The effects of oxygenated compounds on PAH and soot across a suite of laboratory devices

T. Litzinger, M. Colket, M. Kahandawala, V. Katta, S. Y. Lee, D. Liscinsky, K. McNesby, R. Pawlik, M. Roquemore, R. Santoro, S. Sidhu, S. Stouffer, J. Wu

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Abstract

The impact of oxygenated fuel additives on soot emissions has been investigated in a collaborative university, industry and government effort. The main objective of this program was to obtain fundamental understanding of how changes in fuel composition can reduce soot and PAH emissions from military aircraft combustors. The research team used a suite of laboratory devices that included a shock tube, a well-stirred reactor, a premixed flat flame, an opposed-flow diffusion flame, and a high pressure turbulent reactor. The two primary additives investigated were ethanol and cyclohexanone. Fuels included ethylene, heptane, a heptane/toluene blend and JP8. With one exception, an ethylene opposed-flow diffusion flame, the addition of an oxygenated compound led to substantial reductions in soot. Modeling of the premixed flame and opposed-jet diffusion flame was used to obtain insights into the mechanism behind the observed soot reductions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication5th US Combustion Meeting 2007
PublisherCombustion Institute
Pages2409-2421
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9781604238112
StatePublished - 2007
Event5th US Combustion Meeting 2007 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Mar 25 2007Mar 28 2007

Publication series

Name5th US Combustion Meeting 2007
Volume4

Other

Other5th US Combustion Meeting 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period3/25/073/28/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

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

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