Experimental and analytical investigation of the turbulent burning velocity of two-component fuel mixtures of hydrogen, methane and propane

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 9258-9265

  Muppala, S P R ^a   Nakahara, M ^b   Aluri, N K ^c   Kido, H ^d   Wen, J X ^a   Papalexandris, M V ^e  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d Kyushu Polytechnic College   (Japan)

^e Unité de Thermodynamique   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Effective Lewis number; Preferential diffusion; Spherical flame; Turbulent burning velocity; Two component fuel mixture

Indexed keywords

FUEL MIXTURES; LEWIS NUMBERS; PREFERENTIAL DIFFUSION; SPHERICAL FLAMES; TURBULENT BURNING VELOCITIES; TWO-COMPONENT;

DIFFUSION; FLAMMABILITY; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FUELS; METHANE; MIXTURES; PROPANE; SPHERES; SURFACE REACTIONS; VELOCITY;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 71849109756     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.09.036     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Lipatnikov A.N., and Chomiak J. Lewis number effects in premixed turbulent combustion and highly perturbed laminar flames. Combust Sci Technol 137 (1998) 277-298
2. Kitagawa T., Nakahara T., Maruyama K., Kado K., Hayakawa A., and Kobayashi S. Turbulent burning velocity of hydrogen-air premixed propagating flames at elevated pressures. Int J of Hydrogen Energy 33 (2008) 5842-5849
3. Thurnheer T., Soltic P., and Eggenschwiler P.D. S.I. engine fuelled with gasoline, methane and methane/hydrogen blends: heat release and loss analysis. Int J of Hydrogen Energy 34 (2009) 2494-2503
4. Morrone B., and Unich A. Numerical investigation on the effects of natural gas and hydrogen blends on engine combustion. Int J of Hydrogen Energy 34 (2009) 4626-4634
5. Betev A.S., Karpov V.P., Lipatnikov A., and Vardosanidze Z.P. Hydrogen combustion in engines and preferential diffusion effects in laminar and turbulent flames. Arc Combust 15 3-4 (1995) 188-215
6. Kido H., and Nakahara M. Model of turbulent burning velocity taking the preferential diffusion effect into consideration. JSME Int J, Series B 41 3 (1999) 666-673
7. Kido H., Nakahara M., Hashimoto J., and Barat D. Turbulent burning velocities of two-component fuel mixtures of methane, propane and hydrogen. JSME Int J, Series B (2002) 45 2
8. Nakahara M., and Kido H. A study on the local flame displacement velocity of premixed turbulent flames. JSME Int J, Series B 48 1 (2005) 164-171
9. Halter F., Chauveau C., and Gökalp I. Characterization of the effects of hydrogen addition in premixed methane/air flames. Int J of Hydrogen Energy 32 (2005) 2585-2592
10. Muppala S.P.R., Aluri N.K., Dinkelacker F., and Leipertz A. Development of an algebraic reaction rate closure for the numerical calculation of turbulent premixed methane, ethylene and propane/air flames for pressures up to 1.0 MPa. Combust Flame 140 (2005) 257-266
11. Muppala SPR, Papalexandris MV. A modelling approach for hydrogen-doped lean premixed turbulent combustion. ASME Congress. Chicago; 2006.
12. Law C.K., Jomaas G., and Bechtold J.K. Cellular instabilities of expanding hydrogen/propane spherical flames at elevated pressure: theory and experiment. Proc Combust Inst 30 (2005) 159-167
13. Law C.K., and Kwon O.C. Effects of hydrocarbon substitution on atmospheric hydrogen-air flame propagation. Int J of Hydrogen Energy 29 (2004) 876-879
14. Zel'dovich Y.B., and Frank-Kamenetskii D.A. Turbulent and heterogeneous combustion (1947), MMI (in Russian), cf. Lipatnikov and Chomiak 2005
15. Lipatnikov A.N., and Chomiak J. Molecular transport effects on turbulent flame propagation and structure. Prog Energy Combust Sci 31 (2005) 1-71