Experimental and computational investigations are carried out to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms of autoignition of surrogates of jet-fuels at elevated pressures up to 6bar. The jet-fuels tested are JP-8, Jet-A, and JP-5, and the surrogates tested are the Aachen Surrogate made up of 80% n-decane and 20% 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene by mass, Surrogate C made up of 60% n-dodecane, 20% methylcyclohexane and 20% o-xylene by volume, and the 2nd generation Princeton Surrogate made up of 40.4% n-dodecane, 29.5% 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, 7.3% 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and 22.8% n-propylbenzene by mole. Using the counterflow configuration, an axisymmetric flow of a gaseous oxidizer stream, made up of a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, is directed over the surface of an evaporating pool of a liquid fuel. The experiments are conducted at a fixed value of mass fraction of oxygen in the oxidizer stream and at a fixed value of the strain rate. The temperature of the oxidizer stream at autoignition, T ig , is measured as a function of pressure, p. Experimental results show that the critical conditions, of autoignition of the surrogates are close to that of the jet-fuels. Overall the critical conditions of autoignition of Surrogate C agree best with those of the jet-fuels. Computations were performed using skeletal mechanisms constructed from a detailed mechanism. Predictions of the critical conditions of autoignition of the surrogates are found to agree well with measurements. Computations show that low-temperature chemistry plays a significant role in promoting autoignition for all surrogates. The low-temperature chemistry, of the component of the surrogate with the greatest volatility, was found to have the most influence on the critical conditions of autoignition.

Experimental and computational investigation of autoignition of jet fuels and surrogates in nonpremixed flows at elevated pressures

Frassoldati A.;Cuoci A.;Pelucchi M.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Experimental and computational investigations are carried out to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms of autoignition of surrogates of jet-fuels at elevated pressures up to 6bar. The jet-fuels tested are JP-8, Jet-A, and JP-5, and the surrogates tested are the Aachen Surrogate made up of 80% n-decane and 20% 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene by mass, Surrogate C made up of 60% n-dodecane, 20% methylcyclohexane and 20% o-xylene by volume, and the 2nd generation Princeton Surrogate made up of 40.4% n-dodecane, 29.5% 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, 7.3% 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and 22.8% n-propylbenzene by mole. Using the counterflow configuration, an axisymmetric flow of a gaseous oxidizer stream, made up of a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, is directed over the surface of an evaporating pool of a liquid fuel. The experiments are conducted at a fixed value of mass fraction of oxygen in the oxidizer stream and at a fixed value of the strain rate. The temperature of the oxidizer stream at autoignition, T ig , is measured as a function of pressure, p. Experimental results show that the critical conditions, of autoignition of the surrogates are close to that of the jet-fuels. Overall the critical conditions of autoignition of Surrogate C agree best with those of the jet-fuels. Computations were performed using skeletal mechanisms constructed from a detailed mechanism. Predictions of the critical conditions of autoignition of the surrogates are found to agree well with measurements. Computations show that low-temperature chemistry plays a significant role in promoting autoignition for all surrogates. The low-temperature chemistry, of the component of the surrogate with the greatest volatility, was found to have the most influence on the critical conditions of autoignition.
2019
Autoignition; Jet fuels; Kinetic modeling; Low temperature chemistry; Surrogate fuels
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