Kinetic Modeling Study of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Formation and Oxidation for Oxygenated Fuels including Methanol, n-Butanol, Methyl Butanoate, and Dimethyl Ether

Oxygenated fuels are usually employed as alternative or additive fuels to gasoline and diesel fuels in order to reduce soot emissions. By involving the most recent reaction channels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) formation and oxidation, a reduced PAH mechanism was developed using the global sensitivity analysis for representative oxygenated fuels including methanol, n-butanol, methyl butanoate, and dimethyl ether. The new reduced...