On the laminar flame speed of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and natural gas mixtures with air: Insights for a dual-fuel polygeneration system

C. DONG, Q. ZHOU*, X. CHEN, P. J. CULLIGAN, Q. ZHAO, T. XU, S. HUI

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Abstract

Hydrogen/carbon monoxide/natural gas mixtures are employed to simulate crude gas and purge gas. The measured laminar flame speeds of hydrogen/carbon monoxide/natural gas/air mixtures (at lean and rich conditions) show an increase trend with volumetric fraction of hydrogen or carbon monoxide and a decrease trend with volumetric fraction of natural gas. Simulation of 1-D freely propagating flame is employed to validate the measurement results, which provides useful insights for the thermal performance. Fuel mixtures of high hydrogen fraction will result in a high heat release rate, and fuel mixtures of high natural gas fraction will lead to a low heat release rate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393-401
Number of pages9
JournalEnergy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
Volume36
Issue number4
Early online date23 Dec 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

The work is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Contract No. 2005CB221206), National Natural Science Foundation of China (50928601), National Science Foundation (CMMI-0643726), and CSC (China Scholarship Council).

Keywords

  • empirical relations
  • experimental study
  • heat release rate
  • laminar flame speed
  • synthesis gas

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