Ignition delay times have been measured behind reflected shock waves in ethane-oxygen-argon mixtures at temperatures between 1150 and 1500 K and pre-ignition pressures between 10 and 14 atm. Delay times have been measured both by pressure rise and OH absorption at 307 nm. Kinetic modelling of the ignition delays has been made using the GRIMech 3.0 mechanism which with addition of several reactions involving HO
The mechanisms and the rates of the reactions of the fluorinated hydrocarbon radical CH2F with the fluorinated and pure hydrocarbon radicals CHF2, CH3, and C2H5, respectively, have been studied at low pressure (around 2 mbar) and room temperature using the discharge-flow reactor technique. Mass spectrometry either with electron impact or laser induced multiphoton ionization was applied for the detection of labile and stable species.
The cross combination of the radicals is mainly followed by HF elimination from the chemically activated adduct. The overall rate coefficients at 298K for
CH2F + CHF2 → C2H2F2 + HF (1) CH2F + CH3 → C2H4 + HF (2) CH2F + C2H5 → C3H6 + HF (3)
were derived from the analysis of the radical-time profiles by fit procedures; the following values were obtained:
CH2F + CHF2 → C2H2F2 + HF (1) CH2F + CH3 → C2H4 + HF (2) CH2F + C2H5 → C3H6 + HF (3)
The results are discussed in terms of chemical activation mechanisms.