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The effect of Di-tertiary Butyl Peroxide (DTBP) on Primary Reference Fuels (PRFs) in Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines was investigated numerically and was compared with trends from previous experimental observations. A detailed kinetic mechanism for PRF combustion containing more than a thousand species and four thousand reactions was combined with a twenty one species, sixty-nine reaction mechanism for DTBP decomposition. This mechanism predicted the observed experimental trends reasonably well and was used to examine how DTBP addition acts to advance combustion timing and to induce hot ignition for lean and high octane number mixtures. The study suggests that DTBP's predominant mode of action for low Octane Number (ON) fuels is thermal, while for high ON fuels it is chemical. The extended kinetic model compiled for this study and the results obtained can be used to aid in the understanding and development of tailored additives for HCCI engines.

One option for ignition control of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines is to use small amounts of ignition-enhancing additives to alter the ignition properties. Di-tertiary Butyl Peroxide (DTBP) is one such additive and it has been suggested as a cetane improver in diesel engines. In this study, the effects of DTBP on spark ignition (SI) primary reference fuels (PRFs, n-heptane and iso-octane) and their blends (PRF20, PRF50, PRF63, PRF87 and PRF92) were investigated during HCCI engine operation. Experiments were run in a single cylinder CFR research engine for three inlet temperatures (410, 450 and 500 K) and several equivalence ratios (0.28 - 0.57) at a constant speed of 800 rpm and a compression ratio of 16.0. Experimental results show that ignition delay time, cycle to cycle variation, and stable operating range were all improved with the addition of less than 2.5% DTBP by volume.