous literature studies of dimethyl ether binary blends with ethanol and toluene.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI); USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- OSTI ID:
- 1762862
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1809388
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL--811439; 1018286
- Journal Information:
- Combustion and Flame, Journal Name: Combustion and Flame Vol. 225; ISSN 0010-2180
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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