1. Carolyn Fortson Ken Brezinsky, Advising Professor Brad Culbertson, Project Advisor

2.  Create computer model for chemical reactions in jet engine after burn  US Air Force concerned about jet fuel pollutants  Combustion chemistry of JP-8 fuel unknown

3.  Build System  Produce Flame  Identify Combustion Products  Sample Flame  Determine Concentrations

7. Build System  Produce Flame  Identify Combustion Products  Sample Flame  Determine Concentrations

8. Flow Rates: o Oxidizer Gas o Carrier Gas o Fuel

9.  Ideal: 6% Oxygen  Actual:29% Oxygen Fuel StreamOxidizer Stream Fuel15 mL/Hr X Oxygen X0.5 L/Min Nitrogen1.2 L/Min

10. Build System Produce Flame  Identify Combustion Products  Sample Flame  Determine Concentrations

11. mV min

12. Build System Produce Flame Identify Combustion Products  Sample Flame  Determine Concentrations

13.  Determining Velocity and Stagnation Plane ◦ LDV ◦ Pitot Tube  Probes ◦ Size ◦ Shape  Sampling Platform ◦ Horizontal Movement ◦ Vertical Movement

15. ADCB 310 μm 80 μm 110 μm 6.35 mm

16. Probe A (310 μm) Probe B (110 μm) Probe C (80 μm) Probe D (6.35 mm)

17. Probe A (310 μm) Probe B (110 μm) Probe C (80 μm) Probe D (6.35 mm)

20. mV min Height (mm) from Top of Flame: 1.19 2.38 3.57 4.76 5.95 7.14

21. Build System Produce Flame Identify Combustion Products Sample Flame  Determine Concentrations

22. Xylene PhenylacetyleneToluene Benzene

24.  Determine Velocity at Stagnation Plane  Run Mass Spec with a more suitable column  Sample Different Fuels  Validate CFD

25.  Professor Brezinsky  Brad Culbertson  Megan Chirby  Financial support from the EEC-NSF Grant # 0755115