Heat release rate variations in high hydrogen content premixed syngas flames at elevated pressures: Effect of equivalence ratio

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 7029-7044

  Ranga Dinesh, K K J ^a   Shalaby, H ^a   Luo, K H ^b   van Oijen, J A ^c   Thevenin D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Elevated pressure; Equivalence ratio; Flame markers; Heat release rate imaging; Syngas combustion

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMBUSTION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; FUELS; HYDROGEN; NUMERICAL MODELS; STABILITY; SYNTHESIS GAS;

ELEVATED PRESSURE; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME MARKERS; HEAT RELEASE RATE IMAGING; SYNGAS COMBUSTION;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 85008452905     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.11.205     Document Type: Article

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