A modelling study of the combustion of n-heptane and iso-octane in a high pressure turbulent flow reactor
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
The primary reference fuels n-heptane and iso-octane and their mixtures are used as a measure of the tendency of a given automotive fuel to cause knocking or pre-ignition in an internal combustion engine. Consequently, many experimental studies have been performed on these hydrocarbons in an attempt to better understand their oxidation. Shock tube studies at high temperature and pressure have been performed. Low temperature studies, in which species concentration profiles of primary, intermediate and final products, have been carried out using jet stirred flow reactors. In addition, experiments have been performed in CFR engines and fundamental features of n-heptane autoignition have been observed using a rapid compression machine. A detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism is employed here to study the oxidation of both fuels. Computed results are compared with experimental data obtained in the High Pressure Turbulent Flow Reactor at Princeton University.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 79967
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC--120938; CONF-9504163--3; ON: DE95013440
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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