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2016

Biofuel

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Characterization Of Etbe + Cl And Isooctane + Cl Combustion Products Using Synchrotron Photoionization, Rong Yao Aug 2016

Characterization Of Etbe + Cl And Isooctane + Cl Combustion Products Using Synchrotron Photoionization, Rong Yao

Master's Theses

The low temperature (298 – 700 K) oxidation characterizations of a series of fuel additives (ETBE and isooctane) were studied at advanced light source in Lawrence Berkley National lab, using a multiplexed chemical kinetics photoionization mass spectrometer with tunable synchrotron radiation. Using Cl atoms as initiators in presence of oxygen, photoionization data were collected. Data analysis was performed via characterization of the reaction species photoionization spectra and kinetic traces, from which the products and also the intermediates were identified. Relevant reaction dynamics on potential energy surfaces were calculated, reaction enthalpies of each individual step were presented using the CBS-QB3 composite …