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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 45, Issue 30, Pages 15414-15424Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.03.246
Keywords
Detonation engines; Pulse detonation engine; Biogas; Hydrogen enrichment; Supersonic combustion; Alternative fuels
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- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Ministry of Education Malaysia [Q. J130000.3551.07G58]
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Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) is one of the pressure gain engines that provide prominent features over conventional engines such as higher thermodynamic efficiency, higher thrust, and less design complexity. Biogas is one of the promising alternative energy sources. The aim of this paper is to study the influence of hydrogen addition in biogas on detonation characteristics performance of PDE. The ideal detonation combustion characteristics of biogas are estimated using NASA Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA). The equivalence ratio range is varied from 0.7 to 1.4. It was found that the higher the percentage of methane concentration in biogas increased the detonation characteristics of biogas such as pressure, temperature, and Mach number. However, a reduction in the flame speed, temperature, and pressure of biogas compared to pure methane was stipulated to be due to the presence of CO2 that acts as a dilutant in biogas. It was found also that, the optimal percentage of hydrogen addition into the biogas fuel mixture is 15%. At this percentage, the detonation pressure improved by 23%. The performance of PDE fuelled by biogas is presented experimentally at a frequency of 10 Hz. The results show a successful and stable detonation initiation in PDE by using biogas with 15% and 20% addition of hydrogen. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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