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Title:	The study on the soot formation of hydrocarbon flames
Author:	Wu, Yih-Jian
View Online:	njit-etd1974-035 (vii, 31 pages ~ 1.1 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Dauerman, Leonard (Committee chair) Perlmutter, Howard David (Committee member) Kimmel, Howard S. (Committee member)
Date:	1974-06
Keywords:	Combustion -- Research Flame
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Carbon formation during the quenching of low-pressure premixed hydrocarbon flames was studied using rapid-scanning optical and mass spectroscopy. Experimental techniques were developed and it was found that the tendency to form soot was a function of the hydrocarbon chain length. These results are relevant to the design of restartable space engines in which the use of hydrocarbon fuels is contemplated because the formation of soot in space will result in the formation of a shroud around the spacecraft which will adversely affect sensing by optical means.