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The formation of frequently discussed soot precursors has been compared in decane and kerosene flames. A specific study on the influence of equivalence ratio on the formation of some species (acetylene, benzene, vinyl benzene and phenyl acetylene) showed that in decane flames aromatic hydrocarbons are formed from acetylene whereas in kerosene flames the main source is the aromatic part of the fuel. From this result it seems to be reasonable to represent kerosene as a mixture of decane (90%) and toluene (10%) when developing a detailed kinetic mechanism to predict benzene formation in flames burning kerosene. The mechanism was checked by comparison of computed mole fraction profiles with measured profiles of a sooting kerosene-oxygen-argon flame with an equivalence ratio of 2.2 and of a decane flame with the same equivalence ratio.
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Vovelle, C., Delfau, JL., Reuillon, M. (1994). Formation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Decane and Kerosene Flames at Reduced Pressure. In: Bockhorn, H. (eds) Soot Formation in Combustion. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 59. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85167-4_4
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