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Pyrolysis and oxidation of aromatic compoundsA study of the questions associated with the use of alternate fuels demands knowledge of the chemical mechanism of pyrolysis and oxidation of aromatic compounds. Both pyrolysis and oxidation are important, because fuel-rich conditions may mean that pyrolysis is competitive with oxidation. Soot formation is certainly a pyrolysis problem. The complexity of system characteristics makes a detailed study of thermodynamical and kinetic conditions difficult. The matter can be simplified somewhat by generalizing the chemistry by classes of molecules. The criteria for such a generalization of the chemistry are discussed along with an evaluation of the rate constants and their temperature and pressure dependences. Attention is given to the pyrolysis of hydrocarbons, the oxidation of hydrocarbons, the oxidation reactions of alkanes, aspects of codification and extrapolation, group additivity, structural consideration, kinetics, and the pyrolysis of aromatic compounds.
Document ID
19790028972
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Golden, D. M.
(SRI International Menlo Park, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1978
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Meeting Information
Meeting: In: Alternative hydrocarbon fuels: Combustion and chemical kinetics; SQUID Workshop
Location: Columbia, MD
Start Date: September 7, 1977
End Date: September 9, 1977
Accession Number
79A12985
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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