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Nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic compounds in sooting flames

Conference · · Symp. (Int.) Combust., (Proc.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5218528
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The production of nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic compounds in benzene/methane flames doped with organic nitrogen and in coal combustion was studied in small-scale equipment. The compounds were analyzed by gas chromatography with and without a nitrogen specific flame ionization detector. Selected runs with benzene/methane flames were also conducted with sulfur-containing fuel additives, namely carbon disulfide or thiophene. None of the fuel additives exerted any discernible effect on the quantities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or soot formed in the benzene/methane flames. Cyanonaphthalenes, cyanoacenaphthylenes, and cyanophenanthrenes were found in significant quantities in association with soot formed in the nitrogen-doped benzene/methane flames, and in the coal combustor. The nitrogen source in these compounds was determined to be fuel rather than atmospheric nitrogen. 31 refs.

Research Organization:
MIT, Cambridge, MA
OSTI ID:
5218528
Report Number(s):
CONF-800809-
Journal Information:
Symp. (Int.) Combust., (Proc.); (United States), Journal Name: Symp. (Int.) Combust., (Proc.); (United States); ISSN SYMCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
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Lignite
& Peat-- Environmental Aspects
014000 -- Coal
Lignite
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02 PETROLEUM
020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
025000 -- Petroleum-- Combustion
03 NATURAL GAS
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CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
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COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLAMES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
HYDROCARBONS
MATERIALS
METHANE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOOT
SULFUR COMPOUNDS