Experimental and modeling study of the oxidation of fenchone, a high-energy density fuel-additive
Résumé
strained ring molecule, could be an interesting candidate. The present study investigates the oxidation of fenchone
in a jet-stirred reactor at high pressure (10 atm) between 700 and 1180 K at constant fuel mole fraction
and constant residence time of 0.1% and 0.7 s, respectively. Mole fraction profiles were obtained through sonic
probe sampling, and analyzed by gas chromatography and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry. More than
30 species were identified and most of them were quantified. Also, a kinetic mechanism is developed in this study
and tested against the present conditions showing good agreement. The present mechanism allows to illuminate
the major reaction pathways involved in the decomposition routes of the fuel and its primary radicals as well as
the formation pathways of the quantified intermediate species. During fenchone oxidation, the carbonyl group is
mostly found in CO, CO2 and formaldehyde while heavier carbonyl species were identified at much lower
quantities, indicating decarbonylation occurs early during the oxidation process. Aromatic compounds such as
benzene and toluene are formed especially in rich conditions while some potential oxygenated pollutants like
methacrolein and acetaldehyde were quantified as well.
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