Elucidating reactivity regimes in cyclopentane oxidation: Jet stirred reactor experiments, computational chemistry, and kinetic modeling

Mariam J. Al Rashidi*, Sébastien Thion, Casimir Togbé, Guillaume Dayma, Marco Mehl, Philippe Dagaut, William J. Pitz, Judit Zádor, S. Mani Sarathy

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Abstract

A detailed kinetic model comprising low- and high-temperature reaction pathways capable of predicting the combustion characteristics of cyclopentane was studied. The simulations reproduced the unique reactivity trend of cyclopentane and the measured concentration profiles of intermediate and product species. Simulation results agreed with the experiments and both showed an increase in reactivity with increasing temperature at φ = 0.5 1.0 and 1.5. For richer conditions cyclopentane concentration profiles exhibit inhibition of reactivity between 850 and 1000 K.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)469-477
Number of pages9
JournalProceedings of the Combustion Institute
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Saudi Aramco under the FUELCOM program. It was also supported by competitive research funding from KAUST. JZ was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences. Sandia is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the National Nuclear Security Administration, under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. The work at LLNL was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Vehicle Technologies Office, program managers Gurpreet Singh and Leo Breton and was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

Keywords

  • Cyclopentane
  • Jet stirred rector
  • Modeling
  • Species profiles

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

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