In this paper the premixed catalytic combustion emissions such as CO, unburned hydrocarbon (UHC), NOx and the temperature distribution in the catalytic monolith with ultra low concentration of Pd were studied. Three t...In this paper the premixed catalytic combustion emissions such as CO, unburned hydrocarbon (UHC), NOx and the temperature distribution in the catalytic monolith with ultra low concentration of Pd were studied. Three types of monoliths were used for experiments and the temperature of preheated air was respectively 50℃ , 100℃ and 200℃ . The results showed that preheated air made radial temperature in the catalytic monolith uniform which helped to avoid local hot spots so as to decrease NOx emission. The experiment also proved that the shorter monolith showed much better catalytic combustion performance than longer one and the temperature at the exit of the shorter monolith was relatively lower. On the contrary, the temperature was higher in the longer monolith and the lethal NOx emission was slightly increased.展开更多
Standard treatments of thermodynamic equilibrium are incomplete. They do not take account of all factors determining equilibrium, cannot explain why many systems do not reach equilibrium and do not discuss the questio...Standard treatments of thermodynamic equilibrium are incomplete. They do not take account of all factors determining equilibrium, cannot explain why many systems do not reach equilibrium and do not discuss the questions of reaching and maintaining equilibrium. The arguments presented here provide a single physical definition of thermodynamic equilibrium that accounts for all factors determining thermodynamic equilibrium for mixtures of combustible gases and air. Based on the standard delrmition of thermodynamic equilibrium, the MBD （Maxwell Boltzmann distribution） and a simple molecular model lead to three possible types of equilibrium. The regions of temperature pressure and composition for each type of equilibrium are defined by the measured values of ignition temperatures and the explosive and flammability limits. How this definition of thermodynamic equilibrium can be extended to all molecular systems is discussed in the following papers.展开更多
To satisfy the needs of large-scale hydrogen combustion and explosion simulation,a method is presented to establish single-step chemistry model and transport model for fuel-air mixture.If the reaction formula for hydr...To satisfy the needs of large-scale hydrogen combustion and explosion simulation,a method is presented to establish single-step chemistry model and transport model for fuel-air mixture.If the reaction formula for hydrogen-air mixture is H2+0.5O2→H2O,the reaction rate model is ?? =1.13×10?5[H2][O2]exp(?46.37T0/T) mol(cm3 s)?1,and the transport coefficient model is ?=K/CP=ρD=7.0×10?5T 0.7 g(cm s)?1.By using current models and the reference model to simulate steady Zeldovich-von Neumann-Doering(ZND) wave and free-propagating laminar flame,it is found that the results are well agreeable.Additionally,deflagration-to-detonation transition in an obstructed channel was also simulated.The numerical results are also well consistent with the experimental results.These provide a reasonable proof for current method and new models.展开更多
Improvement on extinction and pollution emission have become one of the most prominent research topics in gas turbine.It is widely recognized that the fuel/air mixture distribution in the recirculation zone is a criti...Improvement on extinction and pollution emission have become one of the most prominent research topics in gas turbine.It is widely recognized that the fuel/air mixture distribution in the recirculation zone is a critical factor in improving lean blow-out(LBO) and ignition.This paper proposed a new low emission scheme with fuel staged centrally and hybrid injector to improve flameout and emission.A relative small amount of fuel enters into central pilot airblast atomizer burner and then atomized by inner swirl air.The remaining majority of fuel is directly injected into vane channels of the primary swirler through a series of holes located on the sidewall of the main stage.Only pilot stage is fueled under ignition and lean flameout condition.The uniformity of fuel/air mixture distribution in the primary zone of the new design decreases NOX emission,meanwhile the fuel air mixture in pilot recirculation zone is locally rich to improve flameout and ignition.Experimental investigation was conducted to compare the new scheme with baseline design of dual-swirler in terms of LBO and ignition characteristics under the same condition in a multi-sector combustor.It is found that the fuel-air ratio of ignition limit and LBO decrease with the reference velocity increasing.The experimental results also show that the new scheme successfully improve lean blow-out and broaden the operation range of the combustor.The experimental results indicated that the centrally staged scheme can widen the operation boundary of the combustor and can provide guidance for design and optimization of combustion chamber.展开更多
A detailed study on the plasma-assisted combustion(PAC) characteristics of premixed propane/air mixture is presented. The PAC is measured electrically, as well as optically with a multichannel spectrometer. The charac...A detailed study on the plasma-assisted combustion(PAC) characteristics of premixed propane/air mixture is presented. The PAC is measured electrically, as well as optically with a multichannel spectrometer. The characteristics are demonstrated by stable combustion temperature and combustion stability limits, and the results are compared with conventional combustion(CC). Stable combustion temperature measurements show that the introduction of PAC into combustion system can increase the stable combustion temperature, and the increment is more notable with an increase of discharge voltage. Besides, the rich and weak limits of combustion stability are both enlarged when plasma is applied into the combustion process and the increase of discharge voltage results in the expansion of combustion stability limits as well. The measurements of temperature head and emission spectrum illustrate that the kinetic enhancement caused by reactive species in plasma is the main enhancement pathway for current combustion system.展开更多
Catalytic combustion of propane-air mixture was investigated. Platinum catalysts over a flat stainless steel with γ- alumina washcoat were employed. The employed burner has three catalysts set parallel to the mixture...Catalytic combustion of propane-air mixture was investigated. Platinum catalysts over a flat stainless steel with γ- alumina washcoat were employed. The employed burner has three catalysts set parallel to the mixture flow, spaced at an interval of 5, 10 and 15 mm. Both experiment and numerical simulation were made at inlet temperature of 553 K, inlet velocity of 3 to 7 m/s and equivalence ratio of 0.3 to 0.5. In the numerical simulation, two-dimensional,. steady state model was developed to calculate the temperature and species concentration in gas-phase. In this model, chemical reaction on the catalyst surface and that in the gas phase were assumed to occur in three-steps. The numerical results show good agreement with experimental results. It was found that the properties of the catalyst strongly affect the catalyst surface temperature. Especially, the thermal conductivity of catalysthas a great effect, while the emissivity of catalyst has less effect.展开更多
Due to viscous heating spontaneous ignition of a supersonic flow of premixed combustible gases canoccur in boundary layers. This process is studied numerically for a hydrogen-air mixture in the caseof a laminar bounda...Due to viscous heating spontaneous ignition of a supersonic flow of premixed combustible gases canoccur in boundary layers. This process is studied numerically for a hydrogen-air mixture in the caseof a laminar boundary layer over a flat plate. In a previous study the main structure of the reactingflow was given as well as a first mapping of the ignition conditions versus boundary conditions. In thepresent work computations are performed in order to further specify the controlling mechanisms andparameters of such a boundary layer ignition. We emphasize more precisely i) the elementary stepsof the chemical process which effectively control the ignition n) the unusual role played by the equivalence ratio of the mixture iii) the influence of the Soret effect (species transport due to temperaturegradients).展开更多
The experiment was carried out in homogeneous propane-air mixture and in several concentration gradient of mixture. Igniter is put on the upper side of the combustion chamber In concentration gradient experiment, fixt...The experiment was carried out in homogeneous propane-air mixture and in several concentration gradient of mixture. Igniter is put on the upper side of the combustion chamber In concentration gradient experiment, fixture was ignited from lean side. An experimental study was conducted in a combustion chamber. The combustion chamber has glass windows for optical measurements at any side. For the measurement of distribution of fuel concentration, infrared absorption method using 3.39μm He-Ne laser was used, and for the observation of propagating flame, Schlieren method was employed. As a measurement result of flame propagation velocity and flammable limit, for a mixture of an identical local equivalence ratio, flame propagation velocity in concentration gradient is faster than that in homogeneous mixture, and rich flammable limit in concentration gradient shows a tendency to be higher than that in homogeneous mixture.展开更多
A comparative study with kerosene and hydrogen fuel in a model scramjet combustor has been carried out nu- merically. The effect of fuel-air equivalence ratio on the flow field properties in a cavity based mixing mech...A comparative study with kerosene and hydrogen fuel in a model scramjet combustor has been carried out nu- merically. The effect of fuel-air equivalence ratio on the flow field properties in a cavity based mixing mechanism at a freestream Math number of 2.08 has been probed. The investigation has been carried out in a two dimension- al numerical model where a cavity of length to depth ratio of 2 is mounted on one of the walls of the flow channel The flow field shock structure is observed to change with the change in fuel-air equivalence ratio. Total pressure loss is observed to depend both on fuel air equivalence ratio and the fuel type. The spread of fuel in the test sec- tion shows marked variation with the equivalence ratio. Performance of injector location on the fuel-air mixing is also probed during the course of the investigation.展开更多
基金Supported by the Key Project of the National 973 Program of China (No.2005CB724201)the Natural Science Foundation ofBeijing (No.06C0002)the Beijing Education Commission Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Fund(No.05005790200406).
文摘In this paper the premixed catalytic combustion emissions such as CO, unburned hydrocarbon (UHC), NOx and the temperature distribution in the catalytic monolith with ultra low concentration of Pd were studied. Three types of monoliths were used for experiments and the temperature of preheated air was respectively 50℃ , 100℃ and 200℃ . The results showed that preheated air made radial temperature in the catalytic monolith uniform which helped to avoid local hot spots so as to decrease NOx emission. The experiment also proved that the shorter monolith showed much better catalytic combustion performance than longer one and the temperature at the exit of the shorter monolith was relatively lower. On the contrary, the temperature was higher in the longer monolith and the lethal NOx emission was slightly increased.
文摘Standard treatments of thermodynamic equilibrium are incomplete. They do not take account of all factors determining equilibrium, cannot explain why many systems do not reach equilibrium and do not discuss the questions of reaching and maintaining equilibrium. The arguments presented here provide a single physical definition of thermodynamic equilibrium that accounts for all factors determining thermodynamic equilibrium for mixtures of combustible gases and air. Based on the standard delrmition of thermodynamic equilibrium, the MBD （Maxwell Boltzmann distribution） and a simple molecular model lead to three possible types of equilibrium. The regions of temperature pressure and composition for each type of equilibrium are defined by the measured values of ignition temperatures and the explosive and flammability limits. How this definition of thermodynamic equilibrium can be extended to all molecular systems is discussed in the following papers.
基金supported by EU IIF-FP7 Project (Grant No. 909658)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.50806071)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
文摘To satisfy the needs of large-scale hydrogen combustion and explosion simulation,a method is presented to establish single-step chemistry model and transport model for fuel-air mixture.If the reaction formula for hydrogen-air mixture is H2+0.5O2→H2O,the reaction rate model is ?? =1.13×10?5[H2][O2]exp(?46.37T0/T) mol(cm3 s)?1,and the transport coefficient model is ?=K/CP=ρD=7.0×10?5T 0.7 g(cm s)?1.By using current models and the reference model to simulate steady Zeldovich-von Neumann-Doering(ZND) wave and free-propagating laminar flame,it is found that the results are well agreeable.Additionally,deflagration-to-detonation transition in an obstructed channel was also simulated.The numerical results are also well consistent with the experimental results.These provide a reasonable proof for current method and new models.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China with project No.51306182
文摘Improvement on extinction and pollution emission have become one of the most prominent research topics in gas turbine.It is widely recognized that the fuel/air mixture distribution in the recirculation zone is a critical factor in improving lean blow-out(LBO) and ignition.This paper proposed a new low emission scheme with fuel staged centrally and hybrid injector to improve flameout and emission.A relative small amount of fuel enters into central pilot airblast atomizer burner and then atomized by inner swirl air.The remaining majority of fuel is directly injected into vane channels of the primary swirler through a series of holes located on the sidewall of the main stage.Only pilot stage is fueled under ignition and lean flameout condition.The uniformity of fuel/air mixture distribution in the primary zone of the new design decreases NOX emission,meanwhile the fuel air mixture in pilot recirculation zone is locally rich to improve flameout and ignition.Experimental investigation was conducted to compare the new scheme with baseline design of dual-swirler in terms of LBO and ignition characteristics under the same condition in a multi-sector combustor.It is found that the fuel-air ratio of ignition limit and LBO decrease with the reference velocity increasing.The experimental results also show that the new scheme successfully improve lean blow-out and broaden the operation range of the combustor.The experimental results indicated that the centrally staged scheme can widen the operation boundary of the combustor and can provide guidance for design and optimization of combustion chamber.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Funding Nos.51436008,51106179 and 51406234)Creative Foundation of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering College, Airforce Engineering University, (No. cxjj 201416)
文摘A detailed study on the plasma-assisted combustion(PAC) characteristics of premixed propane/air mixture is presented. The PAC is measured electrically, as well as optically with a multichannel spectrometer. The characteristics are demonstrated by stable combustion temperature and combustion stability limits, and the results are compared with conventional combustion(CC). Stable combustion temperature measurements show that the introduction of PAC into combustion system can increase the stable combustion temperature, and the increment is more notable with an increase of discharge voltage. Besides, the rich and weak limits of combustion stability are both enlarged when plasma is applied into the combustion process and the increase of discharge voltage results in the expansion of combustion stability limits as well. The measurements of temperature head and emission spectrum illustrate that the kinetic enhancement caused by reactive species in plasma is the main enhancement pathway for current combustion system.
文摘Catalytic combustion of propane-air mixture was investigated. Platinum catalysts over a flat stainless steel with γ- alumina washcoat were employed. The employed burner has three catalysts set parallel to the mixture flow, spaced at an interval of 5, 10 and 15 mm. Both experiment and numerical simulation were made at inlet temperature of 553 K, inlet velocity of 3 to 7 m/s and equivalence ratio of 0.3 to 0.5. In the numerical simulation, two-dimensional,. steady state model was developed to calculate the temperature and species concentration in gas-phase. In this model, chemical reaction on the catalyst surface and that in the gas phase were assumed to occur in three-steps. The numerical results show good agreement with experimental results. It was found that the properties of the catalyst strongly affect the catalyst surface temperature. Especially, the thermal conductivity of catalysthas a great effect, while the emissivity of catalyst has less effect.
文摘Due to viscous heating spontaneous ignition of a supersonic flow of premixed combustible gases canoccur in boundary layers. This process is studied numerically for a hydrogen-air mixture in the caseof a laminar boundary layer over a flat plate. In a previous study the main structure of the reactingflow was given as well as a first mapping of the ignition conditions versus boundary conditions. In thepresent work computations are performed in order to further specify the controlling mechanisms andparameters of such a boundary layer ignition. We emphasize more precisely i) the elementary stepsof the chemical process which effectively control the ignition n) the unusual role played by the equivalence ratio of the mixture iii) the influence of the Soret effect (species transport due to temperaturegradients).
文摘The experiment was carried out in homogeneous propane-air mixture and in several concentration gradient of mixture. Igniter is put on the upper side of the combustion chamber In concentration gradient experiment, fixture was ignited from lean side. An experimental study was conducted in a combustion chamber. The combustion chamber has glass windows for optical measurements at any side. For the measurement of distribution of fuel concentration, infrared absorption method using 3.39μm He-Ne laser was used, and for the observation of propagating flame, Schlieren method was employed. As a measurement result of flame propagation velocity and flammable limit, for a mixture of an identical local equivalence ratio, flame propagation velocity in concentration gradient is faster than that in homogeneous mixture, and rich flammable limit in concentration gradient shows a tendency to be higher than that in homogeneous mixture.
基金supported by Advanced Research Center Program(No.2013073861) through the National Research Foundation of Korea
文摘A comparative study with kerosene and hydrogen fuel in a model scramjet combustor has been carried out nu- merically. The effect of fuel-air equivalence ratio on the flow field properties in a cavity based mixing mechanism at a freestream Math number of 2.08 has been probed. The investigation has been carried out in a two dimension- al numerical model where a cavity of length to depth ratio of 2 is mounted on one of the walls of the flow channel The flow field shock structure is observed to change with the change in fuel-air equivalence ratio. Total pressure loss is observed to depend both on fuel air equivalence ratio and the fuel type. The spread of fuel in the test sec- tion shows marked variation with the equivalence ratio. Performance of injector location on the fuel-air mixing is also probed during the course of the investigation.
