A Kinetic Modeling Study of Propene Oxidation in JSR and Flame

Abstract

Propene oxidation in a jet-stirred reactor was modeled using a comprehensive kinetic reaction mechanism including the most recent findings concerning the kinetics of the reactions involved in the oxidation of C₁ -C₄ hydrocarbons. The present detailed mechanism is able to reproduce experimental data obtained in our high-pressure jet stirred reactor (900 ⩽ T/K ⩽ 1200: 1 P/atm ⩽ 8; 0.15 ⩽ φ ⩽ 4). Burning velocities of propene in air at I atm were also modeled. The computed results are discussed in terms of pressure and equivalence ratio (φ) effects on propene oxidation. The same detailed kinetic reaction mechanism can also be used to model the oxidation of methane, ethylene, ethane, and propane in related conditions with no loss of capabilities.