A wide-ranging kinetic modeling study of methyl butanoate combustion

A detailed chemical kinetic model has been used to study methyl butanoate (a model compound for biodiesel fuels) oxidation over a wide range of conditions. New experimental results obtained in a jet stirred reactor (JSR) at 0.101 MPa, Φ = 1.13 and 800 < T (K) < 1350 were obtained and used to test and modify an earlier model. In addition, new experimental data generated in an opposed-flow diffusion flame at 0.101 MPa and in the Princeton variable...