Experimental study of the effect of CO2 on propane oxidation in a Jet Stirred Flow Reactor

Numerical simulations pointed out that kinetic models are not able to correctly reproduce the experimental results. Further numerical analyses were performed to explore the interaction of CO2 with the oxidation chemistry of propane. Results suggested that such a species alters the main radical branching mechanisms, i.e. in termolecular reactions as a third body species with high collisional efficiency or directly participating in bimolecular reactions.