A Reduced Kinetic Mechanism for the Combustion of n-Butanol

A reduced chemical mechanism for modeling the combustion of n-butanol in air, including low temperature ignition phenomena, was obtained in the present work. To this end, only 14 chemical-kinetic reactions and six chemical species were included to a short base mechanism (the so-called San Diego mechanism). Two important features of the reaction of the hydroxybutyl radical C4H8OH-1 radical with molecular oxygen involve a path competition of low...