1. Shock Tube Studies of Combustion Relevant Elementary Chemical Reactions and Submechanisms
- Author
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Robert S. Tranter and Kenneth Brezinsky
- Subjects
Reaction rate ,Chemistry ,Elementary reaction ,Thermodynamics ,Combustion ,Shock tube ,Isomerization ,Chemical reaction ,Pyrolysis ,Dissociation (chemistry) - Abstract
Shock tubes are vital experimental tools that are used to study high temperature gas-phase kinetics and shock tube research accounts for most of the high temperature experimental data relevant to combustion. Several shock tube techniques are briefly discussed and references to prior more detailed reviews supplied. The use of shock tube techniques to elucidate reaction rates and mechanisms for elementary unimolecular and bimolecular reactions is discussed. Particular attention is given to studies that provide fundamental data that can be extrapolated to systems that cannot be studied in isolated experiments. In this context, experiments on the dissociation and isomerization of fuel radicals, pyrolysis of saturated cyclic and heterocyclic molecules of importance in surrogate fuels and nontraditional fuels, and the role of resonantly stabilized radicals in formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are discussed.
- Published
- 2013