Soot formation in aerodynamically strained methane-air and ethylene-air diffusion flames with chloromethane addition

Leylegian, J C

doi:10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2007.07.015

Title: Soot formation in aerodynamically strained methane-air and ethylene-air diffusion flames with chloromethane addition

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The effects of chloromethane (CH{sub 3}Cl) addition on soot inception in methane-air and ethylene-air counterflow diffusion flames were investigated by varying the concentrations of chloromethane and nitrogen in the fuel stream. Experiments showed a monotonic increase in the critical sooting stretch rate for methane-air flames when methane was replaced by chloromethane, while ethylene and chloromethane flames exhibited a larger sooting tendency than flames under comparable conditions and burning either ethylene or chloromethane alone. For the conditions investigated, the critical sooting stretch rates of methane-chloromethane-nitrogen flames were shown to be primarily a function of the chloromethane loading in the fuel stream. The structure of these flames was modeled using detailed chemistry and transport. Modeling results suggested that the enhancement of soot formation in ethylene-chloromethane flames may be a combined result of increased concentrations of C{sub 2} species and chlorinated C{sub 1} radicals (CH{sub 2}Cl and CHCl). A large rate of the reactions among these species may be the first steps in the molecular growth processes, which leads to the inception of soot particles. (author)

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Leylegian, J C ^[1]

ATK GASL NY Operations, 77 Raynor Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-6648 (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2008

OSTI Identifier:: 20999333

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Combustion and Flame

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 152; Journal Issue: 1-2; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; METHYL CHLORIDE; ETHYLENE; METHANE; LAMINAR FLAMES; AIR; SOOT; NITROGEN; DIFFUSION; SIMULATION; ABUNDANCE; SYNTHESIS

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                    Leylegian, J C. Soot formation in aerodynamically strained methane-air and ethylene-air diffusion flames with chloromethane addition.  United States: N. p., 2008. 
        Web.  doi:10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2007.07.015.

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                    Leylegian, J C. Soot formation in aerodynamically strained methane-air and ethylene-air diffusion flames with chloromethane addition.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2007.07.015

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                    Leylegian, J C. 2008.  
        "Soot formation in aerodynamically strained methane-air and ethylene-air diffusion flames with chloromethane addition".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2007.07.015.

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@article{osti_20999333,

  title        = {Soot formation in aerodynamically strained methane-air and ethylene-air diffusion flames with chloromethane addition},

  author       = {Leylegian, J C},

  abstractNote = {The effects of chloromethane (CH{sub 3}Cl) addition on soot inception in methane-air and ethylene-air counterflow diffusion flames were investigated by varying the concentrations of chloromethane and nitrogen in the fuel stream. Experiments showed a monotonic increase in the critical sooting stretch rate for methane-air flames when methane was replaced by chloromethane, while ethylene and chloromethane flames exhibited a larger sooting tendency than flames under comparable conditions and burning either ethylene or chloromethane alone. For the conditions investigated, the critical sooting stretch rates of methane-chloromethane-nitrogen flames were shown to be primarily a function of the chloromethane loading in the fuel stream. The structure of these flames was modeled using detailed chemistry and transport. Modeling results suggested that the enhancement of soot formation in ethylene-chloromethane flames may be a combined result of increased concentrations of C{sub 2} species and chlorinated C{sub 1} radicals (CH{sub 2}Cl and CHCl). A large rate of the reactions among these species may be the first steps in the molecular growth processes, which leads to the inception of soot particles. (author)},

  doi          = {10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2007.07.015},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20999333},
  journal      = {Combustion and Flame},

  issn         = {0010-2180},

  number       = 1-2,

  volume       = 152,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2008},

  month        = {Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2008}

}

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