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Chemical structure and kinetic modeling of 1,2-dichloroethane/methane fuel-rich flames

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6065671

The chemical structure of atmospheric, premixed, one-dimensional, laminar, fuel-rich flames of 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCE)/CH{sub 4}/O{sub 2}/Ar have been explored using a flat flame burner facility. The flames investigated have an equivalence ratio of about 2.0 and they are varied in the fuel ratios (0.3-1.5) together with the chlorine/hydrogen ratios (0.1-0.3). A number of important flame species have been identified and quantified for the first time in the flames of 1,2-DCE. In addition to those for the reactants, the mole fraction profiles of CO, CO{sub 2}, H{sub 2}O, HCl, H{sub 2}, C{sub 2}H{sub 6}, C{sub 2}H{sub 4}, C{sub 2}H{sub 2}, C{sub 2}H{sub 3}Cl, CH{sub 3}Cl, C{sub 4}H{sub 4}, C{sub 4}H{sub 2}, and C{sub 6}H{sub 6} were generated for all the fuel-rich flames studied. In another stoichiometric, pure 1,2-DCE flame, a significant level of highly substituted chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as CCl{sub 4}, COCl{sub 2}, CHCl{sub 3}, C{sub 2}Cl{sub 4}, C{sub 2}HCl{sub 3}, trans 1,2-C{sub 2}H{sub 2}Cl{sub 2} and Cl{sub 2} were also observed. A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism for the combustion of 1,2-DCE/CH{sub 4}/O{sub 2}/Ar system has been developed. The mechanism represents a considerable generality and broad utility by accounting for the isomer effect as well as the species up to benzene. The model has the participation of 82 species in 672 reversible elementary reaction. All the flames which were studied experimentally have been simulated by the same model. The major reaction pathways responsible for the formation and destruction of the species have been identified via reaction rate and sensitivity analyses.

Research Organization:
Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States)
OSTI ID:
6065671
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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