Journal
COMBUSTION AND FLAME
Volume 257, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112464
Keywords
Kinetic modeling; Dimethyl ether; Nitric oxide; PEPICO; Polynomial chaos expansion; Flow reactor
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This study focuses on the interaction chemistry of DME-O2-NO mixtures in the low- to intermediate-temperature regime, investigating the oxidation behavior of DME in the presence of NO. The research combines experimental data with modeling analysis to study the kinetics of DME/NOx interactions, and assesses the uncertainty of key reactions using a polynomial chaos expansion analysis.
Dimethyl ether (DME) is a widely recognized alternative fuel which can be sustainably produced from different feedstock. Its oxidation mechanism belongs to the most deeply understood within oxygenated fuels. The oxidation of DME in the presence of NO has gained renewed attention in recent experimental and modeling effort s because of a rather complex behavior in accelerating or inhibiting DME consumption, depending on the respective temperature and mixture conditions, similarly to what has been already observed for n- and iso- alkanes. The present investigation focuses on the interaction chemistry of DME-O 2 -NO mixtures in the low- to intermediate-temperature regime. Previously reported flow reactor data from mass spectrometric analysis with and without NO addition are extended by isomer-resolved detection of some key intermediates, including species of formula {HNO 2 } and {CH 3 NO 2 } by using doubleimaging photoelectron photoion coincidence (i 2 PEPICO) spectroscopy. Specifically trans- HONO is highlighted as the most abundant isomer. Starting from the recently published CRECK mechanism for DME oxidation and other models available in the literature, the relevant kinetics of DME/NO x interactions are included and analyzed. The model thus obtained is compared with new experimental data from this study and others from the literature and is used to interpret observed discrepancies. A systematic polynomial chaos expansion (PCE) analysis is also performed to assess the joint uncertainty of key influential reactions under the present conditions. Nevertheless, remaining differences of model and experiment can only be addressed jointly, demonstrating the value of a concurrent experimental-modeling approach. (c) 2022 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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