Experimental Study of Premixed Gasoline Surrogates Burning Velocities in a Spherical Combustion Bomb at Engine Like Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Facility and Combustion Model
3. Results
3.1. Validation of the Methodology for Liquid Fuels: Iso-Octane
3.2. Burning Velocity of n-Heptane
3.2.1. Results of n-Heptane for a Stoichiometric Mixture
3.2.2. Results of n-Heptane for a 0.9 Fuel/Air Equivalence Ratio
3.2.3. Results of n-Heptane for a 0.8 Fuel/Air Equivalence Ratio
3.3. Burning Velocity of a 50% n-Heptane and 50% Toluene Blend
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Reyes, M.; Tinaut, F.V.; Camaño, A. Experimental Study of Premixed Gasoline Surrogates Burning Velocities in a Spherical Combustion Bomb at Engine Like Conditions. Energies 2020, 13, 3430. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133430
Reyes M, Tinaut FV, Camaño A. Experimental Study of Premixed Gasoline Surrogates Burning Velocities in a Spherical Combustion Bomb at Engine Like Conditions. Energies. 2020; 13(13):3430. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133430
Chicago/Turabian StyleReyes, Miriam, Francisco V. Tinaut, and Alexandra Camaño. 2020. "Experimental Study of Premixed Gasoline Surrogates Burning Velocities in a Spherical Combustion Bomb at Engine Like Conditions" Energies 13, no. 13: 3430. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133430