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Krithika Narayanaswamy

Bio: Krithika Narayanaswamy is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The author has contributed to research in topics: Combustion & Biodiesel. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 18 publications receiving 574 citations. Previous affiliations of Krithika Narayanaswamy include Stanford University & Indian Institutes of Technology.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a consistent chemical mechanism to predict the high temperature combustion characteristics of toluene, styrene, ethylbenzene, 1,3-dimethylbenzenes (m-xylene), and 1-methylnaphthalene is presented.

315 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a single, compact, and reliable chemical mechanism was proposed for high temperature combustion of engine relevant fuels with emphasis on soot precursors, which can accurately describe the oxidation of a wide range of fuels, which are important components of surrogate fuels.

197 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a flexible and evolutive component library framework is proposed, which allows mixing and matching between surrogate components to obtain short chemical mechanisms with only the necessary kinetics for the desired surrogate mixtures.

96 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, synthetic and natural polymeric esters find applications in transport and construction sectors, where fire safety is an important concern, and one polymer that is widely used is poly (methyl me...
Abstract: Synthetic and natural polymeric esters find applications in transport and construction sectors, where fire safety is an important concern. One polymer that is widely used is poly (methyl me...

18 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a numerical study on the oxidation and combustion of a novel biofuel compound, cyclopentanol, was performed using ab initio quantum chemistry methods, and its reaction kinetics and thermochemistry were first explored using AB-QA methods.

15 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed kinetic mechanism for the pyrolysis and combustion of a large variety of fuels at high temperature conditions is presented, and the authors identify aspects of the mechanism that require further revision.

817 citations

01 Apr 1997
TL;DR: A detailed chemical kinetic model has been used to study dimethyl ether (DME) oxidation over a wide range of conditions, such as jet-stirred reactor (JSR) at I and 10 atm, 0.2 < 0 < 2.5, and 800 < T < 1300 K.
Abstract: A detailed chemical kinetic model has been used to study dimethyl ether (DME) oxidation over a wide range of conditions. Experimental results obtained in a jet-stirred reactor (JSR) at I and 10 atm, 0.2 < 0 < 2.5, and 800 < T < 1300 K were modeled, in addition to those generated in a shock tube at 13 and 40 bar, 0 = 1.0 and 650 :5 T :5 1300 K. The JSR results are particularly valuable as they include concentration profiles of reactants, intermediates and products pertinent to the oxidation of DME. These data test the Idnetic model severely, as it must be able to predict the correct distribution and concentrations of intermediate and final products formed in the oxidation process. Additionally, the shock tube results are very useful, as they were taken at low temperatures and at high pressures, and thus undergo negative temperature dependence (NTC) behavior. This behavior is characteristic of the oxidation of saturated hydrocarbon fuels, (e.g. the primary reference fuels, n-heptane and iso- octane) under similar conditions. The numerical model consists of 78 chemical species and 336 chemical reactions. The thermodynamic properties of unknown species pertaining to DME oxidation were calculated using THERM.

280 citations

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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the researches on various aspects of soot formation utilizing counterflow flames is provided in this paper, with focus on the most recent (post-2010) research progress.

276 citations

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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the available experimental and chemical kinetic studies which have been performed to better understand the combustion properties of gasoline fuels and their surrogates can be found in this paper, where a detailed analysis is presented for the various classes of compounds used in formulating gasoline surrogate fuels, including n-paraffins, isoparaffin, olefins, naphthenes and aromatics.

270 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a reduced combustion mechanism of primary reference fuel (PRF) mixtures (n-heptane and iso-octane) is integrated into the published kinetic model, allowing for the formulation of multi-component surrogate fuels (e.g. PRF/toluene) and for the prediction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) formation in gasoline engines.

253 citations