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An Experimental And Modeling Study Of Formaldehyde And 1,3,5-Trioxane Flame Chemistry, Jeffrey S. Santner, Francis M. Haas, Frederick L. Dryer, Yiguang Ju
An Experimental And Modeling Study Of Formaldehyde And 1,3,5-Trioxane Flame Chemistry, Jeffrey S. Santner, Francis M. Haas, Frederick L. Dryer, Yiguang Ju
Francis (Mac) Haas
Formaldehyde is a key species produced during oxidation of virtually all hydrocarbon and oxygenated fuels, and it is also a regulated hazardous air pollutant. An improved understanding of its formation and destruction chemistry is therefore vital to the study of many energy conversion processes. To this end, this work experimentally and numerically investigates the flame chemistry of formaldehyde (CH2O) at atmospheric pressure. The laminar burning rate of 1,3,5-trioxane/O2/N2 mixtures is measured in outwardly propagating spherical flames, where high concentrations of formaldehyde are generated early in the flame structure from decomposition of 1,3,5-trioxane.
Though laminar burning rate predictions of several combustion …