Combustion kinetics ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Physical mixing and its effects on ignition, propagation and extinction ...................................................... 2 Mixing ...........................................................................................................

Due to the complexity of modeling the combustion process in nuclear power plants, the global mechanisms are preferred for numerical simulation. To quickly perform the highly resolved simulations with limited processing resources of large-scale hydrogen combustion, a method based on thermal theory was developed to obtain kinetic parameters of global reaction mechanism of hydrogen–air combustion ...

As the regulations of pollutant emission is getting more and more strict, models of pollutant formation, as a part of system level models for control design, are needed. In this thesis NOx (nitrogen oxides) formation is modeled. A method is developed to mix equilibrium and non-equilibrium reaction equations to model NOx formation in combustion processes. This algorithm reduces high-index DAE sy...

Kinetic isotopic effects (KIEs) for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane were measured on 10 wt% V2O5/ZrO2. Normal KIEs were obtained using CH3CH2CH3 and CD3CD2CD3 as reactants for primary dehydrogenation (2.8) and combustion (1.9) of propane and for secondary combustion of propene (2.6), suggesting that in all cases C–H bond dissociation is a kinetically relevant step. CH3CH2CH3 and CH3CD2CH3 ...

Combustion Theory and Modelling Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713665226 A quantitative method for a priori evaluation of combustion reaction models James C. Sutherland a; Philip J. Smith a; Jacqueline H. Chen b a Department of Chemical & Fuels Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, ...

Manipulating the interface of micro/nanostructured materials and chemical fuels can change the fundamental characteristics of combustion waves that are generated during a reaction. In this study, we report that Mg/MgO nanoparticles actively amplify the propagation of combustion waves at the interface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and chemical fuels. Fuel/MWCNT and fuel/MWCNT-Mg/MgO ...

A mathematical engine model is developed in this paper to study the operation process in HCCI engines. Isooctane is used as fuel for testing in this model. Two-step reaction mechanisms are implemented to model combustion process and heat transfer process is also included. Results from this model show good correlation with experiment with respect to combustion phasing, pressure rise and peak pre...

intermetallic phase formation and oxidation reaction during combustion synthesis (cs) of ni-ti equiatomic mixture are affected by mechanical activation (ma) and pre-heating conditions. important parameters are ignition time, reaction duration, temperature rise, microstructural change, titanium oxidation and intermetallic phase formation. superelasticity and shape memory effects are influenced b...

Combustion instabilities in gas turbine has been a major setback in the quest for efficient and clean combustion. Accurate characterisation and prediction of these disturbances is required to suppress them either at the design stage or in a close loop control when the system is in operation. The use of flame transfer functions has been a common approach in different literatures. Flame temperatu...