Soot & internal combustion and gas turbine engines

Chung Hsuan Huang, Randy Lee Vander Wal

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Abstract

Particulate matter, soot, from jet engines is relevant to environmental and health concerns. In this study, JP-8, HRJ (hydro-treated renewable jet) and FT (Fischer-Tropsch) fuels were tested in a CFM56-2C1 engine on a DC-9 aircraft. Comparisons of PM physical structure at length scales spanning aggregate to primary particle to nanostructure, all by TEM, are reported. Petroleum based JP-8 derived soot shows the nanostructure progression from amorphous to graphitic-like as a function of increasing engine power. Soots from the renewable HRJ and FT fuels exhibit significant nanostructure at each power level. Results are interpreted in terms of different soot formation regions with associated variations in temperature and local equivalence ratio. The driver for such differences is the nascent fuel composition, more specifically the different classes of components and associated pyrolytic and oxidative kinetics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication8th US National Combustion Meeting 2013
PublisherWestern States Section/Combustion Institute
Pages421-429
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781627488426
StatePublished - Jan 1 2013
Event8th US National Combustion Meeting 2013 - Park City, United States
Duration: May 19 2013May 22 2013

Publication series

Name8th US National Combustion Meeting 2013
Volume1

Other

Other8th US National Combustion Meeting 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPark City
Period5/19/135/22/13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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