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Experimental and numerical study on diluted premixed laminar dimethyl ether-air flames

  • Chang'an University

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Abstract

Effects of diluents on premixed laminar dimethyl ether (DME)/air flames were studied experimentally and numerically. The results show that measurements and predictions in laminar burning velocities are in reasonably good agreement. Laminar flame speeds of DME mixtures decrease with the increase of dilution ratio. For a specific diluent ratio, suppression effect of diluents decreases in the order of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon. Influences of argon and nitrogen are mainly due to the increase of specific heat of the non-fuel gases in the mixture, and that of carbon dioxide is resulted from the combination effect of dilution and direct reaction. CO2 participating reaction, CO+OH→CO2+H, competes for H radical in the chain branching reaction H+O2 → O+OH. This competition decreases concentration of the radicals like H, O and OH, leading to a significant reduction in laminar burning velocity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThermal, Power and Electrical Engineering
Pages18-22
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 2nd International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection, ICEEP 2013 - Guilin, China
Duration: 19 Apr 201321 Apr 2013

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume732-733
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2013 2nd International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection, ICEEP 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period19/04/1321/04/13

Keywords

  • Dilution
  • Dimethyl ether
  • Experiment
  • Numerical simulation
  • Premixed flame

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