Experimental and theoretical study on 2-ethylnorbornane pyrolysis under atmospheric and high pressure

A wide pressure range pyrolysis experiment of 2-ethylnorbornane (EthNB), a potential high energy-density fuel, was conducted in a micro-reactor at 773–1098 K, 0.1–3.0 MPa and 2.1–10.3 s to explore its high-pressure pyrolysis mechanism. Altogether 30 pyrolysis products are detected and quantified using online GC–MS/FID, which major products are ethylene, methane, 1,3-cyclopentadiene and benzene in descending order of importance. The first-order...