Detailed chemical kinetic models for the low-temperature combustion of hydrocarbons with application to gasoline and diesel fuel surrogates

This paper presents a review of gas-phase detailed kinetic models developed to simulate the low-temperature oxidation and autoignition of gasoline and diesel fuel components (alkanes, ethers, esters, alkenes, cycloalkanes, aromatics, including from four atoms of carbon) and of mixtures of several of them, which have been proposed as surrogates. The recently proposed models are summarized, as well as the experimental results available for their validation. A comparison between the major models in terms of considered elementary steps and associated rate constants is also proposed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.