Abstract
In order to better understand the chemistry involved during the combustion of diesel fuel components, the structure of a laminar lean premixed methane flame doped with indane has been investigated. This flame contains 7.1% (molar) of methane, 36.8% of oxygen, and 0.90% of indane, corresponding to an equivalence ratio of 0.74 and a C9H10/CH4 ratio of 12.75%, with argon used as a dilutant. The flame has been stabilized on a burner at a pressure of 6.7 kPa, with the gas velocity at the burner exit equal to 49.2 cm/sec at 333 K. Quantified species include usual methane combustion products C0–C2, but also eleven C3–C5 hydrocarbons and three C1–C3 oxygenated compounds, as well as 17 aromatic products, namely benzene, toluene, phenylacetylene, styrene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, trimethylbenzenes, ethyltoluenes, indene, methylindane, methylindene, naphthalene, phenol, benzaldehyde, and benzofuran. The temperature has been measured by a PtRh(6%)-PtRh(30%) thermocouple settled inside the enclosure: from 800 K close to the burner up to 2000 K in the burned gases.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
J. C. Guibet, Fuels and Engines, Publications de l’Institut Français du Pétrole, Editions Technip, Paris (1999).
F. Battin-Leclerc, “Detailed chemical kinetic models for the low-temperature combustion of hydrocarbons with application to gasoline and diesel fuel surrogates,” Prog. Energ. Combust. Sci., 63, No. 4, 440–498 (2008).
T. A. Litzinger, K. Brezinsky, and I. Glassman, “The oxidation of ethylbenzene near 1060 K,” Combust. Flame, 63, 251–267 (1986).
T. A. Litzinger, K. Brezinsky, and I. Glassman, “Reactions of n-propylbenzene during gas phase oxidation,” Combust. Sci. Techol., 50, 117–133 (1986).
T. A. Litzinger, K. Brezinsky, and I. Glassman, “Gas-phase oxidation of isopropylbenzene at high temperature,” J. Phys. Chem., 90, 508–513 (1986).
P. Dagaut, A. Ristori, A. El Bakali, and M. Cathonnet, “Experimental and kinetic modeling study of the oxidation of n-propylbenzene,” Fuel, 81, 173–184 (2002).
A. Roubaud, R. Minetti, and L. R. Sochet, “Oxidation and combustion of low alkylbenzenes at high pressure: comparative reactivity and auto-ignition,” Combust. Flame, 121, 535–541 (2000).
A. Roubaud, O. Lemaire, R. Minetti, and L. R. Sochet, “High pressure auto-ignition and oxidation mechanism of o-xylene, o-ethytoluene, and n-butylbenzene between 600 and 900 K,” Combust. Flame, 123, 561–571 (2000).
P. Dagaut, A. Ristori, G. Pengloan, and M. Cathonnet, “Kinetic effect of dimethoxymethane on the oxidation of indane,” Energ. Fuels, 15, 372–376 (2001).
F. Buda, R. Bounaceur, V. Warth, P. A. Glaude, R. Fournet, and F. Battin-Leclerc, “Progress toward a unified detailed kinetic model for the autoignition of alkanes from C4 to C10 between 600 and 1200 K,” Combust. Flame, 142, 170–186 (2005).
I. Da Costa, R. Fournet, F. Billaud, and F. Battin-Leclerc, “Experimental and modelling study of the oxidation of benzene,” Int. J. Chem. Kin, 35, 503–524 (2003).
R. Bounaceur, I. Da Costa, R. Fournet, F. Billaud, and F. Battin-Leclerc, “Experimental and modeling study of the oxidation of toluene,” Int. J. Chem. Kin., 37, 25–49 (2005).
H. A. Gueniche, P. A. Glaude, G. Dayma, R. Fournet, and F. Battin-Leclerc, “Rich methane premixed laminar flames doped with light unsaturated hydrocarbons. Pt I: Allene and propyne,” Combust. Flame, 146, 620–634 (2006).
H. A. Gueniche, P. A. Glaude, R. Fournet, and F. Battin-Leclerc, “Rich methane premixed laminar flames doped by light unsaturated hydrocarbons. Part II: 1,3-butadiene,” Combust. Flame, 151, 245–261 (2007).
H. A. Gueniche, P. A. Glaude, R. Fournet, and F. Battin-Leclerc, “Rich methane premixed laminar flames doped by light unsaturated hydrocarbons. Part III: Cyclopentene,” Combust. Flame, 152, 245–261 (2008).
J. H. Kent, “A noncatalytic coating for platinum-rhodium thermocouples,” Combust. Flame, 14, 279–282 (1970).
U. Bonne, T. Grewer, and H. W. Wagner, “Messungen in der Reaktionszone von Wasserstoff-Sauerstoff- und Methan-Sauerstoff-Flammen,” Z. Phys. Chem., 26, S. 93–110 (1960).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
__________
Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 17–25, March–April, 2010.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Pousse, E., Glaude, P.A., Fournet, R. et al. Experimental study of the structure of a lean premixed indane/CH4/O2/Ar flame. Combust Explos Shock Waves 46, 132–139 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-010-0021-9
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-010-0021-9