An experiment on activation energies of alcohol fuels

알코홀 연료의 활성화 에너지에 관한 실험적 연구

Activation energies of alcohol fuels have been determined through droplet combustion and extinction experiments using droplet suspension technique in a low pressure environment to minimize the effect of buoyance. Results show that the activation energies determined are 41.4 kcal/mol for ethanol, 47.6 for 1-propanol, 48.4 for 1-butanol, 40.0 for 2-butanol, 48.0 for 1- pentanol, 50.8 for 1-hexanol and 51.7 for 1-decanol.