Thermal cracking of JP-10: Kinetics and product distribution

The product distribution and kinetics of thermal cracking of JP-10 (exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene) were investigated in an annular tubular reactor at atmospheric pressure, in the temperature range of 903–968 K. No inerts were added with the feed. The major products were methane, ethylene, propylene, cyclopentene, cyclopentadiene, benzene and toluene. The pre-exponential factor, activation energy and overall reaction order for thermal cracking of JP-10 were determined by non-linear regression analysis to be 2.4 × 1013 (m3/mol)0.1 s−1, 256.2 kJ/mol and 1.1, respectively.