Probing the low-temperature chemistry of methyl hexanoate: Insights from oxygenate intermediates

Rogers, Cory O.; Kaczmarek, Dennis; Kasper, Tina; Labbe, Nicole J.

doi:10.1016/j.proci.2020.07.056

Title: Probing the low-temperature chemistry of methyl hexanoate: Insights from oxygenate intermediates

Journal Article · Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.07.056· OSTI ID:1778228

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Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

Understanding the combustion of methyl esters is crucial to elucidate kinetic pathways and predict combustion parameters, soot yields, and fuel performance of biodiesel, however most kinetic studies of methyl esters have focused on smaller, surrogate model esters. Methyl hexanoate is a larger methyl ester approaching the chain length of methyl esters found in biodiesel and has not received as much research attention as other smaller esters. The purpose of this work is to present the first atmospheric pressure combustion data of methyl hexanoate, CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₂COOCH₃. Mixtures of 2% methyl hexanoate in O₂ and N₂ are studied using a plug flow reactor at atmospheric pressure, wall temperatures from 573 to 973 K, residence times from roughly 1-2 s., and fuel equivalence ratios of 1, 1.5, and 2. Exhaust gases are analyzed by a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer system and species mole fractions are presented. Here, the literature model shows satisfactory agreement with the experimental species profiles and improvements for future mechanistic studies are suggested. In particular, this work proposes new unimolecular decomposition pathways of methyl hexanoate to form methanol or methyl acetate. Furthermore, the experiment detected three unsaturated esters that are direct products of the low temperature oxidation chemistry and it provides more insight into branching ratios for the formation of methyl hexanoate radicals and for the decomposition of hydroperoxyalkyl radicals.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018627; 57440917

OSTI ID:: 1778228

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1777055

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 38, Issue 1; ISSN 1540-7489

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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