An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of Pyrolysis and Combustion of Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol (ABE) Mixtures
The excellent fuel characteristics of bio-butanol are responsible for the renewed interest in the acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation process and the combustion and pyrolysis behavior of mixtures of acetone, butanol, and ethanol. Therefore, in this work, a detailed
mechanism for the pyrolysis and oxidation of ABE is presented containing ∼350 species and more than 10,000 reactions. The mechanism is validated against newly acquired and published pyrolysis data for the ABE-mixture and the respective components. Excellent agreement is obtained between
measured and simulated product yields as a function of the conversion. Laminar flame speed computations of alcohols and ABE complement the detailed comparisons of the pyrolysis data and allow for further validation of the combustion behavior of bio-butanol and its mixtures.
Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Combustion Science and Technology to view the free supplemental file.
Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Combustion Science and Technology to view the free supplemental file.
Keywords: ABE mixtures; Alcohol fuels; Biobutanol; Detailed kinetics; Pyrolysis and combustion
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Laboratory for Chemical Technology, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium 2: Dipartimento di Chimica,Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica–Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Publication date: 01 July 2012
- Information for Authors
- Subscribe to this Title
- Ingenta Connect is not responsible for the content or availability of external websites
- Access Key
- Free content
- Partial Free content
- New content
- Open access content
- Partial Open access content
- Subscribed content
- Partial Subscribed content
- Free trial content