Rich flammability limits in ch3oh/co/diluent mixtures

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Combustion Science and Technology

ISSN

0010-2202

Volume

109

Issue

1-6

DOI

10.1080/00102209508951896

First Page

71

Last Page

91

Publication Date

11-1-1995

Abstract

This investigation is an attempt to predict theoretically, using existing flame modeling capabilities, rich flammability limits for gas mixtures—parameters that are of immense interest to the chemical industry. The system chosen for study is methanol/carbon monoxide/diluent mixtures, where the diluent is either nitrogen or carbon dioxide at pressures of 1, 11, and 21 atm, respectively. The critical oxygen concentration needed to sustain a flame, for several mixtures and pressures, was determined experimentally in a spherical vessel with a central ignition source. Burning velocities of 1-D, planar, freely propagating, premixed flames were calculated to determine the minimumoxygen concentration required for these flames to propagate. This minimum O2concentration was found to be consistently larger than that observed in experiments; however, the effects of pressure and diluent composition agreed well with experimental measurements. In order to understand better all the phenomena involved, a transient ignition model was applied to the spherical vessel experiment, which resulted in better agreement with the data. The various comparisons are discussed in detail. © 1995, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

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