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Laminar Burning Velocity Measurements at Elevated Pressure and Temperatures and the Challenges in Kinetic Scheme Optimization

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Abstract

Reliable data on fundamental combustion parameters are essential to validate kinetic schemes under a wide range of experimental conditions. Laminar burning velocity is one such fundamental intrinsic property of a flammable mixture. The challenges in determining the effect of simultaneous change in temperature and pressure on the burning velocity of low-calorific value syngas–air mixtures are presented. Comparing the present experiments with available kinetic schemes at elevated temperature and pressure reveals poor prediction capabilities. The major contributing factor to this discrepancy is the high sensitivity of key reactions at high temperatures and pressure conditions. The challenges of direct use of the experimental data to optimize kinetic schemes for the syngas–air mixtures are discussed.

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Abbreviations

\(\alpha\) :

Temperature exponent

\(\alpha_{{\text{t}}}\) :

Thermal diffusivity

\(\beta\) :

Pressure exponent

\(\delta\) :

Flame thickness

\(\phi\) :

Equivalence ratio

\(\rho\) :

Mixture density

\(S_{u}\) :

Laminar burning velocity

\(\chi_{{{\text{H}}_{{2}} }}\) :

Hydrogen content

FFCM:

Foundational fuel chemistry model

GRI:

Gas research institute

IGCC:

Integrated gasification and combined cycle

LBV:

Laminar burning velocity

LCV:

Low-calorific value

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Financial assistance by the Government of India in the form of a fellowship for Senior Research Fellow (SRF) is sincerely acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Ashwani K. Gupta

  2. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Ashoke De

  3. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Suresh K. Aggarwal

  4. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Abhijit Kushari

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    Akshai K. Runchal

Appendix: Experimental Data

Appendix: Experimental Data

The following tables provide the experimental results obtained using the diverging channel method for various compositions. Table 2 shows the detailed composition of the syngas considered. Tables 3, and 4 show the laminar burning velocity and temperature exponents obtained from the experiments, respectively. Table 5 shows the target parameters used for the optimization.

Table 2 Detailed composition of the syngas used in the present work
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Table 3 Laminar burning velocity of SG1-SG3 with uncertainties at various equivalence ratio at ambient conditions (300 K, 1 atm)
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Table 4 Temperature exponent (α) of different compositions at various equivalence ratios (ϕ) and Pu = 1 atm
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Table 5 Target data for optimization
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Varghese, R.J., Kumar, S. (2022). Laminar Burning Velocity Measurements at Elevated Pressure and Temperatures and the Challenges in Kinetic Scheme Optimization. In: Gupta, A.K., De, A., Aggarwal, S.K., Kushari, A., Runchal, A.K. (eds) Advances in Energy and Combustion. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2648-7_13

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