Trottier, Stephanie2013-11-072013-11-0720062006Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, page: 2983.http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27190http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-18582The sooting behaviour of binary fuel mixtures was evaluated both experimentally and through computer simulations. The soot volume fraction of laminar diffusion flames of mixtures of ethylene/propane, methane/ethylene, methane/propane, methane/ethane, methane/butane, ethane/propane and ethane/ethylene fuels was measured using two-dimensional line of sight attenuation. It was found that a synergistic effect could be demonstrated for the ethylene/propane, methane/ethylene, methane/ethane and ethane/ethylene mixtures. The synergistic effect translated into a higher soot concentration for a mixture fraction than for either of the pure fuels. The methane/propane, methane/butane and ethane/propane mixtures were not seen to have such an effect. Through experiments where the flame temperature was kept constant, it was determined that the synergistic effect in the methane/ethylene mixture was very temperature-dependent whereas the synergistic effect in the ethylene/propane mixture was not. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)114 p.enEngineering, Mechanical.Environmental Sciences.Thesis