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Abstract: This work presents an experimental investigation to study the characteristics of combustion using a premixed methane–air mixture within a non-homogeneous porous inert medium (PIM) under high pressure and temperature. In order to obtain a stable flame under these operating conditions within PIM, a novel flame stabilization technique in porous inert media (PIM) combustion under high pressure and temperature has been developed and evaluated. The proposed technique avoids the draw backs of the hitherto developed techniques by properly matching the flow and flame speeds and, consequently, ensuring a stable combustion, for a wide range of operating pressure and temperature. The success of this technique permits the extension of PIM combustion to new applications such as gas turbines. The validity of this new technique has been assessed experimentally in detail by analyzing combustion inside a prototype burner. The effects of various operating conditions, such as initial preheating temperature and elevated pressure, have been examined for an output power range between 5 and 40kW. The experiments covered a broad spectrum of operating conditions ranging from a mixture inlet temperature of 20°C and pressure ratio of 1 up to a temperature of 400°C and a pressure ratio of 9. Evaluation of the results revealed excellent flame stability with respect to both flashback and blow-out limits throughout all the operating conditions studied, including relative air ratios far beyond the normal lean limit. While the blow-out stability showed no significant dependence on pressure, it was strongly determined by the preheating mixture inlet temperature. A remarkable broadening of the stability range from 0.6 to 1.0 on preheating to 400°C was observed. This reveals the potential of pre-heat temperature to improve the dynamic modularity of the burner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This numerical study examines the combustion characteristics of premixed ammonia–air mixtures, with equivalence ratios around unity, at elevated pressure and temperature conditions which are encountered in SI engine operations. The laminar burning velocity, final flame temperature and species concentrations were determined using Konnov’s mechanism . A flat, freely propagating flame was considered. Both equivalence and compression ratios have an important impact on both the laminar burning velocity and the adiabatic flame temperature. Furthermore, only the variation of the equivalence ratio has a major impact on the formation of nitrogen monoxide. It was found that the compression ratio and the final temperature do not have a significant impact on NO yields for equivalence ratios above unity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This study investigated the combustion characteristics of low calorific gas in silicon carbide (SiC) foam. The temperature distribution, reaction zone, maximum temperature, and combustion wave propagation velocity were analysed at different inlet velocities, equivalence ratios of premixed gases, and pore densities. The temperature distribution near the reaction zone was determined by a time-based method. Super-adiabatic combustion was obtained in porous media under different conditions. The experimental results showed that higher temperatures were obtained in SiC foams of 30 pores per inch (PPI) than those measured for foam of 20 PPI. Increased equivalence ratio of premixed gases and pore density led to a thicker reaction zone and a higher preheating efficiency in the preheating zone. The combustion wave propagation velocity, which was less than 2mm/s under these experimental conditions, was increased with increased inlet velocity and decreased equivalence ratio of premixed gases. The combustion wave propagation in foams of 20 PPI had the lowest velocity because of the good match of convection and radiation. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: The effect of temperature on the adiabatic laminar burning velocities of CH4 +air and H2 +air flames was analyzed. Available measurements were interpreted using correlation S L = S L0 (T/T 0) α . Particular attention was paid to the variation of the power exponent α with equivalence ratio at fixed (atmospheric) pressure. Experimental data and proposed empirical expressions for α as a function of equivalence ratio were summarized. They were compared with predictions of detailed kinetic models in methane+air and hydrogen+air flames. Unexpected non-monotonic behavior of α was found in rich methane+air flames. Modeling results are further examined using sensitivity analysis to elucidate the reason of particular dependences of the power exponent α on equivalence ratio. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Experimental studies of adiabatic flat and cellular premixed flames of (CH4 +H2)+(O2 +CO2) are presented. The hydrogen content in the fuel was varied from 0% to 35% and the oxygen content in the oxidizer was 31.55%. These mixtures could be formed when oxy-fuel combustion technology is combined with hydrogen enrichment. Non-stretched flames were stabilized at atmospheric pressure on a perforated plate burner. A heat flux method was used to determine propagation speeds under conditions when the net heat loss of the flame is zero. Adiabatic burning velocities of methane+hydrogen+carbon dioxide+oxygen mixtures were found in satisfactory agreement with the detailed kinetic modeling employing the Konnov mechanism. Under specific experimental conditions the flames become cellular; this leads to significant modification of the flame propagation speed. The onset of cellularity was observed throughout the stoichiometric range of the mixtures studied. Visual and photographic observations of the flames were performed to quantify their cellular structure. The results obtained in the present work in (CH4 +H2)+O2 +CO2 mixtures are in good accordance with the previous observations for different fuels, CH4, C2H6 and C3H8. The enrichment by hydrogen leads to: the increase of the laminar burning velocities; the increase of the number of cells observed; the decrease of the mean cell diameter. The flame acceleration due to cellularity was not affected by the hydrogen enrichment. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]