Effect of Pd acetylacetonate on soot formation and growth in ethylene combustion

  • Juan Wang*
  • , Fanggang Zhang
  • , Cong Wang
  • , Sönke Seifert
  • , Randall E. Winans
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

It is crucial to reduce soot emission from combustion. Organo-Pd compounds as fuel additives are proven to have catalytic effect on enhance ignition and combustion. However, its effects on soot emission and the mechanism are not well-understood. In this work, palladium acetylacetonate was added in ethylene combustion and its effect on the soot formation and growth was studied. The synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) was used to in situ detect the soot particles to obtain the size, shape and morphology information. The Pd(acac)2 addition suppresses the growth of the primary soot particles, but does not affect much the morphology of the aggregates. Detailed size distribution and particle morphology at different flame heights are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2019
Event12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019 - Fukuoka, Japan
Duration: 1 Jul 20195 Jul 2019

Conference

Conference12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityFukuoka
Period1/07/195/07/19

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