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Quantification of Key Peroxy and Hydroperoxide Intermediates in the Low-Temperature Oxidation of Dimethyl Ether

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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Dimethyl ether (DME) oxidation is a model chemical system with a small number of prototypical reaction intermediates that also has practical importance for low-carbon transportation. Although it has been studied experimentally and theoretically, ambiguity remains in the relative importance of competing DME oxidation pathways in the low-temperature autoignition regime. To focus on the primary reactions in DME autoignition, we measured the time-resolved concentration of five intermediates, CH3OCH2OO (ROO), OOCH2OCH2OOH (OOQOOH), HOOCH2OCHO (hydroperoxymethyl formate, HPMF), CH2O, and CH3OCHO (methyl formate, MF), from photolytically initiated experiments. We performed these studies at P = 10 bar and T = 450-575 K, using a high-pressure photolysis reactor coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer with tunable vacuum-ultraviolet synchrotron ionization at the Advanced Light Source. Our measurements reveal that the timescale of ROO decay and product formation is much shorter than predicted by current DME combustion models. The models also strongly underpredict the observed yields of CH2O and MF and do not capture the temperature dependence of OOQOOH and HPMF yields. Adding the ROO + OH $$\rightarrow$$ RO + HO2 reaction to the chemical mechanism (with a rate coefficient approximated from similar reactions) improves the prediction of MF. Increasing the rate coefficients of ROO ↔ QOOH and QOOH + O2 ↔ OOQOOH reactions brings the model predictions closer to experimental observations for OOQOOH and HPMF, while increasing the rate coefficient for the QOOH $$\rightarrow$$ 2CH2O + OH reaction is needed to improve the predictions of formaldehyde. In conclusion, to aid future quantification of DME oxidation intermediates by photoionization mass spectrometry, we report experimentally determined ionization cross-sections for ROO, OOQOOH, and HPMF.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
2283537
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory Journal Issue: 50 Vol. 126; ISSN 1089-5639
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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