Soot Formation During Pyrolysis of Naphthalene, Anthracene and Pyrene
- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Combustion Science and Technology
- Vol. 126 (1-6) , 139-151
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00102209708935671
Abstract
Soot formation during isothermal pyrolysis of naphthalene, anthracene and pyrene was investigated. The particle number density of soot aerosol formed was demonstrated to depend linearly on hydrocarbon concentration. The equations to calculate the particle number density and the soot surface area were obtained. Particle number densities of the soot formed during pyrolysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were demonstrated to be an order of magnitude higher and the apparent activation energy of soot aerosol formation is two times less than the parameters obtained during pyrolysis of benzene or acetylene. Sooting tendency of the hydrocarbons investigated as relative to methane can be arranged at 1623 K as follows: methane: ethylene: acetylene: diacetylene: benzene: toluene: p-xylene: naphthalene: anthracene: pyrene: 1: 4: 7.6: 50: 7.4: 5.5: 4: 112:91: 74.Keywords
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