Studies of premixed and non-premixed hydrogen flames

Park, Okjoo; Veloo, Peter S.; Burbano, Hugo; Egolfopoulos, Fokion N.

doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.09.027

Studies of premixed and non-premixed hydrogen flames

Journal Article · Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Combustion and Flame

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.09.027· OSTI ID:1369854

Park, Okjoo ^[1]; Veloo, Peter S. ^[2]; Burbano, Hugo ^[1]; Egolfopoulos, Fokion N. ^[1]

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Failure Analysis Associates, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

The hydrogen oxidation chemistry constitutes the foundation of the kinetics of all carbon- and hydrogen-containing fuels. The validation of rate constants of hydrogen-related reactions can be complicated by uncertainties associated with experimental data caused by the high reactivity and diffusivity of hydrogen.Here, accurate experimental data on flame propagation and extinction were determined for premixed and non-premixed hydrogen flames at pressures between p = 1 and 7 atm. The experiments were designed to sensitize the three-body H + O₂ + M → HO₂ + M reaction, whose rate is subject to notable uncertainty. This was achieved by increasing the pressure and by adding to the reactants H₂O and CO₂ whose collision efficiencies are high compared to other species. In the present study, directly measured flame properties were compared against computed ones, in order to eliminate uncertainties associated with extrapolations, as is the case for laminar flame speeds. The measured extinction strain rates exhibit both a positive and negative dependence on pressure with and without weighting with the density, and this non-monotonic behavior is caused by the competition between the H + O₂ → O + OH and H + O₂ + M → HO₂ + M reactions as well as HO₂ kinetic pathways as pressure increases. The various kinetic models considered in this investigation did not reproduce equally well the non-premixed flame extinction data with added H₂O. Yet, the predicted extinction strain rates were consistent between the various models in the case of added CO₂. Finally, it was shown that the formulation of binary diffusion coefficient pairs including H–N₂ and H₂–N₂ has a first order effect on the prediction of extinction strain rates of non-premixed H₂ flames.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center (CEFRC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001198

OSTI ID:: 1369854

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1246726

Journal Information:: Combustion and Flame, Journal Name: Combustion and Flame Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 162; ISSN 0010-2180

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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