Laminar burning velocity of gasoline and the gasoline surrogate components iso-octane, n-heptane and toluene

Fuel, Volume 112, October 2013, Pages 355–365
Laminar burning velocity of gasoline and the gasoline surrogate components iso-octane, n-heptane and toluene
L. Sileghem (a), V.A. Alekseev (b), J. Vancoillie (a), K.M. Van Geem (c), E.J.K. Nilsson (b), S. Verhelst (a), A.A. Konnov (b)
a Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
b Division of Combustion Physics, Lund University, Post Office Box, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
c Laboratory for Chemical Technology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S5, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Abstract
Describes measurement of laminar burning velocities employing the heat flux method on a flat flame adiabatic burner. Researchers measured iso-octane, n-heptane, toluene, a toluene reference fuel and a commercial gasoline.
The laminar burning velocities of the toluene reference fuel were in correspondence with the laminar burning velocities of the commercial gasoline. The temperature dependence of the fuels is shown and the measurements are compared to literature data and simulations using reduced kinetic models.
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