A rapid compression facility study of OH time histories during iso-octane ignition

Abstract Iso-octane ignition delay times ( τ ign ) and hydroxyl (OH) radical mole fraction ( χ OH ) time histories were measured under conditions relevant to homogeneous charge compression ignition engine operating regimes using the University of Michigan rapid compression facility. Absolute quantitative OH mole fraction time histories were obtained using differential narrow-line laser absorption of the R 1 (5) line of the A 2 Σ + ← X 2 Π i ( 0 , 0 ) band of the OH spectrum ( ν 0 = 32606.56 cm −1 ). Ignition delay times were determined using pressure and OH data. Diluted iso-octane/argon/nitrogen/oxygen mixtures were used with fuel/oxygen equivalence ratios from ϕ = 0.25 to 0.6 for τ ign measurements and from ϕ = 0.25 to 0.35 for χ OH measurements. The pressures and temperatures after compression ranged from 8.5 to 15 atm and from 945 to 1020 K, respectively, for the combined τ ign and χ OH data. The maximum mole fraction of OH during ignition and the plateau value of OH after ignition are compared with model predictions using different iso-octane oxidation mechanisms. Sensitivity and rate of production analyses for OH identify reactions important in iso-octane ignition under these lean, intermediate-temperature conditions. The OH time histories show significant sensitivity to the OH + OH + M = H 2 O 2 + M, CH 3 + HO 2 = CH 3 O + OH, and CH 3 + HO 2 = CH 4 + O 2 reactions, which have rate coefficients with relatively high uncertainties. Improved predictions of the OH time histories can be achieved by modifying the rate coefficient for these reactions. The enthalpy of formation used for OH also has a significant effect on the predicted ignition delay times.

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