Journal
FUEL
Volume 214, Issue -, Pages 144-153Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2017.10.131
Keywords
Laminar burning velocity; Planar flames; Diverging channel; Synthetic gas
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- Cummins Technologies India Pvt. Limited (CTIL), Cummins India Limited
- Cummins Technology India Limited
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Dynamic composition changes in the syngas is a challenge for its combustion at elevated temperatures and pressures without accurate knowledge of flame properties. The present work discusses the simultaneous effect of change in CO mole fraction (15, 20, 25% by volume) and N-2 mole fraction (55, 50, 45% by volume) on the burning velocities of syngas-air mixtures at elevated temperatures. The laminar burning velocities are measured using an externally heated diverging channel method and numerical simulations using detailed reaction chemistry. The laminar burning velocity is observed to increase with CO. Various experiments at elevated temperatures showed the burning velocities increase with an increase in the unburnt mixture temperature. The comparison of both the burning velocities and temperature exponents for various equivalence ratios with numerical predictions using two kinetic schemes (GRI-Mech 3.0 and Davis) show that the predictions of GRI-Mech 3.0 closely match with the experimental results. Flame structure studies helped reveal that more than 65% of H-2 diffuses into the reaction zone while CO remains unburnt. High reactivity and molecular diffusion of H-2 molecules into flame zone drives this initial decomposition leading to the formation of various active radicals. The increase in reaction rates between OH and CO (R99 OH+ CO= H + CO2) for the cases of higher CO content corresponds to a faster CO oxidation. The rate of production and depletion of H radical speeds up with a decrease in N-2 mole fraction in the compositions. The increase in H and OH concentration promotes the total reaction rate of the mixture. The increase in the burning velocity with an increase in CO content can be attributed to this mechanism. However, the reduction in the N-2 (dilution) molecules for these compositions also increases the reaction rate, thereby resulting in increased laminar burning velocities of syngas-air mixtures.
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