Development of a skeletal mechanism for tri-component diesel surrogate fuel: N-hexadecane/iso-cetane/1-methylnaphthalene

A tri-component skeletal mechanism consisting of n-hexadecane, iso-cetane and 1-methylnaphthalene was developed. These surrogate components were selected because they can accurately reflect not only the physical and chemical properties of practical diesel fuel but also the combustion and emission characteristics of diesel engines. In addition, the carbon number of fuel surrogate is much closer to that of the real diesel fuel, what’s more,...