ISSN:
0538-8066
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
This article describes an experimental and modeling study of the oxidation of isobutene. The low-temperature oxidation was studied in a continuous-flow stirred-tank reactor operated at constant temperature (from 833 to 913 K) and pressure (1 atm), with fuel equivalence ratios from 3 to 6 and space times ranging from 1 to 10 s corresponding to isobutene conversion yields from 1 to 50%. The main carbon containing products were analyzed by gas chromatography. The ignition delays of isobutene-oxygen-argon mixtures with fuel equivalence ratios from 1 to 3 were measured behind shock waves. Reflected shock waves permitted to obtain temperatures from 1230 to 1930 K and pressures from 9.5 to 10.5 atm.A mechanism has been proposed to reproduce the profiles obtained for the reactants consumption and the products formation during the slow oxidation and to compute the ignition delays in the shock tube. Simulations were performed using CHEMKIN II. A correct agreement between the simulated values and the experimental data has been obtained in both apparatuses. The main reaction paths have been determined for both series of measurements by a sensitivity and rate of production analysis. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 629-640, 1998
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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