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Rapid Compression Machines

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A rapid compression machine is a type of ideal internal combustion reactor which is well suited for gas phase kinetics studies and physical processes of combustion. These studies consist in recording the evolution of the reactivity and of the composition of the reacting mixtures as a function of temperature, pressure, residence time and the composition of the compressed mixture. Pressure measurement is used to analyse the evolution of the combustion process, but more recent studies couple pressure measurement with optical diagnostics in order to assess the homogeneity of the combustion process. Speciation based on rapid sampling of the intermediates formed, during the oxidation of the fuel, is typically carried out by gas chromatography.

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  1. Département de Recherche en Ingénierie des Véhicules pour l’Environnement (DRIVE), EA 1859, 49 rue Mademoiselle Bourgeois, 58000, Nevers, France

    Alan Kéromnès

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  1. Laboratoire Reactions et Genie des Proce, ENSIC, Nancy Cedex, France

    Frédérique Battin-Leclerc

  2. Combustion Chemistry Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    John M. Simmie

  3. Department of Energy Sciences, Division, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

    Edward Blurock

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Kéromnès, A. (2013). Rapid Compression Machines. In: Battin-Leclerc, F., Simmie, J., Blurock, E. (eds) Cleaner Combustion. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5307-8_7

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