Experimental characterization of jet fuels under engine relevant conditions – Part 1: Effect of chemical composition on autoignition of conventional and alternative jet fuels

REF Kang D, Kim D, Kalaskar V, Violi A, Boehman A.

Conventional and synthetic alternative jet fuels possess distinctive chemical compositions and physical/chemical properties since they are produced through different production processes. In this paper, the autoignition characteristics of four conventional aviation jet fuels ...

Experimental characterization of jet fuels under engine relevant conditions – Part 2: Insights on optimization approach for surrogate formulation

REF Kang D, Kim D, Kalaskar V, Violi A, Boehman A.

Computational combustion modeling is an essential complementary tool to engine experiments and the combination of computational fluid dynamics and detailed chemical kinetics provides the promise for optimizing engine performance...

Hydrocarbons for the next generation of jet fuel surrogates

REF Kim, D, Violi, A.

This study highlights the need for experimental studies and further kinetic model development for these molecules, which will benefit the surrogate development for the wide variety of jet fuels in the future. FUEL (2018).

The effect of molecular structures of alkylbenzenes on ignition characteristics of binary n-heptane blends

REF Kang ,D ,Kim, D , Yoo, KH, Violi, A, Boheman, A.

This study provides knowledge on the blending effect of alkylbenzene compounds with n-heptane on their ignition characteristics that is useful to develop surrogates that can better mimic the reactivity of real fuels. Proceedings of The Combustion Institute (2018).

Homo-dimerization of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under flame conditions

REF Elvati P, Violi A.

In this work, we analyze the effect of oxygen content on the homodimerization propensity of different polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) using molecular dynamics simulations coupled with well-tempered Metadynamics enhanced sampling. FUEL (2018).

The role of molecular properties on the dimerization of aromatic compounds

REF Elvati, P, Turrentine, K, Violi, A.

Since the formation of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC) bridge the formation of gas-phase species with particle inception, in this work we report a detailed analysis of the effects of molecular characteristics on physical growth of PAC via dimerization The Journal of Physical Chemistry A Proceeds of The Combustion Institute(2018).