Experimental and mechanistic investigation of benzene formation during atmospheric pressure flow reactor oxidation of n-hexane, n-nonane, and n-dodecane below 1200 K

As a consequence a detailed in-house reaction model, which was already extensively validated against global combustion characteristics, has been tested against the measured speciation data. The model succeeds in reproducing all the measured species and is in good agreement with the measurements. This study identifies the major paths during the oxidation of all three fuels studied and provides valuable database and insight into the product spectrum and prediction of soot precursors.