  Biofuels have shown to be a reliable source of energy and a replication of
fossil fuels. A well-known branch of biofuels is oxygenated ones derived from
lignin compounds. Although a wide range of studies was done on oxygenated
fuels, anisole has not been investigated thoroughly despite its noticeable
advantages. Laminar burning speeds of anisole/air mixtures have been studied
experimentally under different initial pressures (0.5-2 bar) and equivalence
ratios (0.8-1.4) at temperature of 453 K. All experiments are performed using a
transparent constant volume combustion chamber (CVCC) and z-type schlieren
optical diagnostics technique in conjunction with a high-speed CMOS camera with
capability of taking pictures up to 680,000 fps. The recorded pressure data is
used as the input for the newly developed multi-shell and differential-based
theoretical model in order to calculate the laminar burning speeds for
anisole/air mixtures.
