Decane oxidation in a shock tube

✍ Scribed by Erna Olchanski; Alexander Burcat

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 317 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0538-8066
• DOI: 10.1002/kin.20204

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The ignition delay of n‐decane and oxygen diluted in argon was investigated for a series of mixtures ranging from 0.49 to 1.5% decane and 4.16 to 23.25% O~2~ diluted in argon. The temperature range was 1239–1616 K and the pressure range was 1.82–10.0 atm. All experiments were performed in a heated shock‐tube. An overall ignition delay equation was deduced for 144 experiments: τ = 10^−12^ exp(+34240/RT)[C~10~H~22~]^0.60^[O~2~]^−1.305^[Ar]^0.08^ s. Product distribution from preignition periods were measured. Detailed simulation schemes available in the literature were checked and a corrected model is proposed that fits well our experiments. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 38: 703–713, 2006