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Optimization of Synthetic Oxygenated Fuels
Start Date: September 2005
Status: Completed
Investigators
Craig T. Bowman, David M. Golden, Ronald K. Hanson, Heinz Pitsch, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University; Ripudaman Malhotra, SRI International
Annual Reports
Publications
- Davidson, D. F., S. C. Ranganath, K. Y. Lam, M. Liaw, M, Hong, Z. and R. K. Hanson. “Ignition delay time measurements of normal alkanes and simple oxygenates.” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 280-287, doi:10.2514/1.44034 (2010).
- Cook, R. D., D. F. Davidson, and R. K. Hanson. “High-temperature shock tube measurements of dimethyl ether decomposition and the reaction of dimethyl ether with OH.” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 113, No. 37, pp 9974–9980 doi:10.1021/jp902403n (2009).
- Hong, Z., D. F. Davidson, S. S. Vasu, and R. K. Hanson. “The effects of oxygenates on soot formation in rich heptane mixtures: a shock tube study.” Fuel, Vol. 88, No. 10, pp. 1901-1906, doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2009.04.013 (2009).
- Pepiot-Desjardins, P., Pitsch, H., Malhotra, R., Kirby, S.R. and Boehman, A.L. Experimental Study and Structural Group Analysis for Soot Reduction Tendency of Oxygenated Fuels. Comb. Flame, in press, 2008.
Updated February 2011
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