Supercritical initiative-thermal cracking of a jet fuel model compound, n-dodecane, was studied in presence of several initiative additives, such as1-nitropropane (NP), triethylamine (TEA), and 3,6,9-triethyl-3,6,9-trimethyl-1,4,7-triperoxonane (TEMPO) in view of improving heat sink of jet fuel. It was found that remarkable promoting effect of the initiative additives on the cracking rates, compared with the thermal cracking of pure n-dodecane, were observed up to 20-150% in the following order: NP > TEMPO > TEA. Comparisons of products distributions from the thermal cracking of n-dodecane with and without initiators indicated that initiators type had a slight effect on the gas products selectivity, but a non-negligible effect on liquid products distributions. Apparent first-order kinetics was used to describe the supercritical initiative-thermal cracking of n-dodecane, and the apparent cracking activation energy of pure n-dodecane were 256.56 kJ/mol, which decreased to 185.80 kJ/mol by NP, 196.05 kJ/mol by TEMPO, and 242.83 kJ/mol by TEA. Attempts were also made to explain the observed experimental results with proposed reaction mechanisms for the thermal cracking of pure initiators.
A pseudohomogeneous method of catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon fuels using a highly dispersed nano-HZSM-5 catalyst is developed. Hydrophilic nano-HZSM-5 is transformed into a hydrophobic form via organic silanization of the zeolite surface, which makes it dispersible in a model endothermic fuel such as n-dodecane. Compared with thermal cracking, catalytic cracking of n-dodecane with highly dispersed nano-HZSM-5 catalyst exhibits remarkably enhanced conversion.
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