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ABOUT ME h5>
Research Interests
Kinetic analysis of complex gas phase reactions related to environmental chemistry, pyrolysis and combustion. I have a background as experimentalist (laser photolysis / LIF detection; low pressure flame studies using MBMS techniques or flow reactors combined with GC analysis) but work recently mainly on ab initio calculated thermochemistry. The objective of my current research is to develop software that automatically generated concise but complete reaction networks for predetermined conditions using a rate-based criterion for reaction selection.
PUBLICATIONS h5>
2015
Tran, Luc Sy; Bruycker, Ruben De; Carstensen, Hans-Heinrich; Glaude, Pierre-Alexandre; Monge, Fabiola; Alzueta, María U; Martin, Roberto Colino; Battin-Leclerc, Frédérique; Geem, Kevin M Van; Marin, Guy B
Pyrolysis and combustion chemistry of tetrahydropyran: Experimental and modeling study Artículo de revista
En: Combustion and Flame, vol. 162, no 11, pp. 4283–4303, 2015, ISSN: 00102180.
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title = {Pyrolysis and combustion chemistry of tetrahydropyran: Experimental and modeling study},
author = {Luc Sy Tran and Ruben De Bruycker and Hans-Heinrich Carstensen and Pierre-Alexandre Glaude and Fabiola Monge and María U Alzueta and Roberto Colino Martin and Frédérique Battin-Leclerc and Kevin M Van Geem and Guy B Marin},
doi = {10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.030},
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abstract = {This paper reports new experimental and numerical data for the pyrolysis and combustion of tetrahydropyran (THP) - a model component for next-generation heterocyclic oxygenated fuels. Pyrolysis experiments were performed using a plug flow reactor at 170 kPa, over the temperature range 913-1133 K at residence times of approximately 0.5 and 0.2 s, with 90% and 96% N2 dilution, respectively. THP combustion was investigated in two premixed flat flame burners and in a shock tube. The first premixed flame burner was operated at 6.7 kPa and was used to study detailed flame structures. Two equivalence ratios (1.0 and 1.3) were investigated with a 78% argon dilution. Ethylene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, and acrolein were the most important intermediates at both pyrolysis and combustion conditions, while the yield of aromatic species was negligible under flame conditions. Laminar burning velocities of THP-air mixtures using the heat flux method were measured at 298, 358 and 398 K and equivalence ratios from 0.55 to 1.50. Finally, ignition delay times of THP-oxygen-argon mixtures were measured behind reflected shock waves at temperatures from 1350 to 1613 K, pressures from 885 to 914 kPa and mixtures containing 0.15-1% fuel at equivalence ratios between 0.5 and 2.0. A new detailed kinetic model for the THP pyrolysis/combustion was developed by EXGAS, complemented with theoretical calculations for the determining reactions. Good agreements between simulations and acquired experimental data were observed. Reaction path analysis shows that THP is mainly consumed by H-abstractions at both pyrolysis and combustion conditions. The pyrolysis simulations are very sensitive to the unimolecular initiations involving C-C and C-O bond fissions, whereas these reactions play only a very minor role under combustion conditions.},
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This paper reports new experimental and numerical data for the pyrolysis and combustion of tetrahydropyran (THP) – a model component for next-generation heterocyclic oxygenated fuels. Pyrolysis experiments were performed using a plug flow reactor at 170 kPa, over the temperature range 913-1133 K at residence times of approximately 0.5 and 0.2 s, with 90% and 96% N2 dilution, respectively. THP combustion was investigated in two premixed flat flame burners and in a shock tube. The first premixed flame burner was operated at 6.7 kPa and was used to study detailed flame structures. Two equivalence ratios (1.0 and 1.3) were investigated with a 78% argon dilution. Ethylene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, and acrolein were the most important intermediates at both pyrolysis and combustion conditions, while the yield of aromatic species was negligible under flame conditions. Laminar burning velocities of THP-air mixtures using the heat flux method were measured at 298, 358 and 398 K and equivalence ratios from 0.55 to 1.50. Finally, ignition delay times of THP-oxygen-argon mixtures were measured behind reflected shock waves at temperatures from 1350 to 1613 K, pressures from 885 to 914 kPa and mixtures containing 0.15-1% fuel at equivalence ratios between 0.5 and 2.0. A new detailed kinetic model for the THP pyrolysis/combustion was developed by EXGAS, complemented with theoretical calculations for the determining reactions. Good agreements between simulations and acquired experimental data were observed. Reaction path analysis shows that THP is mainly consumed by H-abstractions at both pyrolysis and combustion conditions. The pyrolysis simulations are very sensitive to the unimolecular initiations involving C-C and C-O bond fissions, whereas these reactions play only a very minor role under combustion conditions.
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Tran, Luc Sy; Carstensen, Hans-Heinrich; Foo, Kae Ken; Lamoureux, Nathalie; Gosselin, Sylvie; Gasnot, Laurent; El-Bakali, Abderrahman; Desgroux, Pascale
Experimental and modeling study of the high-temperature combustion chemistry of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol Artículo de revista
En: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 38, no 1, pp. 631-640, 0000, ISSN: 15407489.
@article{Tran2020,
title = {Experimental and modeling study of the high-temperature combustion chemistry of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol},
author = {Luc Sy Tran and Hans-Heinrich Carstensen and Kae Ken Foo and Nathalie Lamoureux and Sylvie Gosselin and Laurent Gasnot and Abderrahman El-Bakali and Pascale Desgroux},
doi = {10.1016/j.proci.2020.07.057},
issn = {15407489},
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journal = {Proceedings of the Combustion Institute},
volume = {38},
number = {1},
pages = {631-640},
publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
abstract = {Lignocellulosic tetrahydrofuranic (THF) biofuels have been identified as promising fuel candidates for spark-ignition (SI) engines. To support the potential use as transportation biofuels, fundamental studies of their combustion and emission behavior are highly important. In the present study, the high-temperature (HT) combustion chemistry of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA), a THF based biofuel, was investigated using a comprehensive experimental and numerical approach. Representative chemical species profiles in a stoichiometric premixed methane flame doped with $sim$20% (molar) THFA at 5.3 kPa were measured using online gas chromatography. The flame temperature was obtained by NO laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) thermometry. More than 40 chemical products were identified and quantified. Many of them such as ethylene, formaldehyde, acrolein, allyl alcohol, 2,3-dihydrofuran, 3,4-dihydropyran, 4-pentenal, and tetrahydrofuran-2-carbaldehyde are fuel-specific decomposition products formed in rather high concentrations. In the numerical part, as a complement to kinetic modeling, high-level theoretical calculations were performed to identify plausible reaction pathways that lead to the observed products. Furthermore, the rate coefficients of important reactions and the thermochemical properties of the related species were calculated. A detailed kinetic model for high-temperature combustion of THFA was developed, which reasonably predicts the experimental data. Subsequent rate analysis showed that THFA is mainly consumed by H-abstraction reactions yielding several fuel radicals that in turn undergo either $beta$-scission reactions or intramolecular radical addition that effectively leads to ring enlargement. The importance of specific reaction channels generally correlates with bond dissociation energies. Along THFA reaction routes, the derived species with cis configuration were found to be thermodynamically more stable than their corresponding trans configuration, which differs from usual observations for hydrocarbons.},
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Lignocellulosic tetrahydrofuranic (THF) biofuels have been identified as promising fuel candidates for spark-ignition (SI) engines. To support the potential use as transportation biofuels, fundamental studies of their combustion and emission behavior are highly important. In the present study, the high-temperature (HT) combustion chemistry of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA), a THF based biofuel, was investigated using a comprehensive experimental and numerical approach. Representative chemical species profiles in a stoichiometric premixed methane flame doped with $sim$20% (molar) THFA at 5.3 kPa were measured using online gas chromatography. The flame temperature was obtained by NO laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) thermometry. More than 40 chemical products were identified and quantified. Many of them such as ethylene, formaldehyde, acrolein, allyl alcohol, 2,3-dihydrofuran, 3,4-dihydropyran, 4-pentenal, and tetrahydrofuran-2-carbaldehyde are fuel-specific decomposition products formed in rather high concentrations. In the numerical part, as a complement to kinetic modeling, high-level theoretical calculations were performed to identify plausible reaction pathways that lead to the observed products. Furthermore, the rate coefficients of important reactions and the thermochemical properties of the related species were calculated. A detailed kinetic model for high-temperature combustion of THFA was developed, which reasonably predicts the experimental data. Subsequent rate analysis showed that THFA is mainly consumed by H-abstraction reactions yielding several fuel radicals that in turn undergo either $beta$-scission reactions or intramolecular radical addition that effectively leads to ring enlargement. The importance of specific reaction channels generally correlates with bond dissociation energies. Along THFA reaction routes, the derived species with cis configuration were found to be thermodynamically more stable than their corresponding trans configuration, which differs from usual observations for hydrocarbons.
Mergulhão, Carolina S; Carstensen, Hans-Heinrich; Song, Hwasup; Wagnon, Scott W; Pitz, William J; Vanhove, Guillaume
Probing the antiknock effect of anisole through an ignition, speciation and modeling study of its blends with isooctane Artículo de revista
En: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 38, no 1, pp. 739-748, 0000, ISSN: 15407489.
@article{Mergulhao2020,
title = {Probing the antiknock effect of anisole through an ignition, speciation and modeling study of its blends with isooctane},
author = {Carolina S Mergulhão and Hans-Heinrich Carstensen and Hwasup Song and Scott W Wagnon and William J Pitz and Guillaume Vanhove},
doi = {10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.013},
issn = {15407489},
urldate = {2020-10-01},
journal = {Proceedings of the Combustion Institute},
volume = {38},
number = {1},
pages = {739-748},
publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
abstract = {In order to unravel the reaction pathways relevant to anisole co-oxidation within a fuel blend, a detailed study of isooctane/anisole blends was performed with the ULille RCM. Ignition delays as well as mole fraction profiles were measured during a two-stage ignition delay using sampling and GC techniques. These results are used to validate a kinetic model developed from ab initio calculations for the most relevant rate constants which included H-atom abstraction reactions from anisole, and reactions on the potential energy surfaces of methoxyphenyl + O2 and anisyl + O2. Pressure dependent rate constants were computed for the methoxyphenyl + O2 and anisyl + O2 reactive systems using master equation code analysis. The new kinetic model shows good agreement with the experimental data. Dual brute-force sensitivity analysis was performed, on both first- and second-stages of ignition, allowing the identification of the most important reactions in the prediction of both ignition delays. It was observed that while pure anisole does not show NTC behavior, a 60/40 isooctane/anisole blend displays such behavior, as well as two-stage ignition. This suggests anisole addition may not be as beneficial to knock resistance as expected from its high octane number. The kinetic modeling results demonstrate the importance of H-abstraction reactions both from the methoxy group and from the aryl ring in ortho-position and the addition of the resultant radicals to O2, mostly leading to the formation of polar or non-aromatic products.},
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In order to unravel the reaction pathways relevant to anisole co-oxidation within a fuel blend, a detailed study of isooctane/anisole blends was performed with the ULille RCM. Ignition delays as well as mole fraction profiles were measured during a two-stage ignition delay using sampling and GC techniques. These results are used to validate a kinetic model developed from ab initio calculations for the most relevant rate constants which included H-atom abstraction reactions from anisole, and reactions on the potential energy surfaces of methoxyphenyl + O2 and anisyl + O2. Pressure dependent rate constants were computed for the methoxyphenyl + O2 and anisyl + O2 reactive systems using master equation code analysis. The new kinetic model shows good agreement with the experimental data. Dual brute-force sensitivity analysis was performed, on both first- and second-stages of ignition, allowing the identification of the most important reactions in the prediction of both ignition delays. It was observed that while pure anisole does not show NTC behavior, a 60/40 isooctane/anisole blend displays such behavior, as well as two-stage ignition. This suggests anisole addition may not be as beneficial to knock resistance as expected from its high octane number. The kinetic modeling results demonstrate the importance of H-abstraction reactions both from the methoxy group and from the aryl ring in ortho-position and the addition of the resultant radicals to O2, mostly leading to the formation of polar or non-aromatic products.