Synthesized gas, also known as syngas, is a fuel combination mostly consisting of hydrogen and

carbon monoxide that may be created by gasification or decomposition of carbonaceous feedstock such as
coal, biomass, or landfill trash. This fuel may be utilized directly in transportation or stationary combustion
devices to reduce pollutant emissions such as SOx, NOx, particulate matter, and heavy metals. The goal of
this work was to learn more about the impacts of impurities on the chemical kinetics of syngas oxidation,
with a focusing on CH4 and trimethylsilanol (TMS) impurities under thermodynamic and mixing conditions
relevant to actual device operation. In ignition experiment four fuel mixture were used, (1) pure syngas:
30% H2, 70% CO fuel volume, (2) syngas with CH4: 27% H2, 67% CO, 6% CH4, (3) pure syngas with 10
ppm TMS, and (4) pure syngas with 100 ppm TMS with mixtures with fuel-to-oxygen equivalence ratio of
𝜑 = 0.1 and were air-dilute with N2 and molar O2 to inert gas ratio of 1:3.76. The experiments were
conducted at 5 and atm for the broadest range of temperatures allowable (~1010-1110K). Based on the
University of Michigan Rapid Compression Facility, the experiment apparatus is designed to create a gas
volume with uniform thermodynamic conditions through an isentropic compression process. The Driven
Section of apparatus contains a long cylinder, in which a gas mixture is rapidly compressed into the Test
Section by the motion of a free piston (Sabot). When the sabot reaches final position, the Test section is fill
with a Uniform and isotopically compressed test gas mixture. For computation, using the starting
thermodynamic state and mixture composition of the tests, a matching auto-ignition delay time prediction
was calculated for each ignition experiment in this study. For each experiment in the UM-RCF, a pressure
time history and a high-speed image video were captured, enabling for the estimation of auto-ignition delay
durations and direct observation of auto-ignition behavior. Pressure time history during an ignition
experiment for initial pressures of 15atm increases during the com-pression stroke until the Sabot is seated
at the end-of-compression (EOC) event, followed by a slight decrease in pressure due to heat transfer from
the test gas volume into the cool Test Section walls, followed by a large and rapid increase in pressure
during the ignition. first and second auto-ignition delay times were therefore defined and interestingly the
times were affected differently by the addition