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The Reaction of Ethane in Spark Ignition Engine Exhaust Gas
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This paper describes a method for studying reactions of hydrocarbons in S.I. engine exhaust gases. The reaction of ethane is described using an Arrhenius model (experimentally E = 86,500 cal/mole) for the rate of ethane diappearance and empirical correlations for distributions of the products carbon monoxide, ethylene, formaldehyde, methane, acetylene, and propane as a function of the fraction of ethane reacted. The results show that the nature of partial oxidation products from a nonreactive hydrocarbon may be less desirable from an air pollution viewpoint than the initial hydrocarbon.
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Sorenson, S., Myers, P., and Uyehara, O., "The Reaction of Ethane in Spark Ignition Engine Exhaust Gas," SAE Technical Paper 700471, 1970, https://doi.org/10.4271/700471.Also In
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