-Recent measurements in turbulent, single-phase, reacting flows are reviewed. Attention is confined to nonpremixed flows at the fast reaction limit, which is defined as conditions where rates of reaction are fast enough to maintain local equilibrium. Reactant combinations considered include: hydrogen/air, carbon monoxide/air, hydrogen/fluorine, nitric oxide/ozone, acid/base (in liquids) and the...

Measurement of combustion gas by high-energy X-ray Compton scattering is reported. The intensity of Compton-scattered X-rays has shown a position dependence across the flame of the combustion gas, allowing us to estimate the temperature distribution of the combustion flame. The energy spectra of Compton-scattered X-rays have revealed a significant difference across the combustion reaction zone,...

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) results of turbulent MILD premixed and conventional (undiluted) premixed combustion have been investigated to shed light on the physical aspects of reaction zones and their morphology in MILD combustion. Results of a premixed case are used for comparative analyses. The analyses show that the regions with strong chemical activity in MILD combustion are distribut...

 This paper presents a mathematical model of the cylindrical particle combustion in a fluidized bed reactor. This particle is composed of sewage sludge. The model performs a mathematical description of the physical and chemical phenomena that occur during particle combustion. The uniform particle model without ash accumulation is proposed. Sewage sludge is considered composed of three fractio...

Pollutant emissions from combustion systems are a major area of concern with today’s energy needs. Numerical simulations have helped with the design of clean and efficient combustion strategies over the years. However, with the emergence of new fuels and combustion modes, it is necessary to improve the computational models. In this research, improved NOx and soot models are developed which uses...

Nanoscale thermites such as the composite mixture of nano-sized aluminum and molybdenum trioxide powders possess several technical advantages such as much higher reaction rate and shorter ignition delay, when compared to the conventional energetic formulations made of micron-sized metal and oxidizer particles. In this study, the self-propagation of combustion wave in compacted pellets of nanosc...

The use of detailed chemical reaction mechanisms of kerosene is still very limited in analyzing the combustion process in the combustion chamber of the aircraft engine. In this work, a new reduced chemical kinetic mechanism for fuel n-decane, which selected as a surrogate fuel for kerosene, containing 210 elemental reactions (including 92 reversible reactions and 26 irreversible reactions) and ...

The paper presents an approach of the Bond Graph modelling applied to thermo-chemical processes. The proposed work focused on combustion process kinetics with respect to reactant and reactor input data. The model provides information on the time variation of the heat of reaction, reaction products concentration, and reactants concentration / accumulation, based on global mass and energy balance...