This study reports a chemical kinetics soot model for combustion of engine-relevant fuels. The scheme accounts for both low- and high-temperature oxidation, considering their crucial role in engine combustion process. The mechanism is validated against several ignition delay times and laminar burning velocities data sets for single and mixtures of hydrocarbons. To assess the mechanism ability to predict soot precursors, formation of aromatic and aliphatic species with critical effects on soot formation is investigated for several laminar premixed and diffusion flames. The model includes soot particle inception, surface growth, coagulation, and aggregation based on the method of moments. The performance of the model is evaluated by predicting the amount of produced soot during heavy alkanes and aromatic species mixtures pyrolysis. The results are encouraging, proving this methodology to be a suitable tool to simulate the all-round combustion features of engine fuel surrogates by a single reaction model.
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September 2013
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Detailed Kinetic Modeling of Soot-Particle and Key-Precursor Formation in Laminar Premixed and Counterflow Diffusion Flames of Fossil Fuel Surrogates
Ali Salavati-Zadeh,
Ali Salavati-Zadeh
1
Ph.D. Candidate
e-mail: alisalavati@ut.ac.ir
e-mail: alisalavati@ut.ac.ir
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Vahid Esfahanian,
Asghar Afshari
Asghar Afshari
Assistant Professor
e-mail: afsharia@ut.ac.ir
School of Mechanical Engineering,
College of Engineering,
Tehran,
e-mail: afsharia@ut.ac.ir
School of Mechanical Engineering,
College of Engineering,
University of Tehran
,Tehran,
Iran
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Ali Salavati-Zadeh
Ph.D. Candidate
e-mail: alisalavati@ut.ac.ir
e-mail: alisalavati@ut.ac.ir
Vahid Esfahanian
Professor
e-mail: evahid@ut.ac.ir
e-mail: evahid@ut.ac.ir
Asghar Afshari
Assistant Professor
e-mail: afsharia@ut.ac.ir
School of Mechanical Engineering,
College of Engineering,
Tehran,
e-mail: afsharia@ut.ac.ir
School of Mechanical Engineering,
College of Engineering,
University of Tehran
,Tehran,
Iran
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Internal Combustion Engine Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received April 16, 2012; final manuscript received September 1, 2012; published online May 24, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Professor Kevin M. Lyons.
J. Energy Resour. Technol. Sep 2013, 135(3): 031101 (13 pages)
Published Online: May 24, 2013
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April 16, 2012
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September 1, 2012
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Salavati-Zadeh, A., Esfahanian, V., and Afshari, A. (May 24, 2013). "Detailed Kinetic Modeling of Soot-Particle and Key-Precursor Formation in Laminar Premixed and Counterflow Diffusion Flames of Fossil Fuel Surrogates." ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. September 2013; 135(3): 031101. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023302
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