An Experimental Study of Propene Reaction of a Laminar Flow Reactor and Validation of its Reduced Mechanism

Abstract

Flow reactors are classified into laminar flow, turbulent flow and jet-stirred reactors depending on flow condition. Laminar flow reactor is a device that measures oxidation process of gaseous fuel and vaporized liquid fuels. Propene oxidation process was observed in a laminar flow reactor with a specified residence time at 6 atm, 968 K, and equivalence ratio of 0.71 and compared with numerical simulations. The Aramco 2.0 chemistry was adopted as a kinetic mechanism which includes 493 species and about 2,700 reaction steps. Oxygen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide concentrations were measured. Numerical results with a time shift of 0.216 s show a good agreement with experimental results. And, a reduced kinetic mechanism was generated and validated based on the Aramco 2.0. The reaction steps are reduced by 23%.